Östra kyrkogården (English: ''Eastern cemetery'') is a cemetery in
Gothenburg
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,
Sweden
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. It is located in the parish of
Örgryte
Örgryte is one of the 21 ''stadsdelsnämndsområden'' (a kind of district often translated as borough) of Gothenburg Municipality, Sweden. It is a largely upper middle class residential area just to the east of the city centre.
History
The or ...
, in the
Diocese of Gothenburg
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. With an area of , and nearly 18,000 graves, it is the third largest graveyard in the city. Including the urns, it is estimated to be the resting place of 150,000 people. The cemetery houses the graves of many notable citizens of Gothenburg, whose work and donations helped shape the city. Many of their tombstones and monuments are stately works of art.
A Jewish burial site is located at the southern end of the cemetery.
History
The land for the cemetery was bought for 60,000
riksdaler
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from the owner of the
Bagaregården
Bagaregården is a district in Gothenburg, Sweden, which belongs to Örgryte borough.
Most parts of the district were designed by town planner Albert Lilienberg. He was inspired by the Austrian architect Camillo Sitte. There are many Landshà ...
estate. The cemetery was designed by architect J. H. Strömberg and inaugurated on 16 November 1860 by deanPeter Wieselgren under the name ''Begravningsplatsen'' ("The Burial Place"). The first burial took place on 27 February 1861; a twenty-year old young man named Frans Ludvig Moberg. During the first year of operation, 348 adults and 648 children were buried there, as
measles
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and
diphtheria
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were raging in the city.
In 1890, the first
crematory
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in Gothenburg was opened, designed by Swedish architect Hans Hedlund. It burned down on 23 December 1920, but was rebuilt. However, it was closed in 1951, and its functions were taken over by the crematory in the nearby district of Kviberg.
Karin Boye
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(1900–1941), poet
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Dan Broström
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* Beatrice Dickson (1852–1941), temperance activist
* Bengt Erland Fogelberg (1786–1854), sculptor
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Pehr Gyllenhammar
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(1901–1988), Swedish insurance company executive
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Sven Adolf Hedlund
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(1821–1900), politician, founder of the
Gothenburg Museum
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Oscar Kjellberg
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(1870–1931), engineer, inventor, and founder of
ESAB
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Eric Lemming
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(1880–1930), athlete
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Erik Lönnroth
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geologist
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, geographer, and polar explorer
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Sven Renström
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(1793–1869), politician
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Viktor Rydberg
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(1928–1895), writer
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Sven Rydell
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(1905–1975), footballer
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Carl Skottsberg
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Skottsberg was born in Karlshamn on 1 December 1880 the son of Carl Adolf Skottsberg a schoolmaster and his wife, Maria ...