Östra Kyrkogården, Malmö
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Östra kyrkogården is a cemetery in
Malmö Malmö is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, sixth-largest city in Nordic countries, the Nordic region. Located on ...
, situated in the district of Öster,
Malmö Municipality Malmö Municipality (), or City of Malmö (''Malmö stad''), is a Swedish municipality in Skåne County, the southernmost of the counties of Sweden (and conterminous with the historical province (''landskap'') of Scania). The central city is ...
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. It was designed by
Sigurd Lewerentz Sigurd Lewerentz (29 July 1885 – 29 December 1975) was a Swedish architect. Biography Lewerentz was born at Sandö in the parish of BjärtrÃ¥ in Västernorrland County, Sweden. He was the son of Gustaf Adolf Lewerentz and Hedvig Mathil ...
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East cemetery in Malmö is Malmö's largest cemetery. In 1917 settled an architectural competition for a new cemetery in Malmö. The winning competition entry called "ridge" and was submitted by architect
Sigurd Lewerentz Sigurd Lewerentz (29 July 1885 – 29 December 1975) was a Swedish architect. Biography Lewerentz was born at Sandö in the parish of BjärtrÃ¥ in Västernorrland County, Sweden. He was the son of Gustaf Adolf Lewerentz and Hedvig Mathil ...
. He came in the period 1917-1969 to respond to all major new construction and changes in the cemetery. He is also buried in the cemetery. There are also Gustaf Freij, Carl Herslow, Emil Mazetti-Nissen. There are four chapels, St. Bridget of 1918, which is built in a classical style (now serves as the Orthodox Church) and the more modern twin chapels St. Gertrude and St. Knut from 1943. Even the small Chapel of Hope from the same year are in this building. Lewerentz's last building on the eastern cemetery (and last in general) became the widely acclaimed flower shop from 1969. It was built in raw concrete and has a single radical form of an oversimplification of nybrutalismens spirit, but with a sophisticated design details. Flower Kiosk and Eastern Cemetery architecture attracts interested visitors from all over the world. In 1937 extended Malmö's Spårvägars line 6 up to the East entrance of the cemetery. In 1949, however, the tram line was replaced by buses. East of the cemetery now has designated areas for Catholics, Orthodox, Jews and Muslims.


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