Uppsala Old Cemetery () is a

cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park or memorial garden, is a place where the remains of many death, dead people are burial, buried or otherwise entombed. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek ...

Uppsala Uppsala ( ; ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the capital of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019. Loc ...

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. In July 2024, about 20 grave sites at Uppsala Old Cemetery were vandalized (overturned gravestones, broken grave lanterns and destroyed flower arrangements).

Notable burials

Greta Arwidsson Greta Arwidsson (5 July 1906 – 31 January 1998) was a Swedish archaeologist. Alongside other work, she is known for her study of the Valsgärde graves, published from the 1940s until the 1970s. Early life and education Greta Arwidsson was bor ...

(1906–1998) * Lasse Eriksson (1949–2011) *

Gustaf Fröding Gustaf Fröding (; 22 August 1860 – 8 February 1911) was a Swedish poet and writer from Alster, Värmland. The family moved to Kristinehamn in the year 1867. He later studied at Uppsala University and worked as a journalist in Karlstad.

(1860–1911) *

Dag Hammarskjöld Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld (English: ,; 29 July 1905 – 18 September 1961) was a Swedish economist and diplomat who served as the second secretary-general of the United Nations from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in Septe ...

(1905–1961) * Salomon Eberhard Henschen (1847–1930) *

Gösta Knutsson Gösta Lars August Knutsson (original surname Johansson; 12 October 1908 – 4 April 1973) was a Swedish radio producer and writer of a popular series of children's books about the cat ''Pelle Svanslös''. Gösta Knutsson was born in a middle-c ...

(1908–1973) *

Lotten von Kræmer Charlotte Louise "Lotten" von Kræmer (6 August 1828 – 23 December 1912) was a Swedish baroness, writer, poet, philanthropist and women's rights activist. She was the founder of the literary society Samfundet De Nio and, alongside Martina Be ...

(1828–1912) * Bruno Liljefors (1860–1939) *

Viveca Lindfors Elsa Viveca Torstensdotter Lindfors (December 29, 1920 – October 25, 1995) was a Swedish-American stage, film, and television actress. She won an Emmy Award and a Silver Bear for Best Actress. Biography Lindfors was born in Uppsala, Swed ...

(1920–1995) * Davud Monshizadeh (1914–1989) * Joachim Daniel Andreas Müller (1812–1857 * Sven Odén (1887–1934) * Håkan Parkman (1955–1988) *

Anders Fredrik Regnell Anders Fredrik Regnell (8 June 1807 – 12 September 1884) was a Swedish physician and botanist. He studied in Uppsala and received his medical doctorate in 1837. As a student he served as assistant to Anders Retzius in Stockholm. He served in v ...

(1807–1884) * Jan-Erik Roos (1935–2017) * Margit Sahlin (1914–2003) * Carl Einar Thure af Wirsén (1875–1946) *

Östen Undén Bo Östen Undén (25 August 1886 – 14 January 1974) was a Swedish academic ( J.D.), civil servant and Social Democratic politician who served as acting Prime Minister of Sweden 6–11 October 1946, following the death of Per Albin Hansson (188 ...

(1886–1974) File:Uppsala17.JPG, Chapel, built 1882–1883 File:Gustaf Frödings gravsten.jpg,

File:Dag Hammaskölds gravsten.jpg,

File:Gösta Knutssons gravvård.JPG,

File:Bruno Liljefors gravvård.JPG, Bruno Liljefors File:Östen Undens gravvård.JPG,

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* Burials at Uppsala old cemetery Lutheran cemeteries in Sweden {{DEFAULTSORT:Uppsala Old Cemetery