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Jönköping Municipality is home to a diverse range of cemeteries – from centrally located ones to countryside graveyards and a forest cemetery.
Cemeteries are beautiful and peaceful places, each with its own distinct character. They offer opportunities for stillness and reflection as well as pleasant walks through areas rich in cultural history.
Cemeteries are like open-air historical archives, accessible to all. Walking among the headstones, reading about professions and titles such as Hatter, Printer, Stationmaster, Leather Merchant, or Knight is like attending a history lesson.
Slottskyrkogården is a green oasis in the middle of the bustling city. The city noise disappears the moment you step inside this cemetery, which dates back to the 13th century.
Here you’ll find one of Jönköping’s oldest and most beautiful wooden buildings – the Slottskapellet chapel, built in 1694 based on drawings by Governor Erik Dahlberg.
Among those buried here is Hedvig Kristina Rydberg, mother of author Viktor Rydberg, who died during the cholera outbreak of 1834.
Also buried here is the ill-fated actor Anders Collberg, who inadvertently triggered a large cholera epidemic in Jönköping.
Dunkehalla Cemetery was established in 1893 after burials were banned at Slottskyrkogården.
The cemetery is situated on a hill just west of central Jönköping, offering magnificent views over Lake Vättern and the city.
The beautiful Romanesque-style chapel was built in 1897 and designed by city architect Fredrik Sundbärg.
Ice hockey goalie Stefan Liv, who played for HV71 and the Swedish national team Tre Kronor, is buried here.
Östra kyrkogården was established in the 17th century when Kristine Church was built in eastern Jönköping. Due to high groundwater levels, it was not possible to place a cemetery directly next to the church.
The current chapel was built in 1937 and stands on the site of an earlier wooden chapel that was destroyed in a fire.
Artist John Bauer is buried here alongside his wife, fellow artist Ester, and their son Bengt. The family tragically died on 20 November 1918 when the steamer Per Brahe sank on Lake Vättern near Hästholmen, Östergötland.
Skogskyrkogården is beautifully located in a hilly coniferous forest at Gamla Råslätt in southern Jönköping. The graves are interwoven with the landscape, among towering pine and spruce trees. The headstones are arranged in both straight rows and curved lines that follow the contours of the land.
Notable features include kettle holes (glacial formations) and a ceremonial processional path lined with Siberian fir.
Nestled among the greenery, the elegant chapel rises above the surrounding forest. A tall gable above the entrance houses the church bells.
Skogskapellet was designed in the 1940s by architect Lars Israel Wahlman but was not inaugurated until 1958.
There are actually two cemeteries in Gränna. The old cemetery surrounding the church was closed for burials in 1868 when a new cemetery was established southwest of the church.
The new cemetery is beautifully located with Lake Vättern as a backdrop. Among those buried here is Amalia Erikson, the creator of the famous polkagris candy.
This cemetery was established in the late 19th century on land that previously belonged to the Husqvarna Weapons Factory. In 1914, the remains from the earlier burial ground were transferred here.
A large wooden cross made from Visingsö oak and created by artist Calle Örnemark stands here.
The cemetery chapel is built on a former medieval fortification – Garpa Skans.
Among those buried here are the church's architect Birger Damstedt, author Alf Henriksson, and Wilhelm Tham, CEO of Husqvarna Weapons Factory.