Cemeteries worth visiting in Jönköping

Besöksvärda kyrkogårdar i Jönköping

Cemeteries worth a visit

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.

Skogskapellet

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.