Showing posts with label Sweden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sweden. Show all posts

Saturday, September 3, 2022

Galärvarvskyrkogården, Stockholm, Sweden

[visited 15 May 2022]

A tiny burial space located just behind the Vasa Museum, this is the last in a line of cemeteries intended for use by the navy. 

Please visit the official cemetery website for more information.


According to one source, ten men and two women whose remains were recovered from the Vasa were reinterred here in 1963 beneath this memorial:

Vasa Memorial


von Rosen





Friday, September 2, 2022

Skogskyrkogården, or Woodland Cemetery, Stockholm, Sweden

 [visited 15 May 2022]

A luscious, grand open space this UNESCO World Heritage site is more of a park than a burial ground and is probably most famous for being the final resting place of Greta Garbo.

For more information please visit the official cemetery website where you can sign up for guided tours and download the guide-map.



the Woodland Crematorium and Memorial Hall with Faith, Hope and the Holy Cross chapels


the visitor's center with cafe and gift shop


Greta Garbo







Bluett family in Holcomb Rogus Chapel

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