Skogskyrkogården (The Woodland Cemetery) in Enskede in southern Stockholm was created between 1917 and 1940 by architects Gunnar Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz. On a hillside overgrown with pine trees, they shaped a sacred land scape with several small chapels integrated into their natural surroundings. The architects designed the whole site, from the landscape down to the smallest lamp. The design is shaped around the experience of mourners, with a focus on the landscape and the capacity of nature to reconcile mourners with their grief.
Today Skogskyrkogården is one of Sweden’s biggest cemeteries, with around 100,000 graves. It includes an operating crematorium, five funeral chapels and an outdoor ceremony site. Every year more than 2,000 funeral ceremo nies are held at Skogskyrkogården.
Visit at any time The main entrance is always open. The other entrances are open to pedestrians and cyclists 24 hours a day. Please show great consideration for any funeral ceremonies and burials in progress. The five funeral chapels are only accessible for ceremonies and by guided tour.
Getting here Take the metro green line in the direction of Farsta strand and get off at Skogs kyrkogården station. At weekends, bus 183 departs from here for boarding and disembarkation at Skogskyrkogården. WORLD HERITAGE SITE
Visitor Center Exhibition, information, shop and café. Information on opening hours can be SKOGSKYRKOGÅRDEN found on our website: skogskyrkogarden.stockholm.se Tel.: +46 (0)8-508 317 30 PHOTO: SUSANNE HALLMANN, CEMETERIES ADMINISTRATION Audio guide and Wi-Fi If you want to get more from your visit, we recommend our audio guide for mobiles. The audio guide is free and tells you about the history, the site and the Skogskyrkogården is considered to be one of the buildings. You can listen in a web browser or using an app. With the app you L D S A
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E M R E I T N A I Its Nordic landscape and unique architecture on our website: skogskyrkogarden.stockholm.se G O E M • P A T R I United Nations Skogskyrkogården have influenced the design of cemeteries Guided tours Educational, Scientific and inscribed on the World Cultural Organization Heritage List in 1994 In summer, art, culture and architecture tours of Skogskyrkogården take place, throughout the world, and it has been on the with visits to some of its five chapels. You can find tickets on our website: UNESCO World Heritage List since 1994. skogskyrkogarden.stockholm.se A world heritage site is a cultural or natural landmark considered to be of outstanding Guided group tours universal value to humanity. Sites on the pre You can book an individual tour with an authorised guide for Skogskyrkogården stigious world heritage list are guaranteed at any time of year in order to view inside all the buildings. These tours are protection and preservation for posterity. available in a number of languages and with different themes. The world heritage list is maintained by the E-mail: [email protected] Tel.: +46 (0)8-508 316 20 UN organisation UNESCO.
Grave care and burials The Cemeteries Administration can answer all your questions. E-mail: [email protected] Tel.: +46 (0)8-508 301 00 skogskyrkogarden.stockholm.se Find a grave: hitta.graven.stockholm.se stadsmuseet.stockholm.se Capital of Scandinavia skogskyrkogarden.stockholm.se
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Show consideration and respect The city’s cemeteries are resting places Entrance Information for the dead and places of peace and tranquillity for the living. Metro 45 Cemetery block
The cemeteries are beautiful shared Bus WC Accessible toilet spaces for reflection. The New Crematorium by architect Main Entrance The design of the main Johan Celsing was taken into use in 2014. Wall Café entrance begins with a double avenue of We ask all visitors to respect this and The building was awarded the 2013 lime trees along Sockenvägen and with show the utmost consideration. Dogs Kasper Salin Prize, Sweden’s most Parking 0 100 200 the wall leading onward through the must always be kept on a lead and cars respected architectural award. entrance. Visitors are greeted by a may only be parked in designated spaces. metres magnificent semicircular forecourt.
Världsarvsinformation Entré World Heritage information Entrance Tunnelbana Information Underground Gravkvarter Buss Cemetery blocks Bus Toale Mur Toilet Wall Parkering Parking meter