[[File:William Crichton family grave 2016 1.jpg|thumb|The family grave of William Crichton in Turku Cemetery]] '''Turku Cemetery''' ({{langx|fi|Turun hautausmaa}}, {{langx|sv|Åbo begravningsplats}}) is a cemetery inaugurated in 1807 and located in Vasaramäki on the south-eastern outskirts of the city of Turku.
The drawings of the cemetery has been prepared by the architect Charles Bassi. In the cemetery there are two chapels complexes. The Resurrection Chapel or ''Ylösnousemuskappeli/Uppståndelsekapellet'' was completed in 1941 by architect Erik Bryggman. The ''Heliga Korsets'' chapel and crematorium is inaugurated in 1967 by architect Pekka Pitkänen.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.turkutouring.fi/public/?contentid=59101&nodeid=8136 |title=Sivua ei löydy | Turku Touring |access-date=2013-10-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720200025/http://www.turkutouring.fi/public/?contentid=59101&nodeid=8136 |archive-date=2011-07-20 }}</ref>
The first buried person in the cemetery was William Archibald Cramp, who died in 1806 on his way from St. Petersburg to Turku.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ts.fi/lukemisto/1074221568/Pienia+haudattuja+tarinoita | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180420135437/http://www.ts.fi/lukemisto/1074221568/Pienia+haudattuja+tarinoita | url-status = dead | archive-date = April 20, 2018 | title = Pieniä haudattuja tarinoita | last = Kleemola | first = Jenni | publisher = Turun Sanomat | date = August 19, 2007 | access-date = November 16, 2020 | language = fi }}</ref>
== Notable interments == [[File:Paavo Nurmen sukuhauta 2010.jpg|thumb|The family grave of Paavo Nurmi]] * Gabriel Israel Hartman (1776, Lumparland – 1809, Turku) * William Crichton (1827, Leith – 1889, Turku) * Arnold Majewski (1892, Tallinn – 1942, Rukajärvi) * Akseli Karhi (1891, Turku – 1943) * Kullervo Hurttia (1915, Eno – 1953) * Annie Mörk (1887, Hanko – 1959, Helsinki) * Juho Hemming Airamo (1893, Lieto – 1963, Turku) * Rami Sarmasto (1938, Sauvo – 1965, Forssa) * Toivo Aleksi Hämeranta (1900, Tampere – 1969, Turku) * Senni Nieminen (1905, Turku – 1970, Turku) * Jarno Saarinen (1945, Turku – 1973, Autodromo Nazionale Monza) * Paavo Nurmi (1897, Turku – 1973, Helsinki) * Mirja Mane (1929, Helsinki – 1974, Turku) * Hugo Österman (1892, Helsinki – 1975, Helsinki) * Armas Taipale (1890, Helsinki – 1976, Turku) * Kaarlo Mäkinen (1892, Mariehamn – 1980, Turku) * Wilho Ilmari (1888, Kymi – 1983, Turku) * Kalevi Keihänen (1924 Vahto – 1995, Helsinki) * Voitto Hellstén (1932, Pertteli – 1998, Turku)
== Gallery == <gallery> File: Sciurus_vulgaris_Turku_cemetery.jpg | Red squirrel on a tombstone in Turku cemetery File: Tombstoneangel.jpg | Tombstone angel in Turku cemetery File: Tombstone workshop.jpg | Tombstone workshop in Turku cemetery File: Bird_in_Turku_Cemetery.jpg | A bird in Turku Cemetery </gallery>
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Commons category-inline|Turku cemetery}} * [http://www.turunsrk.fi/hautausmaa/ Homepage] (in Finnish only)
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Category:Cemeteries in Finland Category:Buildings and structures in Turku