# Turku Cemetery

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[[File:William Crichton family grave 2016 1.jpg|thumb|The family grave of [William Crichton](/source/William_Crichton_(engineer)) in Turku Cemetery]]
'''Turku Cemetery''' ({{langx|fi|Turun hautausmaa}}, {{langx|sv|Åbo begravningsplats}}) is a [cemetery](/source/cemetery) inaugurated in 1807 and located in [Vasaramäki](/source/Vasaram%C3%A4ki) on the south-eastern outskirts of the city of [Turku](/source/Turku).

The drawings of the cemetery has been prepared by the architect [Charles Bassi](/source/Charles_Bassi). In the cemetery there are two chapels complexes. The Resurrection Chapel or ''Ylösnousemuskappeli/Uppståndelsekapellet'' was completed in 1941 by architect [Erik Bryggman](/source/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 &#124; 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](/source/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](/source/Paavo_Nurmi)]]
* [Gabriel Israel Hartman](/source/Gabriel_Israel_Hartman) (1776, [Lumparland](/source/Lumparland) – 1809, [Turku](/source/Turku))
* [William Crichton](/source/William_Crichton_(engineer)) (1827, [Leith](/source/Leith) – 1889, [Turku](/source/Turku))
* [Arnold Majewski](/source/Arnold_Majewski) (1892, [Tallinn](/source/Tallinn)  – 1942, [Rukajärvi](/source/Rukaj%C3%A4rvi))
* [Akseli Karhi](/source/Akseli_Karhi) (1891, Turku – 1943)
* [Kullervo Hurttia](/source/Kullervo_Hurttia) (1915, [Eno](/source/Eno%2C_Finland) – 1953)
* [Annie Mörk](/source/Annie_M%C3%B6rk) (1887, [Hanko](/source/Hanko%2C_Finland) – 1959, [Helsinki](/source/Helsinki))
* [Juho Hemming Airamo](/source/Juho_Hemming_Airamo) (1893, [Lieto](/source/Lieto) – 1963, [Turku](/source/Turku))
* [Rami Sarmasto](/source/Rami_Sarmasto) (1938, [Sauvo](/source/Sauvo) – 1965, [Forssa](/source/Forssa))
* [Toivo Aleksi Hämeranta](/source/Toivo_Aleksi_H%C3%A4meranta) (1900, [Tampere](/source/Tampere) – 1969, Turku)
* [Senni Nieminen](/source/Senni_Nieminen) (1905, Turku – 1970, Turku)
* [Jarno Saarinen](/source/Jarno_Saarinen) (1945, Turku – 1973, Autodromo Nazionale Monza)
* [Paavo Nurmi](/source/Paavo_Nurmi) (1897, [Turku](/source/Turku) – 1973, [Helsinki](/source/Helsinki))
* [Mirja Mane](/source/Mirja_Mane) (1929, Helsinki – 1974, Turku)
* [Hugo Österman](/source/Hugo_%C3%96sterman) (1892, Helsinki – 1975, Helsinki)
* [Armas Taipale](/source/Armas_Taipale) (1890, Helsinki – 1976, Turku)
* [Kaarlo Mäkinen](/source/Kaarlo_M%C3%A4kinen) (1892, [Mariehamn](/source/Mariehamn) – 1980, Turku)
* [Wilho Ilmari](/source/Wilho_Ilmari) (1888, [Kymi](/source/Kymi%2C_Finland) – 1983, Turku)
* [Kalevi Keihänen](/source/Kalevi_Keih%C3%A4nen) (1924 [Vahto](/source/Vahto) – 1995, Helsinki)
* [Voitto Hellstén](/source/Voitto_Hellst%C3%A9n) (1932, [Pertteli](/source/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

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