Oulu Cemetery

Oulu Cemetery
Details
Established	1781[1]
Location	Intiö, Oulu
Country	Finland
Coordinates	65°0′46″N 025°29′29″E / 65.01278°N 25.49139°E / 65.01278; 25.49139
Type	Public
Owned by	Federation of Evangelical Lutheran Parishes in Oulu
Size	26.5 hectares (65 acres)[2]
Website	Oulun hautausmaa
Find a Grave	Oulu Cemetery

The Oulu Cemetery (Finnish: Oulun hautausmaa) is a cemetery located in the Intiö district close to the city centre of Oulu, Finland.

The cemetery was inaugurated in 1781 by vicar Carl Henrik Ståhle.^[1][3] The cemetery was first known as Ståhleborg, after the vicar and the oldest section is still called by that name.^[4] There are two funeral chapels in the cemetery; the old chapel (designed by architect Otto F. Holm) was completed in 1923 and is located in the older section,^[5] while the new chapel (designed by architect Seppo Valjus) was built in 1972–1973. The crematory is located in the new chapel building.^[6]

The cemetery includes a military cemetery section for soldiers fallen in the Second World War. The war graves area with a war memorial was inaugurated in September 1952. The war memorial, The Battle Has Ended (Finnish: Taistelu on päättynyt), was created by sculptor Oskari Jauhiainen.^[7]

• Otto Karhi (April 17, 1876, Oulu – June 7, 1966, Oulu)
• Robert Wilhelm Lagerborg (October 28, 1796, Tammela – March 28, 1849, Oulu)
• Yrjö Mäkelin (June 1, 1875 Tampere – September 18, 1923)
• Teuvo Pakkala (April 9, 1862, Oulu – May 17, 1925, Kuopio)
• Samuli Paulaharju (April 14, 1875, Kurikka – February 6, 1944, Oulu)
• Ensio Siilasvuo (January 1, 1922, Helsinki – January 10, 2003, Espoo)
• Hjalmar Siilasvuo (March 18, 1892, Helsinki – January 11, 1947, Oulu)
• Maria Silfvan (March 25, 1802, Turku – September 10, 1865, Oulu)
• Mikael Toppelius (August 10, 1734, Oulu – December 27, 1821, Oulu)

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