Cemetery in Oslo, Norway
Our Saviour's Orthodox Church, formerly the chapel The Cemetery of Our Saviour (Norwegian : Vår Frelsers gravlund ) is a cemetery in Oslo, Norway , located north of Hammersborg in Gamle Aker district. It is located adjacent to the older Old Aker Cemetery and was created in 1808 as a result of the great famine and cholera epidemic of the Napoleonic Wars . Its grounds were extended in 1911. The cemetery has been full and thus closed for new graves since 1952, with interment only being allowed in existing family graves. The cemetery includes five sections, including Æreslunden , Norway's main honorary burial ground, and the western, southern, eastern and northern sections. The Cemetery of Our Saviour became the preferred cemetery of bourgeois and other upper-class families. It has many grand tombstones and is the most famous cemetery in Norway.
Notable interments Ari Behn , writerEivind Astrup , Arctic explorerJohan Diederich Behrens, singing teacher and choral conductor Christian Birch-Reichenwald , politicianBjørnstjerne Bjørnson , writerPeder Bjørnson , priest and father of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Otto Albert Blehr , Prime Minister of NorwayCarsten Borchgrevink , Anglo-Norwegian polar explorer and leader of the Southern Cross Expedition Jens Bratlie , politicianAnne Brown , soprano singer and actressOlaf Bull , poetCamilla Collett , writerNiels Christian Ditleff , diplomatFrederik Due , military officer and statesmanBirger Eriksen , army officerEdward Evans , Royal Navy officer and member of the Terra Nova Expedition Thomas Fearnley , painterCarl Gustav Fleischer , generalHans Gude , painterFrancis Hagerup , professor, diplomat and politicianC. J. Hambro , journalist, author and politicianAasta Hansteen , painter and early feministViggo Hansteen , lawyerKnut Haukelid , World War II commandoHenrik Ibsen , playwrightLillebil Ibsen , dancer and actressTancred Ibsen , director, screenwriter, World War I pilotGina Krog , suffragist and activistChristian Krohg , artist and authorBjørg Lødøen , painterSophus Lie , mathematician[citation needed ] Jorgen Gunnarsson Lovland , Prime Minister of NorwayAgnes Mowinckel , actress and theatre directorEdvard Munch , painterRikard Nordraak , composerHarald Nørregaard , lawyer, art collector and Chairman of the Norwegian Bar AssociationSigurd Odland , theologianOle Olsen , musicianChristopher Tostrup Paus , count, papal chamberlain and philanthropistBernhard Pauss , theologian and educatorHenriette Pauss , teacher, editor, humanitarian and missionary leaderAlf Prøysen , writer and musicianMarcus Gjøe Rosenkrantz , government ministerHedevig Rosing , author, educator, school founder; first woman to teach in Copenhagen's public schoolsEvald Rygh , banker and politicianKirsten Sand , architectChristian Homann Schweigaard , lawyer and politicianChristian August Selmer , politicianMichael Skjelderup , first Professor of Medicine at the University of Christiania Emil Stang , jurist and politicianFrederik Stang , lawyer, public servant, and politicianJohannes Steen , politicianJohan Sverdrup , liberal politician and first Prime Minister of NorwayJan Peter Syse , Prime Minister of NorwayMarcus Thrane , author, journalist, and the leader of the first labour movement in NorwayOscar Torp , politicianGrete Waitz , world champion marathon runnerHenrik Wergeland , writerRolf Wickstrøm , labour activistGisken Wildenvey , writerGallery References External links Vår Frelsers gravlund Cemetery of Our Saviour at Find a Grave Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vår Frelsers gravlund.