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Every aspect of this world-famous cemetery is thoughtfully designed, from the various landscape features to the intricate details within the chapels.

Between 1915 and 1940, architects Gunnar Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz designed Skogskyrkogården with the aim of uniting the landscape and structures. Their goal was to provide visitors with an experience encompassing life and death, hope and sorrow, light and darkness, nature and architecture — the full cycle of life.

Landscape

Skogskyrkogården is more than a cemetery; it's a place vibrant with life. The architects intended for the buildings and environment to form a cohesive whole, centered around nature. The site features open grasslands, a hill adorned with elm trees, pine forests, and a pond where salamanders thrive.