0
documented records
≈ 2,200–4,500
approx. capacity (graves)
0.112 km²
cemetery area
Oct 18, 2026
last modified
About this cemetery
Solheim gravplass, formerly Solheim kirkegård, is a burial ground in the Årstad borough of Bergen. It has a separate field for people of Bergen who fell in the Second World War, consecrated in 1950. The cemetery also holds German war graves, 1,061 individual graves and 24 dead in a common grave according to the German war graves commission, and one Soviet war grave. It is divided into an upper and a lower part.
Cemetery location
GPS coordinates: 60.369251° N, 5.339467° E Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
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Nearby cemeteries
The closest other burial grounds listed on EveryStone.
- Bergen-Solheim German WAR Cemetery 340 m away · Bergen
- Bergen (Møllendal) Church Cemetery 1.2 km away · Bergen · 2 records
- Årstad Old Cemetery 1.4 km away · Bergen
- Aarstad Nye 1.4 km away · Bergen
- Storetveit Churchyard 2.0 km away · Bergen
- Slettebakken Cemetery 2.1 km away · Bergen
- St. Jakob Cemetery 2.4 km away · Bergen
- Bergen Domkirkegaarden 2.8 km away · Bergen
- Fyllingsdalen Cemetery 2.9 km away · Bergen
- Mariakirken Church Cemetery 3.4 km away · Bergen · 5 records
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How big is Solheim Cemetery?
Solheim Cemetery covers about 11.2 hectares (112,000 m²), about the size of 16 soccer fields. It is the 2nd largest of the 288 cemeteries we list in Vestland.