Cemetery #34491
Vestre Cemetery
Local name: Vestre Kirkegård
Also known as German Soldiers' Graves at Vestre Cemetery, Copenhagen · Tyske Soldatergrave på Vestre Kirkegård
7
documented records
≈ 11k–22k
approx. capacity (graves)
0.557 km²
cemetery area
Nov 5, 2026
last modified
About this cemetery
Vestre Cemetery (Vestre Kirkegård) in Copenhagen was founded in 1870 and consecrated on 2 November 1870 as the city's new main burial ground. At about 54 hectares it is the largest cemetery in Denmark. It is run by Copenhagen Municipality, and a number of prominent Social Democrats and labour movement figures are buried there.
Cemetery location
GPS coordinates: 55.659801° N, 12.529300° E Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
Memorials
7 memorials, A–Z by surname.
Magna Frothe 1881 – 1943 - Else Manon 1954 – 1969
Andreas Martensen-Larsen 1882 – 1935 - Else Martensen-Larsen 1884 – 1964
- Viggo Martensen-Larsen 1917 – 1981
Elisabeth Schliemann 1907 – 1999 - Kai Schliemann 1905 – 1962
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Nearby cemeteries
The closest other burial grounds listed on EveryStone.
- Catholic Vestre Cemetery, Copenhagen 270 m away · Copenhagen
- Copenhagen Jewish West Cemetery 370 m away · Copenhagen
- Vega Ateistisk Gravplads 560 m away · Copenhagen
- Frederiksberg Older Churchyard 1.6 km away · Frederiksberg · 285 records
- Søndermark Churchyard 1.7 km away · Copenhagen · 359 records
- Solbjerg Park Cemetery 1.8 km away · Frederiksberg · 262 records
- Assistens Churchyard 3.6 km away · Copenhagen · 398 records
- Hvidovre Churchyard 3.6 km away · Bavnebakken
- Trinitatis kirke 3.8 km away · Copenhagen
- Copenhagen Jewish North Cemetery 3.9 km away · Copenhagen
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Common questions
How big is Vestre Cemetery?
Vestre Cemetery covers about 55.7 hectares (557,000 m²), about the same size as Fiumei Road Cemetery in Budapest. It is the largest of the 157 cemeteries we list in Capital Region of Denmark.
What is the oldest grave in this cemetery?
The oldest grave among the records we hold for Vestre Cemetery is that of Andreas Martensen-Larsen, who died on October 21, 1935 at the age of 52.