Cemetery #9728
Gothenburg East Cemetery
Local name: Östra Kyrkogården
Also known as Östra kyrkogården, Göteborg · Göteborg - Östra kyrkogård
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documented records
≈ 5.1k–10k
approx. capacity (graves)
0.254 km²
cemetery area
Oct 18, 2026
last modified
About this cemetery
Östra kyrkogården was designed by the architect J. H. Strömberg on land bought for 60,000 riksdaler from the owner of the Bagaregården estate, and was inaugurated on 16 November 1860. It is Gothenburg's third largest cemetery, covering 25.3 hectares with about 17,700 grave plots, and an estimated 150,000 people have been buried there. It has two circular layouts and two larger mounds, and many Swedish artists and writers lie there.
Cemetery location
GPS coordinates: 57.715996° N, 12.006457° E Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
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Nearby cemeteries
The closest other burial grounds listed on EveryStone.
- Tåns Churchyard 620 m away · Gothenburg
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- Kalltorp New Jewish Cemetery 830 m away · Kalltorp
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- Örgryte Old Churchyard 2.0 km away · Gothenburg
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- Backa Old Churchyard 3.5 km away · Gothenburg
- Backa New Cemetery 3.5 km away · Gothenburg
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How big is Gothenburg East Cemetery?
Gothenburg East Cemetery covers about 25.4 hectares (254,000 m²), about the same size as Powązki Military Cemetery in Warsaw. It is the 5th largest of the 672 cemeteries we list in Västra Götaland.