Greetings from the cemetery manager

Welcome to our website about cultural persons buried at the Old Cemetery in Uppsala!

The cemetery environment is special. It is a resting place for the deceased and an asset for visitors. It is also a place of remembrance and cultural and historical value. It is a beautiful and dignified place that provides an opportunity for peace and reflection.

What you see on the website is the result of an idea by the then cemetery manager Eva-Karin Claesson and Henrik Zetterberg. Before the site was launched, a huge inventory work was carried out by Jarl Tjernquist during 2016-2017, which also involved the writing of biographies. After that, Henrik Zetterberg did website and film work that led to the page you see today. The digital cemetery walks are the result of a collaboration with Uppsala City Theater.

The term 'cultural figures' may bring to mind artists, writers, musicians and actors. In this case, we have broadened the meaning to include people who have had an impact on the society in which they have lived and worked.

The selection has been made in collaboration with Upplandsmuseet and the website is under continuous development and more people will be added.

The Church of Sweden has been entrusted by society to manage the cemeteries. Uppsala Cemeteries manages the city cemeteries and funeral services for the city of Uppsala, regardless of membership or beliefs. We do this in a sustainable way for the environment and biodiversity, while also preserving the cultural heritage.

We hope that the website offers you the opportunity to further spend time at Gamla kyrkogården - one of six city cemeteries in Uppsala that we actively care for. We hope it gives you the opportunity to remember the deceased and, at the same time, to read more about the culturally and historically interesting people buried in the Old Cemetery in Uppsala.

Many thanks to all the relatives, friends, museums and universities who contributed photographs and material to the website.

Yours sincerely

Peter Berglund, Cemetery Manager.

Look for a pink mark on the grave's care tag

Many of the graves in the Old Cemetery have an associated care tag.

If the marker has one pink mark, it means that one or more buried persons at that cemetery are included on this page. If the marker has two pink marks, it is also part of a digital walk.

Here you can find out more about what the numbers and color markings mean.