Østre Gravlund in Oslo, Oslo fylke - Find a Grave Cemetery

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Oslo, Oslo kommune, Oslo fylke 0661 Norway

Coordinates: 59.91303, 10.80885
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Østre gravlund is located on Helsfyr farm's property; it was purchased in 1892. The cemetery is in Old Oslo district, between Helsfyr, Teisen and Bryn. The main arrival is from Tvetenveien, but there is also a gate from Østensjøveien and three from Strømsveien. The cemetery was inaugurated in 1895. It has been expanded several times, especially in the 1920s and 1930s. The size of the cemetery was approx. (21 dekar) 5,19 acres (US/UK) from the start, now it is at (140 dekar) 34,59 acres (US/UK).

In 1912, (10,5 dekar) 2,60 acres (US/UK) of the cemetery's southeastern part were sold to the Jewish community - called Helsfyr gravlund.

The original chapel, inaugurated in 1895, is demolished, but the bell tower remains outside today's chapel building, which was established with two chapels, the Great Chapel and the Little Chapel, and a crematorium, in 1961. The crematorium was closed in 2009 and relocated to Alfaset Crematorium.

The Urn garden was built in 1936. An anonymous memorial grove has been established centrally in the cemetery. At the entrance hangs a plate in wooden frame with the following text:

The memorial is a burial ground where the individual grave is without a memorial.

"Fang et minne - kjenn et savn,

hver for oss har sorgen navn».

On the west side of the memorial grove a memorial grove has been set up for stillborn children.