Brief overview of Northern Cemetery in Lund

Attraction Northern Cemetery
about 3-4 hours
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Northern Cemetery On this page you will find an overview of interesting graves and places at the Northern Cemetery in Lund. The overview makes it easier if you want to find a specific grave or place, or see which graves are mentioned in our visitor guide about the Northern Cemetery. It is a complement to the visitor's guide, with a brief description of the different graves and people, while the visitor's guide tells about them in more detail.

Black numbers in a white circle indicate places described in the visitor's guide. The black numbers directly on the map indicate the numbers of the blocks. When you walk around the cemetery, you can see which block you are in by looking for the different stones showing the number of the block according to the numbers on the map.

1) The Chapel

2) Åke Hansson: Innkeeper. The Swedish author August Strindberg was a regular gest

3) Martin Weibull: Professor of History who became the first President of “the Association of Cultural History for South Sweden”

4) Gösta Adrian-Nilsson, GAN: Artist and writer representing modernism

5) Harry Karlsson: Building contractor and maternal grandfather to Sara Danius, who was permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy between 2015 and 2018

6) Theodor Wåhlin: Cathedral architect who contributed to the reconstruction of the astronomical clock in Lund Cathedral

7) Otto Lindfors: Professor of history and Roman eloquence. He was Vice-chancellor of Lund University when the student murder took place in 1829

8) Henrik Sjöström: Student of Cathedral architect Helgo Zettervall and builder of the cemetery chapel (1)

9) Jöns Petter Borg: Textile-dyeing factory owner who donated the place that is now Mårtens Square (Mårtenstorget) in Lund to the city

10) Henric Schartau: Revival preacher who started the revival movement known as Schartauanism. There is a statue of him at the square south of the Cathedral (Domkyrkoplatsen)

11) Gottfrid Billing: Conservative bishop who claimed that the devil exists

12) Elin Wägner: Author, journalist and feminist and one of the founders of “Rädda Barnen” (“Save the Children”, a Swedish organization fighting for children and their rights)

13) Gaby Stenberg: Actress who has appeared in well-known Swedish films and TV-series

14) The Cathedral Grave: The grave was created under unusual circumstances during the Cathedral renovation in 1833

15) The Holmgrens family grave: The charcuterie family, whose delicatessen shop has been in the market hall since the beginning and is still there today

16) Gertrud Serner Petrén: Curator at the Swedish National Museum in Stockholm. She was married to Sture Petrén, also buried here. He was judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague

17) Gabi Citron-Tengborg: Ceramist and designer, born in what is now the Polish city of Gdansk

18) The Vipeholm grave: Burial site for patients from Vipeholm mental Hospital

19) Carl Göran Ljunggren (known as Kal P Dal): Rock musician who sang in Scanian

20) Romani burial site: Burial site with large and beautifully decorated sarcophagi

21) Mandeian burial site: Burial site for a faith orientation with John the Baptist at the center of attention

22) Lund hospital infant graves: Burial site for the very youngest who died before or shortly after birth

23) Wiwen Nilsson: Silversmith and artist, most well-known as representative of Modernism

24) Per Bagge: Photographer and creator of an invaluable cultural treasure in the form of culturally and historically interesting photos of Lund from the late 1800s and early 1900s

25) Carl Alfred Berg (Father Berg): Composer, conductor and choir master. For many years leader of Lund Student Singers

26) Karl Petrén: Professor of practical medicine

27) Preben Nodermann: Hymnologist, composer and Cathedral Conductor, credited with being the one who started the Lund Cathedral choir

28) Gunnar Serner: A Swedish author better known under his pseudonym Frank Heller

29) The Hildisch family grave: Family grave for Norwegian tannery manufacturers with an unusual sculptural gravestone

30) Ola Hansson: Poet, author and journalist

31) Carl Wilhelm von Sydow: The first professor at Lund University in folklore studies and father of the famous Swedish actor Max von Sydow

32) Grave of the French soldier: The grave of French soldier Eugène Vibart, who was a German prisoner of war at the end of World War I

33) Saint Olof and the Resurrection chapel including a crematorium

34) The place where Lund was bombed in 1943

35) Britt G Hallqvist: Author and poet of hymns. One of her children’s books was rejected by Astrid Lindgren

36) Concentration camp prisoners: Graves for the women and children from the German concentration camp Ravensbrück who were laid to rest in freedom after the end of the war

37) Ulf and Birgitta Trotzig: She was a painter, illustrator and graphic artist and he a writer and member of the Swedish Academy

38) Axel Wallengren (known as Falstaff, fakir): Style-forming humorist, author and a driving force in several student carnival committees

39) Hildur Sandberg: Radical student politician and medical student. She started a Sunday school for working class children

40) Sten Broman: One of the people who, perhaps more than anyone else, has personified Lund in modern times

41) Elof and Hedvig Tegnér: Poet and Bishop Esaias Tegnér’s grandson who was a librarian at Lund University and an artist who participated in many exhibitions