Vår Frelsers gravlund

Our Saviour's Orthodox Church, formerly the chapel
Southern section

Vår Frelsers gravlund ("our saviour's cemetery") is a cemetery in Oslo, Norway, located north of Hammersborg in Gamle Aker district. It was created in 1808 as a result of the great famine and cholera epidemic of the Napoleonic Wars. Its grounds were extended in 1911. The cemetery has been full since 1952. The cemetery includes five sections, including Æreslunden, Norway's main honorary burial ground, and the western, southern, eastern and northern sections.

Notable interments

The grave of Edvard Munch
The grave of Henrik Ibsen

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Coordinates: 59°55′16″N 10°44′40″E / 59.92111°N 10.74444°E / 59.92111; 10.74444


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