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Skogskyrkogården

Tourist attraction Cemetery

UNESCO-listed cemetery with architecturally acclaimed chapels & wooded landscaped grounds. People often mention cemetery, visit, worth,


Address

Sockenvägen, Stockholm, Sweden

Website

skogskyrkogarden.stockholm

Contact

+46 8 508 317 30

Rating on Google Maps

4.70 (478 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Tuesday: 11 am to 4 pm
  • Wednesday: 11 am to 4 pm
  • Thursday: 11 am to 4 pm
  • Friday: 11 am to 4 pm
  • Saturday: 11 am to 4 pm
  • Sunday: 11 am to 4 pm
  • Monday: 11 am to 4 pm

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  • 5/5 Francesco X. 1 year ago on Google • 565 reviews
    This cemetery is a Unesco World Heritage site, designed by the architects Gunnar Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz, whose project won an international competition in 1915. More than 2000 funeral ceremonies takes place here each year, therefore the 5 chapels are closed to the public and can be visited inside only with booked guided tours. There is a free audioguide that leads you through the main landmarks (like Greta Garbo's grave) and tells the story of how this cemetery was born and developed.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Babatunde A. 3 years ago on Google
    A cemetery with a bit of class 😂 it was amazing how the forest is converted into a cemetery very good initiative...wanted to go all round the graves but It was cold and getting dark ☺ so I had to leave before I started to see ghost 👻 😂 🤣 I will definitely visit again
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Michael N. 10 months ago on Google • 178 reviews
    It is here, in the forest cemetery Skogskyrkogården, located on the outskirts of Stockholm, that many famous and distinguished people for science, culture and history of Sweden are buried. Here are the graves of, among others: Greta Garbo - a famous actress and Hollywood star, Eyvind Johnson - winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1974. This place is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List and is called "a grove for the dead". Walking around such a charming place, we can spend up to two hours there. There is a lovely cafe on site with fresh delicious cakes and brewed coffee. If you want to escape from the crowds in the city center for a moment, I highly recommend it. It will be a special time for you to breathe.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Tomek G. 2 years ago on Google
    Modernist masterpiece designed by Gunnar Asplund, truly unique mixture of city park, forest and cemetery
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ela J. 1 year ago on Google • 528 reviews
    Beautiful graveyard, for us that are used to catholic style more flashy graveyards this is really discrete and serene. You can see that it was built to complement the nature rather than change it.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Petr S. 3 years ago on Google • 721 reviews
    Extraordinary, but really quiet and peaceful place. Very large cemetery right in the woods with several modernist buildings. I am not sure that I personally would include this monument on the UNESCO list, but it is worth to visit the place, slow down for a while and enjoying the peace and atmosphere. Open 24/7.

  • 3/5 Bruno �. 6 years ago on Google
    It's just a graveyard, really. A very big, calm, pretty graveyard, but just a graveyard. It's not medieval or anything super special, and it's not a place to go to to read a book or something, so the total appeal is lost on me, but it's great to take a walk through and enjoy nature and quite (when you move away from the heavy construction machinery). There's a cool grove at the top of a small hill which is great for meditation or reading, but other than that not worth more than a passing visit.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Robert K. 1 year ago on Google
    Peaceful and calm place that is great for a walk. I wish cemeteries would look like this one in my homeland. If you haven't decided yet about what to do in Stockholm, visitng the Skogskyrkogården is a great idea.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Shantanu Dey (. 6 months ago on Google • 111 reviews
    In the midst of tranquility and green! Excellent for a walk. Enjoyed noting the dates on the tomb stones
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Mateusz 1 year ago on Google • 52 reviews
    Haven’t seen place like this - cementary ina park that is full of art commemorating the deceased. It is a real place of calm reflection on life and death. + a UNESCO site
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Pankaj G. 1 year ago on Google
    This Unesco World Heritage is worth visiting. It's a 5 min walk from nearest metro station by same name. A peaceful and beautiful place with tall trees, nice walkways.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Arda �. 1 year ago on Google • 19 reviews
    Very spiritual place…And a really good example of how can a country show respect to dead. I have visited this place in All Saints’ Day. A very well organized natural place. An very good example for Rest In Peace.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Jenza 4 years ago on Google
    A must see on all saints day, the beginning of November, hundreds of thousands of candles lit in memory of those no longer with us. This is a family friendly place, peaceful and friendly. One can enjoy Skogskyrkogården all seasons of the year.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Rahul G. 3 months ago on Google • 267 reviews New
    It's a cemetery, which is also a unesco world heritage. It is beautiful and very well maintained.

  • 5/5 Andrei G. 1 year ago on Google
    Skogskyrkogården (pronounced [ˈskûːɡsɕʏrkʊˌɡoːɖɛn]; Swedish for 'The Woodland Cemetery') is a cemetery located in the Gamla Enskede district south of central Stockholm, Sweden. Its design, by Gunnar Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz, reflects the development of architecture from Nordic Classicism to mature functionalism.

  • 5/5 Russell R. 1 year ago on Google
    Very peaceful and contemplative place with some inspiring architecture in harmony with the natural surroundings. Well worth a visit. Good audio guide too.

  • 5/5 Nigel S. 1 year ago on Google
    Created between 1917 and 1920 by two young architects, Asplund and Lewerentz, on the site of former gravel pits overgrown with pine trees. It is a Unesco World Heritage Site just a short walk from the metro station of the same name. It is well worth a visit to admire the beautiful visitor's s centre and peaceful surroundings. Has toliets located in the grounds.

  • 5/5 Michał G. 10 months ago on Google
    Really impressive UNESCO cemetery inside the forest. It's something that you probably can't find anywhere else in the world. Really worth a visit, walking in silence. Then you can take a rest on the grass on the hill next to the main entrance.

  • 5/5 Amorfati T. 3 years ago on Google
    The Woodland Cemetery (Skogskyrkogården) in Stockholm, Sweden, is a quiet and dignified place that unites people of different origins and religions to the final rest.


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Amenities


  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance

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