Skogskyrkogården was created between 1915 and 1940 by architects Gunnar Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz. Their mission was to create a unity of landscape and buildings that gives us visitors an experience of both life and death, hope and sorrow, light and darkness, nature and architecture — the cycle of life.
The wall, designed by Sigurd Lewerentz.
The wall, designed by Sigurd Lewerentz.
The Chapel of Resurrection, designed by Sigurd Lewerentz , completed in 1925.
The Chapel of Resurrection, designed by Sigurd Lewerentz , completed in 1925.
The Chapel of Resurrection, designed by Sigurd Lewerentz , completed in 1925.
The Chapel of Resurrection, designed by Sigurd Lewerentz , completed in 1925.
The Chapel of Resurrection, designed by Sigurd Lewerentz , completed in 1925.
The Chapel of Resurrection, designed by Sigurd Lewerentz , completed in 1925.
The Chapel of Resurrection, designed by Sigurd Lewerentz , completed in 1925.
The Chapel of Resurrection, designed by Sigurd Lewerentz , completed in 1925.
The Chapel of Resurrection, designed by Sigurd Lewerentz , completed in 1925.
The Chapel of Resurrection, designed by Sigurd Lewerentz , completed in 1925.
The Chapel of Resurrection, designed by Sigurd Lewerentz , completed in 1925.
The Chapel of Resurrection, designed by Sigurd Lewerentz , completed in 1925.
The Chapel of Resurrection, designed by Sigurd Lewerentz , completed in 1925.
The Chapel of Resurrection, designed by Sigurd Lewerentz , completed in 1925.
The Chapel of Resurrection, designed by Sigurd Lewerentz , completed in 1925.
The Chapel of Resurrection, designed by Sigurd Lewerentz , completed in 1925.
The Chapel of Resurrection, designed by Sigurd Lewerentz , completed in 1925.
The Chapel of Resurrection, designed by Sigurd Lewerentz , completed in 1925.
The Chapel of Resurrection, designed by Sigurd Lewerentz , completed in 1925.
The Chapel of Resurrection, designed by Sigurd Lewerentz , completed in 1925.
The Chapel of Resurrection, designed by Sigurd Lewerentz , completed in 1925.
The Chapel of Resurrection, designed by Sigurd Lewerentz , completed in 1925.
The Chapel of Resurrection, designed by Sigurd Lewerentz , completed in 1925.
The Chapel of Resurrection, designed by Sigurd Lewerentz , completed in 1925.
Tallum Pavilion/Visitors Center, designed by Gunnar Asplund, 1920.
Tallum Pavilion/Visitors Center, designed by Gunnar Asplund, 1920.
Tallum Pavilion/Visitors Center, designed by Gunnar Asplund, 1920.
Tallum Pavilion/Visitors Center, designed by Gunnar Asplund, 1920.
Tallum Pavilion/Visitors Center, designed by Gunnar Asplund, 1920.
Tallum Pavilion/Visitors Center, designed by Gunnar Asplund, 1920.
Tallum Pavilion/Visitors Center, designed by Gunnar Asplund, 1920.
Tallum Pavilion/Visitors Center, designed by Gunnar Asplund, 1920.
Tallum Pavilion/Visitors Center, designed by Gunnar Asplund, 1920.
Tallum Pavilion/Visitors Center, designed by Gunnar Asplund, 1920.
Tallum Pavilion/Visitors Center, designed by Gunnar Asplund, 1920.
Tallum Pavilion/Visitors Center, designed by Gunnar Asplund, 1920.
Section of the Woodland Chapel, designed by Gunnar Asplund, 1920.
Section of the Woodland Chapel, designed by Gunnar Asplund, 1920.
The Woodland Chapel, designed by Gunnar Asplund, 1920.
The Woodland Chapel, designed by Gunnar Asplund, 1920.
The Woodland Chapel, designed by Gunnar Asplund, 1920.
The Woodland Chapel, designed by Gunnar Asplund, 1920.
The Woodland Chapel, designed by Gunnar Asplund, 1920.
The Woodland Chapel, designed by Gunnar Asplund, 1920.
The Monument Hall: The Woodland Crematorium,  the largest building at Skogskyrkogården, with three chapels and a monument hall. Architects Sigurd Lewerentz and Gunnar Asplund worked together on the building until 1936. At that point, Stockholm city gave the assignment solely to Gunnar Asplund.
The Monument Hall: The Woodland Crematorium, the largest building at Skogskyrkogården, with three chapels and a monument hall. Architects Sigurd Lewerentz and Gunnar Asplund worked together on the building until 1936. At that point, Stockholm city gave the assignment solely to Gunnar Asplund.
The Monument Hall: The Woodland Crematorium,  the largest building at Skogskyrkogården, with three chapels and a monument hall. Architects Sigurd Lewerentz and Gunnar Asplund worked together on the building until 1936. At that point, Stockholm city gave the assignment solely to Gunnar Asplund.
The Monument Hall: The Woodland Crematorium, the largest building at Skogskyrkogården, with three chapels and a monument hall. Architects Sigurd Lewerentz and Gunnar Asplund worked together on the building until 1936. At that point, Stockholm city gave the assignment solely to Gunnar Asplund.
The Monument Hall: The Woodland Crematorium,  the largest building at Skogskyrkogården, with three chapels and a monument hall. Architects Sigurd Lewerentz and Gunnar Asplund worked together on the building until 1936. At that point, Stockholm city gave the assignment solely to Gunnar Asplund.
The Monument Hall: The Woodland Crematorium, the largest building at Skogskyrkogården, with three chapels and a monument hall. Architects Sigurd Lewerentz and Gunnar Asplund worked together on the building until 1936. At that point, Stockholm city gave the assignment solely to Gunnar Asplund.
The Monument Hall: The Woodland Crematorium,  the largest building at Skogskyrkogården, with three chapels and a monument hall. Architects Sigurd Lewerentz and Gunnar Asplund worked together on the building until 1936. At that point, Stockholm city gave the assignment solely to Gunnar Asplund.
The Monument Hall: The Woodland Crematorium, the largest building at Skogskyrkogården, with three chapels and a monument hall. Architects Sigurd Lewerentz and Gunnar Asplund worked together on the building until 1936. At that point, Stockholm city gave the assignment solely to Gunnar Asplund.
The Woodland Crematorium,  the largest building at Skogskyrkogården, with three chapels and a monument hall. Architects Sigurd Lewerentz and Gunnar Asplund worked together on the building until 1936. At that point, Stockholm city gave the assignment solely to Gunnar Asplund.
The Woodland Crematorium, the largest building at Skogskyrkogården, with three chapels and a monument hall. Architects Sigurd Lewerentz and Gunnar Asplund worked together on the building until 1936. At that point, Stockholm city gave the assignment solely to Gunnar Asplund.
The clock outside the crematorium, designed by Gunnar Asplund
The clock outside the crematorium, designed by Gunnar Asplund
The clock outside the crematorium, designed by Gunnar Asplund.
The clock outside the crematorium, designed by Gunnar Asplund.
The large granite cross on the grass in front of Skogskrematoriet was designed by Gunnar Asplund, raised in 1939
The large granite cross on the grass in front of Skogskrematoriet was designed by Gunnar Asplund, raised in 1939
The New Crematorium, inaugurated in 2014, Johan Celsing and Müller Illien Landschaftarchitekten.
The New Crematorium, inaugurated in 2014, Johan Celsing and Müller Illien Landschaftarchitekten.
The New Crematorium, inaugurated in 2014, Johan Celsing and Müller Illien Landschaftarchitekten.
The New Crematorium, inaugurated in 2014, Johan Celsing and Müller Illien Landschaftarchitekten.

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