| Hietaniemi cemetery | |
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 Hietaniemi cemetery | |
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| Details | |
| Established | 1829 |
| Location | |
| Country | Finland |
| Coordinates | 60°10′10″N 024°55′04″E / 60.16944°N 24.91778°E |
| Type | Public |
| Owned by | Federation of Evangelical Lutheran Parishes in Helsinki |
| Website | helsinginseurakunnat.fi |
| Find a Grave | Hietaniemi cemetery |
The Hietaniemi cemetery (Finnish: Hietaniemen hautausmaa, Swedish: Sandudds begravningsplats) is located mainly in the Lapinlahti quarter and partly in the Etu-Töölö district of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. It is the location for Finnish state funeral services and is owned by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.
Established in 1829, the cemetery includes a large military cemetery section for soldiers from the capital fallen in the wars against the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany: in the Winter War (1939–1940), the Continuation War (1941–1944) and the Lapland War (1944–1945). In the centre of the military cemetery are the tombs of the unknown soldier and Marshal C. G. E. Mannerheim, commander-in-chief of the Finnish Defence Forces during World War II, and the sixth president of Finland (1944–1946).[1] Other notable sections of the cemetery are the cemetery of the Finnish Guard, the Artist's Hill and the Statesmen's Grove. There are two Lutheran funerary chapels and a crematorium at the area.
Hietaniemi means "sand cape" and is a headland located centrally in Helsinki.