Grave Locations - Sweden
Total Australian commemorations in Sweden: 9 + 1 Australian in Allied Units
RED - this indicates those cemeteries that have been completed.
BLUE - this indicates those cemeteries that have been offered for completion
BLACK - this indicates those cemeteries that have yet to be completed.
Status Current as of the 11th February 2008
| Cemetery/Memorial | No.
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Type
|
Volunteer | Status |
| HALSINGBORG (PALSJO) MUNICIPAL CEMETERY | 2 |
WW2 |
Max Ballin
|
Complete |
| KVIBERG CEMETERY | 5 |
WW2 |
Gary Nelson
|
Complete |
| MALMO EASTERN MUNICIPAL CEMETERY | 1 |
WW2 |
Steve Douglas | Complete |
| MALMO JEWISH CEMETERY | 1 |
WW2 |
Shaun Aumua | Complete |
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| Australians serving in Other Allied Units | ||||
| KVIBERG CEMETERY | 1
|
WW2 |
- |
Photos Required |
CEMETERY DETAILS
HALSINGBORG (PALSJO) MUNICIPAL CEMETERY, Sweden
Location:
Halsingborg is on the direct route from Copenhagen to Stockholm and is connected by ferry with Helsingor in Denmark. The Cemetery stands on high ground 4 kilometres from the centre of Halsingborg.
Historical Information:
Although Sweden retained her neutrality throughout the Second World War, a number of Commonwealth servicemen are buried there, most of them airmen who failed to return from bombing raids over Germany or German occupied territories. Halsingborg (Palsjo) Municipal Cemetery contains the graves of 47 Commonwealth airmen of the Second World War. Special memorials bearing the inscription "Buried near this spot" are erected to a small number of casualties whose graves could not be marked.
KVIBERG CEMETERY, Sweden
Location:
From the centre of Gothenburg head from the North East section of the city and pick up the sign for Gamelstaden then, subsequently, Kortedala. Follow this direction until a large roundabout is reached (junction of Kortedalavgen and Regementsgaten) with a petrol station on the right. The cemetery is directly opposite this.
Visiting Information:
In this very large cemetery the Commission plot (referred to as Engelska Krigsgrave) is marked with a red square on the cemetery plans at the entrance and close to the administrative buildings. From the entrance take the central avenue to the T junction, turn right and continue to the end of the road. Turn left and follow the road which winds upwards towards the rear of the cemetery. The plot is on rising ground close to the crematorium and can be seen from some distance.
Historical Information:
Although Sweden remained neutral throughout both world wars, a number of Commonwealth servicemen lie buried in her cemeteries and churchyards. Most of the First World War burials are of Naval casualties from the Battle of Jutland in 1916, or from the hired drifter 'Catspaw', wrecked on the south-east coast in December 1919. The Second World War graves are mostly those of airmen who failed to return from bombing raids over Germany or German occupied territories. Many casualties of both wars were buried in isolated and inaccessible locations and in 1961, the Gothenburg Church Commission made land available for a war graves plot in Kviberg Cemetery, which allowed these graves to be relocated. Three further burials were made in the plot in 1976, when a crashed aircraft, buried in snow in Lapland since 1942 was discovered during a thaw. The Commonwealth plot in Kviberg Cemetery now contains 68 burials of the First World War, 30 of which are unidentified. Second World War burials number 46, 11 of them unidentified.
MALMO EASTERN MUNICIPAL CEMETERY, Sweden
Location:
The City of Malmo is on the south-west coast opposite to Copenhagen. The Eastern Municipal Cemetery is situated 3 kilometres south-east of the city centre, and near the Crematorium is the small War Graves Plot.
Historical Information:
Although Sweden retained her neutrality throughout the Second World War, a number of Commonwealth servicemen are buried there, most of them airmen who failed to return from bombing raids over Germany or German occupied territories. Malmo Eastern Municipal Cemetery contains the graves of six Commonwealth airmen of the Second World War.
MALMO JEWISH CEMETERY, Sweden
Location:
The cemetery is located at the junction between the Foreningsgaten and the Industrigaten, and forms part of the Pauli Norra Kyrkogard. The Jewish Cemetery is contained within the walled enclosure, the entrance to which is through the gate a few metres from the road junction. From the gate proceed to the memorial at the rear of the cemetery to those killed in the concentration camps. The Commonwealth graves are marked by private memorials.
Historical Information:
Although Sweden retained her neutrality throughout the Second World War, a number of Commonwealth servicemen are buried there, most of them airmen who failed to return from bombing raids over Germany or German occupied territories. Malmo Jewish Cemetery contains the graves of two Commonwealth airmen of the Second World War.
(Information: Commonwealth War Graves Commission)
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