Fossvogskirkjugarður
Also known as Reykjavik Cemetery
Reykjavík, Reykjavíkurborg, Höfuðborgarsvæði, Iceland
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Note: It is now possible to bury urns in graves that already have a coffin, with the permission of the plot owner. This has increased in past years and in this way a family may share a lot.
Icelandic folk beliefs hold that the first person to be buried in a cemetery will be its ‘guardian' and that the body will not rot but serve to watch over those arriving later. In Fossvogur the ‘guardian' is Gunnar Hinriksson, a weaver, buried there on 2nd September 1932.
The only crematorium in Iceland with 2 cremation chambers is located on the cemetery grounds.
There are also special sites for graves of foreigners: the British plot (mostly WWII graves maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), German plot, Norwegian plot etc.
Note: It is now possible to bury urns in graves that already have a coffin, with the permission of the plot owner. This has increased in past years and in this way a family may share a lot.
Icelandic folk beliefs hold that the first person to be buried in a cemetery will be its ‘guardian' and that the body will not rot but serve to watch over those arriving later. In Fossvogur the ‘guardian' is Gunnar Hinriksson, a weaver, buried there on 2nd September 1932.
The only crematorium in Iceland with 2 cremation chambers is located on the cemetery grounds.
There are also special sites for graves of foreigners: the British plot (mostly WWII graves maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), German plot, Norwegian plot etc.
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- Total memorials1
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- Added: 17 Jun 2005
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2146064
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