Norway – Hammerfest (1/2) – Cemeteries

When you arrive to Hammerfest you see the church tower immediately. Opposite the church lies the cemetery that goes with it.

A surprising amount of 18XX birth (and death) gravestones, all very well maintained, as well as the ground itself.

hammerfest cemetery church — Hammerfest Church from H. Magnus, built in 1961, it is adapted to the form of the frames for drying fish

hammerfest cemetery friedhof — The cemetery is surrounded by a low wall

hammerfest cemetery friedhof cemteries361 — Very well kapt lawn. In the back you see the avalanche protectors on the mountain

hammerfest cemetery friedhof cemteries361 — Died 5.12.1880

hammerfest cemetery friedhof cemteries361 — Hard to read, and very old, all 18XX

hammerfest cemetery friedhof cemteries361 — Not stone but metal (iron?)

hammerfest cemetery friedhof cemteries361 — German last name, Was Conrad an immigrant (or immigrants child maybe) who got married to the Scandinavian Aase?…

hammerfest cemetery friedhof cemteries361 — Lots of seamen and sailors, fishermen on the coast of Norway, naturally.

hammerfest cemetery friedhof cemteries361 — Odd Risto, a child grave. from 1915. There is another gravestone with the same name.

hammerfest cemetery friedhof cemteries361 — Oops. Can someone come and put it upright again?

hammerfest cemetery friedhof cemteries361 — Here is another Odd Risto, burried on this cemetery.

hammerfest cemetery friedhof cemteries361 — These are old, this cross and the gravestones on the ground…

Norway – Hammerfest (1/2)

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