Kalevankangas Cemetery
Kalevankangas Cemetery (Finnish: Kalevankankaan hautausmaa) is a cemetery in the Kaleva district within the city of Tampere, Finland.
The Kalevankangas Cemetery was consecrated in 1880.
During the Battle of Tampere, Kalevankangas was the scene of much conflict. The first goal of the White Guard had been to take Kalevankangas, the barrack area and the graveyard. The Swedish volunteers were on the right, and the Jägers were on the left. The Reds were protected by the gravestones and White veterans would later recall that it seemed nearly impossible to get to them. The Battle of Tampere was the bloodiest battle of the entire Finnish Civil War, not to mention the bloodiest in Finnish history at that point in time. If you visit Kalevankangas Cemetery today you can find shattered headstones and bullet holes in other gravestones. The killed Reds and those who later died in the Tampere camp were buried in mass grave of 2,700 people.
In 1928, a memorial was erected to remember the victims of the Imatra disaster of 1927.
The chapel at Kalevankangas Cemetery
Väinö Linna's grave
Matti Merivirta's grave
The grave of Kikka Sirén
A sign for the burial place of Into Auer
The grave of Aaro Pajari
The grave of Sara Hildén
Memorial dedicated to the victims of the Imatra disaster of 1927.
Coordinates: 61°29′36″N 23°47′42″E / 61.4933°N 23.7950°E
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