Haunted Cemeteries (1731)

1731 haunted cemeteries from around the world. Each location includes its story and GPS coordinates.

• ⚰️ Site of the Holy Innocents' Cemetery Paris The earth of the city's largest cemetery was said to devour a body in nine days — and Death danced with pope, emperor and king on its wall.
• ⚰️ Montparnasse Cemetery Paris In the winter of 1848 the graves were found broken open each morning, the bodies mutilated. The press named him the Vampire of Montparnasse.
• ⚰️ Anatori Crypts Chevsuretien Plague-stricken highlanders walked here to lie down among the dead and await their own end — the bones still fill the stone chambers.
• ⚰️ Cemetery of the Nameless Vienna In the Cemetery of the Nameless by the Danube the unknown drowned were buried – and in the fog their figures are said to return.
• ⚰️ Bachelor's Grove Cemetery Illinois One of the most haunted cemeteries in America. The White Madonna is said to wander among the graves.
• ⚰️ The Chase Vault Christ Church Every time the sealed Chase family vault was opened, the heavy lead coffins had been flung into disorder – and no one has ever explained how.
• ⚰️ Gavião Cemetery Maranhão On Friday nights Ana Jansen's glowing carriage rolls out of the cemetery, drawn by headless horses – accept her candle and you are marked for death.
• ⚰️ Olsany Cemeteries Prague Prague's only vampire carries the nickname Dopijec — the Drink-It-Upper. Across fifty hectares of graves he is also called Bloody Knee.
• ⚰️ Assistens Cemetery Köpenhamn Giertrud Bodenhoff was buried in 1798 – merely in a deathlike trance. When grave robbers came for her jewels, she woke in the coffin.
• ⚰️ Mårup Church, Lønstrup Nordjylland, Lønstrup The sea is gnawing into the cliff where 226 drowned sailors lie in a mass grave — walkers already find bones the grave has lost to the water.
• ⚰️ Guatemala City General Cemetery Ciudad de Guatemala At the capital's vast cemetery, opened in 1881, night watchmen see sharply outlined shadow figures gliding between the burial niches.
• ⚰️ Jeruk Purut Cemetery Jakarta On Friday nights a headless pastor is said to wander among the graves, carrying his own head, with a black dog at his heels.
• ⚰️ The Jinn Cemetery of Tis Sistan-Baluchistan The tombstones are too large for humans, say the villagers – and at night the jinn's laments for their dead can be heard.
• ⚰️ Catacombs of San Gaudioso Naples The skulls are set into the wall, and beneath each one the body is painted in its working clothes — the artist asked to be buried here himself.
• ⚰️ Cemetery of the 366 Pits Naples One grave for every day of the year, 366 numbered stones. Above number 313 an aunt and her niece hold each other in the dark.
• ⚰️ Fontanelle Cemetery Naples Here you adopt a skull, wipe it clean and give it a name. The Captain's skull once answered a disrespectful visitor out loud.
• ⚰️ Panteón Civil de Dolores Mexico City If you hear the boy weeping among the graves he has chosen you — and the soldier Figueroa shouts halt at anyone who touches a stone.
• ⚰️ Belén Cemetery Jalisco A tree grew from the vampire's staked grave, and visitors still leave toys for Nachito, the boy who died of his fear of the dark.
• ⚰️ San Cristóbal de las Casas Municipal Cemetery Chiapas Two graves in the town cemetery are said to hold a vampire and a witch — and neither of them rests in peace.
• ⚰️ Powazki Cemetery Warsaw For 364 days a year General Blumer lies still. On the anniversary of the uprising he stands at his own grave, facing the city centre.
• ⚰️ Bygdeå Churchyard Västerbotten "Blessed are they that sleep", read the gravedigger's wife as she crossed the graves. Then something sighed heavily beneath her: "We do not all sleep so well."
• ⚰️ Korsbetningen and Valdemar's Cross Gotland The stone cross asks passers-by to pray for the fallen — beneath the grass 1,800 Gotland farmers still lie in their mail, the heat having made them too foul to loot.
• ⚰️ Issiz Cuma Cemetery Çanakkale In this desolate medieval graveyard, the graves of a mother and her infant are said to have refused, again and again, to stay apart.
• ⚰️ Karacaahmet Cemetery Istanbul The healer staked his own head on curing the sultan — and asked as payment for all the ground his horse could cover in a single day.
• ⚰️ Lychakiv Cemetery, Lviv Lviv Along the avenues of Lychakiv Cemetery strolls a ghostly pair of lovers – and outside the wall appears a woman in black with no face.
• ⚰️ Hart Island – Million Graves of the Poor New York Over a million nameless dead lie in trench graves on the island no mourners could visit – Hart Island is America's largest potter's field, and boaters shun its shores at dusk.
• ⚰️ Howard Street Cemetery Massachusetts Giles Corey was pressed to death on this field in 1692 — and his figure is still said to appear among the stones just before disaster strikes Salem.
• ⚰️ Gur-e-Amir — Tomb of Tamerlane Samarkand Two days after Soviet scientists opened Tamerlane's tomb, Hitler invaded the Soviet Union — the curse had warned them.
• ⚰️ Bình Hưng Hòa Cemetery Ho Chi Minh City On Saigon's vast burial ground, a girl in white is said to flag down night riders — then dissolve among the graves.
• ⚰️ African Burial Ground: The Forgotten Builders New York Beneath a federal office building at 290 Broadway, New York's oldest and largest burial ground for free and enslaved Africans was uncovered in 1991.
• ⚰️ Akamella Abandoned Cemetery Norrbotten An enigmatic story by the Muonio River. In northern Sweden, in a remote location near Muodoslompolo, lies Akamella Abandoned Cemetery, a mysterious and forsaken burial ground with a long history.
• ⚰️ Toowong Cemetery Queensland At Queensland's largest cemetery, cars roll uphill by themselves at Spook Hill — and a vampire beauty is said to rest in Avenue 12.
• ⚰️ Consolação Cemetery São Paulo The gravedigger who dropped dead in the middle of a burial is still said to sit by the Matarazzo family mausoleum, keeping watch over his final grave.
• ⚰️ Soledade Cemetery Pará In Belém's old yellow-fever cemetery, legend says the dead hold their own midnight mass in the chapel – and miracles happen at the grave of the child Zezinho.
• ⚰️ Caju Cemetery Rio de Janeiro Among the mass graves of the Spanish flu walks a lady in white who dissolves into the morning mist whenever anyone draws near.
• ⚰️ Santiago General Cemetery Región Metropolitana Among Santiago's mausoleums walks a woman in a wedding dress who never lived to see her wedding day.
• ⚰️ Central Cemetery of Bogotá Bogotá At Bogotá's oldest cemetery, wishes are whispered into a dead brewer's ear – and the nights fill with sorcery.
• ⚰️ Mala Strana Cemetery Prague At midnight on New Year's Eve you can read the bishop's stone book — it holds the names of those who will die that year.
• ⚰️ Old Jewish Cemetery (Stary zidovsky hrbitov) Prague Rabbi Loew dreamt of dead children dancing between the stones in white shirts — then went out at night to take the plague's list of names from them.
• ⚰️ Stahnsdorf South-Western Cemetery Brandenburg Visitors meet figures among the graves at dusk — here lie 15,000 dead dug up in Berlin and carried out on the corpse railway.
• ⚰️ The Headless Coachman at Göholm Estate Blekinge Along the Blekinge coast, just southeast of Ronneby, Göholm Estate rises on the Gö Peninsula. It is a place with a long and dramatic history — and one of Blekinge's most talked-about haunted sites.
• ⚰️ Landet Churchyard, Tåsinge Fyn, Tåsinge The tightrope dancer and the Swedish lieutenant walked into Nørreskoven one July morning in 1889 and never came out — they lie in one grave.
• ⚰️ Lindholm Høje Nordjylland, Nørresundby Seven hundred cremation graves set in stone ships above the Limfjord — and beneath them, the tracks of a farmer fleeing the sand.
• ⚰️ General Cemetery of Guayaquil Guayas To Guayaquil's white city of mausoleums, the veiled lady lures her victims in the dark of the new moon.
• ⚰️ Montjuïc Cemetery Barcelona Among the hillside's hundred thousand graves hides an Egyptian pyramid of sealed secrets – and at dusk the Vampire of the Raval is said to walk from her unmarked mass grave.
• ⚰️ Fossar de les Moreres Barcelona "No traitor lies in the mulberry grave" – beneath the square by Santa Maria del Mar rest the fallen of 1714, and every eleventh of September they are said to rise.
• ⚰️ Plaça de Sant Felip Neri – Graveyard of the Hanged Barcelona The square rests upon the graveyard of the hanged – and legend tells of the youth who mocked a skull here and received a visit from its owner that same night.
• ⚰️ La Almudena Cemetery Madrid At Western Europe's largest cemetery, the angel of death's trumpet was moved from his lips – whoever hears it sound will soon die.
• ⚰️ The Englishmen's Cemetery Galicia The sea kept giving up the cadets for weeks after the wreck — and the Coast of Death has carried its haunted reputation ever since.
• ⚰️ Falk's Grave — One of Sweden's Most Mythical Execution Sites Västra Götaland In the desolate pine forest on Hökensås, in the Habo municipality of Västergötland, lies a place that has captivated and frightened generations of visitors.
• ⚰️ Koltur Koltur (Streymoy) On the island said to be a petrified troll-woman's head, the dead haunt the graveyard — buried without a priest, without rest.
• ⚰️ Père-Lachaise Cemetery Île-de-France In the world's most visited cemetery, Baroness Stroganoff's white lady allegedly seeks someone who dares keep vigil at her grave for a year.
• ⚰️ Cross Bones Graveyard London Behind a ribbon-decked iron gate in Southwark lie 15,000 outcasts — the 'Winchester Geese' the Church profited from in life but refused to bury in death.
• ⚰️ Greyfriars Kirkyard: Covenanters' Prison and the Black Mausoleum Edinburgh, Scotland This is Greyfriars. Here in 1638 the document was signed that defied the king's power over the church.
• ⚰️ Comayagüela General Cemetery Francisco Morazán At the capital's old cemetery stands a bewitched tree where a duende appears to the night guards.
• ⚰️ The Grave of Károly Kisfaludy, Fiumei Road Cemetery Budapest The grave breathes. When Károly Kisfaludy was reburied here in 1859 the stone shifted — and visitors still feel cold breath on their faces.
• ⚰️ Wolfe Tone Square (St Mary's churchyard) Dublin A widow's curse condemned the hanging judge Norbury to unrest. Chains are still heard dragging along the road from Cabra to the graveyard.
• ⚰️ Kalpalli Cemetery Karnataka In this old burial ground off Bangalore's Old Madras Road, a man is seen standing among the graves – dissolving into thin air as you approach.
• ⚰️ Hólavallagarður Cemetery Reykjavík Guðrún Oddsdóttir, the first person buried here in 1838, is said to serve as the cemetery's guardian, receiving every soul that follows.
• ⚰️ San Michele Cemetery Venice Sister Vittoria told her fellow nuns her body would not be there when the grave was opened. The cypresses are said to whisper at night.
• ⚰️ Adashino Nenbutsu-ji Temple Kyoto The stone field is called Sai no Kawara — the riverbed of the dead, where children's souls pile stones forever and demons topple the towers again.
• ⚰️ Mount Iimori Fukushima At dusk, young figures are glimpsed among the cedars on the hill — nineteen boys cut themselves open here believing the castle was burning.
• ⚰️ San Fernando Cemetery Museum Mexico City The Woman in Black stands motionless among the tombs until she lets out one long scream — and Don Juan laments the fortune he lost.
• ⚰️ Xoco Cemetery Mexico City Neighbours say the lament of Senator Belisario Domínguez rises over the graves — the man who wrote the truth and was silenced for it.
• ⚰️ English Cemetery of Real del Monte Hidalgo Every grave faces England — except the clown's — and the dead miners are said to walk in the mountain mist.
• ⚰️ La Soledad Cemetery Estado de México A mist drifts across the old execution ground, said to carry the prayers and cries of the dead.
• ⚰️ Municipal Cemetery No. 1 (Juan Soldado's Grave) Baja California At Juan Soldado's grave, the executed soldier is said to still cry out his innocence.
• ⚰️ Odderøya – the Quarantine Station and Cholera Cemetery Agder Those who died in quarantine were buried by the shore, far from everyone else. Today an idyllic bathing cove lies right beside the graves.
• ⚰️ Lost churchyard at Å Östergötland In Å parish, Norrköping, lies an abandoned churchyard — a burial ground left behind when its church fell out of use. Set in the surrounding countryside, the graves have largely returned to nature, but the dead were never moved. Recorded in Fornsök as L2009:1994.
• ⚰️ Abandoned churchyard — Ådals-Liden Västernorrland An old, forgotten burial ground in the parish of Ådals-Liden, Sollefteå. When the church was abandoned the living moved on, but the churchyard stayed, hidden now in the surrounding countryside. Recorded in Fornsök as L1935:5865.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogård – Åhus Skåne Locally the site is known as Elleköpinge kyrkogård, a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Åhus, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogård – Åhus Skåne Locally the site is known as S:t Jörgens hospital, a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Åhus, Sweden.
• ⚰️ The deserted graves of Alingsås Västra Götaland An old, forgotten burial ground in the parish of Alingsås, Alingsås. When the church was abandoned the living moved on, but the churchyard stayed, hidden now in the surrounding countryside. Recorded in Fornsök as L1966:978.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogård – Älmeboda Kronoberg Locally the site is known as Åkeanernas kyrkogård, a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Älmeboda, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogård – Alster Värmland A former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Alster, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Abandoned churchyard — Älvsered Halland In Älvsered parish, Falkenberg, lies an abandoned churchyard — a burial ground left behind when its church fell out of use. Set in the surrounding countryside, the graves have largely returned to nature, but the dead were never moved. Recorded in Fornsök as L1996:4990.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogården i Åmål Västra Götaland A former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Åmål, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Anderstorp: a forgotten burial ground Jönköping Ödekyrkogård – Anderstorp socken
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogården i Arjeplog Norrbotten Locally the site is known as Silbojokk ödekyrkogård, a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Arjeplog, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogård – Arjeplog Norrbotten A former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Arjeplog, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Ärlas ödekyrkogård Södermanland Locally the site is known as Ärla gamla kyrkgård., a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Ärla, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Åss ödekyrkogård Kalmar Locally the site is known as Kyrkhamns kapell, a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Ås, Sweden.
• ⚰️ The deserted graves of Ås Jönköping Ödekyrkogård – Ås socken
• ⚰️ Lost churchyard at Åsenhöga Jönköping This deserted churchyard near Åsenhöga (Gnosjö) once surrounded a church now long gone. Among the surrounding countryside, only faint mounds and the quiet remain — the kind of place where the past feels very close. Recorded in Fornsök as L1972:8603.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogård – Askum Västra Götaland Locally the site is known as Askums gamla kyrkogård, a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Askum, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogård – Askum Västra Götaland A former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Askum, Sweden.
• ⚰️ The deserted graves of Aspås Jämtland Ödekyrkogård – Aspås socken
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogård – Aspö Blekinge Locally the site is known as Gamla kyrkogården, a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Aspö, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Aspös ödekyrkogård Södermanland Locally the site is known as Kyrkhäll, a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Aspö, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Balkåkras ödekyrkogård Skåne Locally the site is known as Borsjö, a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Balkåkra, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogården i Bällefors Västra Götaland A former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Bällefors, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogård – Baltak Västra Götaland A former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Baltak, Sweden.
• ⚰️ The deserted graves of Berg Kronoberg In Berg parish, Växjö, lies an abandoned churchyard — a burial ground left behind when its church fell out of use. Set in the surrounding countryside, the graves have largely returned to nature, but the dead were never moved. Recorded in Fornsök as L1954:597.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogård – Bergstena Västra Götaland Locally the site is known as Bergstena gamala kyrka, a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Bergstena, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Lost churchyard at Billeberga Skåne Ödekyrkogård – Billeberga socken
• ⚰️ The deserted graves of Bjälbo Östergötland In Bjälbo parish, Mjölby, lies an abandoned churchyard — a burial ground left behind when its church fell out of use. Set in the surrounding countryside, the graves have largely returned to nature, but the dead were never moved. Recorded in Fornsök as L2012:2649.
• ⚰️ Bjärby, Särestads ödekyrkogård Västra Götaland A former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Särestad, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Bjärkas ödekyrkogård Västra Götaland A former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Bjärka, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Bjärtrås ödekyrkogård Västernorrland A former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Bjärtrå, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogården i Björketorp Västra Götaland A former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Björketorp, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Abandoned churchyard — Björklinge Uppsala An old, forgotten burial ground in the parish of Björklinge, Uppsala. When the church was abandoned the living moved on, but the churchyard stayed, hidden now in the surrounding countryside. Recorded in Fornsök as L1944:5806.
• ⚰️ Abandoned churchyard — Björksta Västmanland In Björksta parish, Västerås, lies an abandoned churchyard — a burial ground left behind when its church fell out of use. Set in the surrounding countryside, the graves have largely returned to nature, but the dead were never moved. Recorded in Fornsök as L2004:3309.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogården i Bjurum Västra Götaland A former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Bjurum, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Bjurum: a forgotten burial ground Västra Götaland Ödekyrkogård – Bjurum socken
• ⚰️ Bödas ödekyrkogård Kalmar A former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Böda, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Bolums ödekyrkogård Västra Götaland A former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Bolum, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogård – Borrby Skåne A former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Borrby, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogård – Börringe Skåne A former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Börringe, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogården i Börringe Skåne Locally the site is known as Lemmeströ gamla kyrka, a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Börringe, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogården i Börstig Västra Götaland A former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Börstig, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Broddetorp: a forgotten burial ground Västra Götaland An old, forgotten burial ground in the parish of Broddetorp, Falköping. When the church was abandoned the living moved on, but the churchyard stayed, hidden now in the surrounding countryside. Recorded in Fornsök as L1963:8825.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogården i Brunnby Skåne Locally the site is known as Gamla kyrkogården, a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Brunnby, Sweden.
• ⚰️ The deserted graves of Brunneby Östergötland Ödekyrkogård – Brunneby socken
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogård – Brunnhem Västra Götaland A former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Brunnhem, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Byskes ödekyrkogård Västerbotten Locally the site is known as Kyrkbacken, a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Byske, Sweden.
• ⚰️ The deserted graves of Byske Västerbotten Ödekyrkogård – Byske socken
• ⚰️ Lost churchyard at Dädesjö Kronoberg Ödekyrkogård – Dädesjö socken
• ⚰️ Lost churchyard at Dala Västra Götaland An old, forgotten burial ground in the parish of Dala, Falköping. When the church was abandoned the living moved on, but the churchyard stayed, hidden now in the surrounding countryside. Recorded in Fornsök as L1963:9231.
• ⚰️ Dalbys ödekyrkogård Värmland A former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Dalby, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Lost churchyard at Dalstorp Västra Götaland Ödekyrkogård – Dalstorp socken
• ⚰️ The deserted graves of Dimbo Västra Götaland In Dimbo parish, Tidaholm, lies an abandoned churchyard — a burial ground left behind when its church fell out of use. Set in the surrounding countryside, the graves have largely returned to nature, but the dead were never moved. Recorded in Fornsök as L1963:9384.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogården i Dimbo Västra Götaland A former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Dimbo, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Djurös ödekyrkogård Stockholm A former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Djurö, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Lost churchyard at Dörarp Kronoberg An old, forgotten burial ground in the parish of Dörarp, Ljungby. When the church was abandoned the living moved on, but the churchyard stayed, hidden now in the surrounding countryside. Recorded in Fornsök as L1955:7874.
• ⚰️ Lost churchyard at Ed Värmland In Ed parish, Grums, lies an abandoned churchyard — a burial ground left behind when its church fell out of use. Set in the surrounding countryside, the graves have largely returned to nature, but the dead were never moved. Recorded in Fornsök as L2007:2830.
• ⚰️ Lost churchyard at Edshult Jönköping In Edshult parish, Eksjö, lies an abandoned churchyard — a burial ground left behind when its church fell out of use. Set in the surrounding countryside, the graves have largely returned to nature, but the dead were never moved. Recorded in Fornsök as L1974:5872.
• ⚰️ Edsvära: a forgotten burial ground Västra Götaland In Edsvära parish, Vara, lies an abandoned churchyard — a burial ground left behind when its church fell out of use. Set in the surrounding countryside, the graves have largely returned to nature, but the dead were never moved. Recorded in Fornsök as L1963:8338.
• ⚰️ Lost churchyard at Edsvära Västra Götaland In Edsvära parish, Vara, lies an abandoned churchyard — a burial ground left behind when its church fell out of use. Set in the surrounding countryside, the graves have largely returned to nature, but the dead were never moved. Recorded in Fornsök as L1963:9430.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogård – Ekshärad Värmland A former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Ekshärad, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Abandoned churchyard — Ekshärad Värmland Ödekyrkogård – Ekshärad socken
• ⚰️ Lost churchyard at Eksta Gotland In Eksta parish, Gotland, lies an abandoned churchyard — a burial ground left behind when its church fell out of use. Set in the surrounding countryside, the graves have largely returned to nature, but the dead were never moved. Recorded in Fornsök as L1977:543.
• ⚰️ Ekstas ödekyrkogård Gotland Locally the site is known as Kyrkogården, a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Eksta, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogården i Enånger Gävleborg Locally the site is known as Enångers gamla kyrka, a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Enånger, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Envikens ödekyrkogård Dalarna A former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Enviken, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogård – Erikstad Västra Götaland Locally the site is known as Erikstads kyrkoruin, a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Erikstad, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Lost churchyard at Eskilstuna Södermanland An old, forgotten burial ground in the parish of Eskilstuna, Eskilstuna. When the church was abandoned the living moved on, but the churchyard stayed, hidden now in the surrounding countryside. Recorded in Fornsök as L1985:5846.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogård – Falkenberg Halland Locally the site is known as S:ta Gertruds kyrkoruin, a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Falkenberg, Sweden.
• ⚰️ The deserted graves of Fänneslunda Västra Götaland An old, forgotten burial ground in the parish of Fänneslunda, Ulricehamn. When the church was abandoned the living moved on, but the churchyard stayed, hidden now in the surrounding countryside. Recorded in Fornsök as L1966:5973.
• ⚰️ Abandoned churchyard — Färila Gävleborg In Färila parish, Ljusdal, lies an abandoned churchyard — a burial ground left behind when its church fell out of use. Set in the surrounding countryside, the graves have largely returned to nature, but the dead were never moved. Recorded in Fornsök as L1951:4077.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogård – Färlöv Skåne Locally the site is known as Araslövs kyrka, a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Färlöv, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Fårös ödekyrkogård Gotland A former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Fårö, Sweden. Local tradition holds that the ground is haunted.
• ⚰️ Fårös ödekyrkogård Gotland Locally the site is known as Ryska kyrkogården, a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Fårö, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Fårös ödekyrkogård Gotland A former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Fårö, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Fårös ödekyrkogård Gotland Locally the site is known as Kyrkogården, a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Fårö, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogård – Fårö Gotland Locally the site is known as Sankt Olovs kyrka, a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Fårö, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogården i Flackarp, Lund, Uppåkra Skåne Locally the site is known as Sankt Lars kyrkogård, a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Flackarp, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Flackarp: a forgotten burial ground Skåne In Flackarp parish, Staffanstorp, lies an abandoned churchyard — a burial ground left behind when its church fell out of use. Set in the surrounding countryside, the graves have largely returned to nature, but the dead were never moved. Recorded in Fornsök as L1989:2021.
• ⚰️ Flisby: a forgotten burial ground Jönköping In Flisby parish, Nässjö, lies an abandoned churchyard — a burial ground left behind when its church fell out of use. Set in the surrounding countryside, the graves have largely returned to nature, but the dead were never moved. Recorded in Fornsök as L1974:7790.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogården i Fliseryd Kalmar Locally the site is known as Gamla kyrkogården, a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Fliseryd, Sweden.
• ⚰️ The deserted graves of Floby Västra Götaland In Floby parish, Falköping, lies an abandoned churchyard — a burial ground left behind when its church fell out of use. Set in the surrounding countryside, the graves have largely returned to nature, but the dead were never moved. Recorded in Fornsök as L1962:648.
• ⚰️ The deserted graves of Fors Jämtland Ödekyrkogård – Fors socken
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogård – Forsa Gävleborg Locally the site is known as Gillestugan, a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Forsa, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Abandoned churchyard — Forsmark Uppsala An old, forgotten burial ground in the parish of Forsmark, Östhammar. When the church was abandoned the living moved on, but the churchyard stayed, hidden now in the surrounding countryside. Recorded in Fornsök as L1943:4260.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogården i Foss Västra Götaland A former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Foss, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Främmestads ödekyrkogård Västra Götaland A former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Främmestad, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogård – Frillesås Halland A former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Frillesås, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Lost churchyard at Fristad Västra Götaland Ödekyrkogård – Fristad socken
• ⚰️ The deserted graves of Fröjered Västra Götaland An old, forgotten burial ground in the parish of Fröjered, Tidaholm. When the church was abandoned the living moved on, but the churchyard stayed, hidden now in the surrounding countryside. Recorded in Fornsök as L1963:7322.
• ⚰️ Frykeruds ödekyrkogård Värmland A former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Frykerud, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogård – Fryksände Värmland A former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Fryksände, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Gärdhem: a forgotten burial ground Västra Götaland Ödekyrkogård – Gärdhem socken
• ⚰️ Lost churchyard at Gårdveda Kalmar Ödekyrkogård – Gårdveda socken
• ⚰️ Lost churchyard at Gestad Västra Götaland An old, forgotten burial ground in the parish of Gestad, Vänersborg. When the church was abandoned the living moved on, but the churchyard stayed, hidden now in the surrounding countryside. Recorded in Fornsök as L1966:7425.
• ⚰️ The deserted graves of Gingri Västra Götaland An old, forgotten burial ground in the parish of Gingri, Borås. When the church was abandoned the living moved on, but the churchyard stayed, hidden now in the surrounding countryside. Recorded in Fornsök as L1966:7578.
• ⚰️ Abandoned churchyard — Gnosjö Jönköping This deserted churchyard near Gnosjö (Gnosjö) once surrounded a church now long gone. Among the surrounding countryside, only faint mounds and the quiet remain — the kind of place where the past feels very close. Recorded in Fornsök as L1974:8750.
• ⚰️ Lost churchyard at Gnosjö Jönköping Ödekyrkogård – Gnosjö socken
• ⚰️ Abandoned churchyard — Gödestad Halland In Gödestad parish, Varberg, lies an abandoned churchyard — a burial ground left behind when its church fell out of use. Set in the surrounding countryside, the graves have largely returned to nature, but the dead were never moved. Recorded in Fornsök as L1997:4823.
• ⚰️ Lost churchyard at Göteborg Västra Götaland In Göteborg parish, Göteborg, lies an abandoned churchyard — a burial ground left behind when its church fell out of use. Set in the surrounding countryside, the graves have largely returned to nature, but the dead were never moved. Recorded in Fornsök as L1960:2296.
• ⚰️ Göteborgs ödekyrkogård Västra Götaland Locally the site is known as Garnisonskyrkogården, a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Göteborg, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogården i Göteborg Västra Götaland Locally the site is known as Härlanda kyrkoruin, a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Göteborg, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogården i Göteborg Västra Götaland Locally the site is known as Hospitalets kyrkogård, a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Göteborg, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Lost churchyard at Göteve Västra Götaland Ödekyrkogård – Göteve socken
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogården i Gräsö Uppsala A former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Gräsö, Sweden.
• ⚰️ The deserted graves of Grebo Östergötland Ödekyrkogård – Grebo socken
• ⚰️ Grolanda: a forgotten burial ground Västra Götaland This deserted churchyard near Grolanda (Falköping) once surrounded a church now long gone. Among the surrounding countryside, only faint mounds and the quiet remain — the kind of place where the past feels very close. Recorded in Fornsök as L1963:6746.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogård – Grönby Skåne A former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Grönby, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Lost churchyard at Grovare Västra Götaland Ödekyrkogård – Grovare socken
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogård – Gullered Västra Götaland Locally the site is known as Tissereds kyrkoruin, a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Gullered, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Lost churchyard at Gustafs Dalarna Ödekyrkogård – Gustafs socken
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogård – Hagby Kalmar Locally the site is known as S:t Sigfrids kyrkogård, a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Hagby, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogård – Hägerstad Östergötland Locally the site is known as Hägerstads gamla kyrka, a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Hägerstad, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Lost churchyard at Häggenås Jämtland Ödekyrkogård – Häggenås socken
• ⚰️ Håles ödekyrkogård Västra Götaland A former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Håle, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Halltorps ödekyrkogård Kalmar Locally the site is known as Holländska, a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Halltorp, Sweden.
• ⚰️ The deserted graves of Hällum Västra Götaland An old, forgotten burial ground in the parish of Hällum, Vara. When the church was abandoned the living moved on, but the churchyard stayed, hidden now in the surrounding countryside. Recorded in Fornsök as L1962:5192.
• ⚰️ Halmstads ödekyrkogård Halland Locally the site is known as övraby kyrkoruin, a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Halmstad, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Halnas ödekyrkogård Västra Götaland Locally the site is known as Krön av moränhöjd., a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Halna, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Abandoned churchyard — Hammar Örebro An old, forgotten burial ground in the parish of Hammar, Askersund. When the church was abandoned the living moved on, but the churchyard stayed, hidden now in the surrounding countryside. Recorded in Fornsök as L1982:9563.
• ⚰️ The deserted graves of Hamneda Kronoberg In Hamneda parish, Ljungby, lies an abandoned churchyard — a burial ground left behind when its church fell out of use. Set in the surrounding countryside, the graves have largely returned to nature, but the dead were never moved. Recorded in Fornsök as L1954:3849.
• ⚰️ Hamrånge: a forgotten burial ground Gävleborg In Hamrånge parish, Gävle, lies an abandoned churchyard — a burial ground left behind when its church fell out of use. Set in the surrounding countryside, the graves have largely returned to nature, but the dead were never moved. Recorded in Fornsök as L1951:5457.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogård – Hånger Jönköping Locally the site is known as Gamla Kyrkogården, a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Hånger, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogården i Härjevad Västra Götaland Locally the site is known as Härjevads gamla kyrkplats, a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Härjevad, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogården i Härlunda Västra Götaland Locally the site is known as Härlunda kyrka, a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Härlunda, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Härnösand: a forgotten burial ground Västernorrland Ödekyrkogård – Härnösand socken
• ⚰️ The deserted graves of Hassela Gävleborg In Hassela parish, Nordanstig, lies an abandoned churchyard — a burial ground left behind when its church fell out of use. Set in the surrounding countryside, the graves have largely returned to nature, but the dead were never moved. Recorded in Fornsök as L1951:7324.
• ⚰️ The deserted graves of Hässjö Västernorrland Ödekyrkogård – Hässjö socken
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogård – Hasslösa Västra Götaland Locally the site is known as Hasslösa gamla kyrka, a former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Hasslösa, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Ödekyrkogård – Hed Västmanland A former abandoned burial ground in the parish of Hed, Sweden.
• ⚰️ Lost churchyard at Hedemora Dalarna In Hedemora parish, Hedemora, lies an abandoned churchyard — a burial ground left behind when its church fell out of use. Set in the surrounding countryside, the graves have largely returned to nature, but the dead were never moved. Recorded in Fornsök as L2001:2886.
• ⚰️ Hedeskoga: a forgotten burial ground Skåne In Hedeskoga parish, Ystad, lies an abandoned churchyard — a burial ground left behind when its church fell out of use. Set in the surrounding countryside, the graves have largely returned to nature, but the dead were never moved. Recorded in Fornsök as L1986:2320.

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