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Ris kirkegård

Also known as Ris urnelund

Oslo, Oslo kommune, Oslo fylke, Norway

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Get directions Risbakken 3
Oslo, Oslo fylke, 0374 Norway

Coordinates: 59.94781, 10.70123
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Ris urnelund is in Vestre Aker district in Oslo, it was inaugurated in 1957, has only urn graves and a size of approx. (26 dekar) 6,42 acre (US/UK). In 1926, an area was purchased from Riis Farm, to build a church there - Ris church. It was consecrated 12th June 1932.

Inside the church is a memorial plaque to those who died in World War II. The cemetery contains a monument commemorating 46 victims of World War II - it was unveiled in 1952. There is also a common grave site for the dead from nearby Gaustad psychiatric hospital in the period 1965-1989; The grave is often called a "Grave of shame" (Skammens grav). Gaustad psychiatric hospital had a death rate of 24 for those who were lobotomized during the period 1941-50. Of the first 35 women who were lobotomized, 18 died immediately.

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