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Elva Cemetery
Elva Cemetery
Elva kalmistu
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Established	1924
Location	Elva
Country	Estonia

Elva Cemetery (Estonian: Elva kalmistu) is a cemetery in a forest park on the edge of the city of Elva, Estonia. The address of the cemetery is Vaikne tänav 39.

History

Elva Cemetery was established in 1924.^[1]^[2] The main gate was designed by Hanno Kompus in 1934.^[2] The new part of the cemetery was designed by the landscape architect Nora Tammoja [et].^[2]

Notable people

Notable people interred at Elva Cemetery include the following:

Leopold Hansen (1879–1964), actor and theater director^[1]
Richard Janno (1900–1942), writer and journalist
Ain Kaalep (1926–2020), writer
Jaan Kärner (1891–1958), writer
Ivan Kondakov (1857–1931), chemist^[1]
Hugo Kulbok [et] (1890–1942), soldier (cenotaph)
Jim Ollinovski [et] (1974–1993), writer
Daniel Palgi [et] (1899–1988), literary critic
Jaan Rommot (1941–2010), television director
Johannes Silvet (1895–1979), linguist^[1]
Karl-Johannes Soonpää (1895–1944), politician and civil servant
Ants Sööt [et] (1935–2013), choir director
Endel Varep [et] (1915–1988), geographer^[1]
Ago Viljari [et] (1910–1989), theologian
Charles Villmann [et] (1923–1992), physicist and astronomer
Vadim Želnin [et] (1909–1996), meteorologist^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Joosep, Arnold (September 7, 2013). "Elva kalmistu ajaloost". Elva postipoiss. No. 2. p. 5. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Elva kalmistu". Kalmistute register Haudi. Retrieved July 24, 2024.