Ekshärads cemetery - iron crosses

There is a unique heritage preserved at the cemetery. Over 450 forged iron crosses, most of them from the 1700s and 1800s, are preserved. Iron crosses were usual in the cemeteries in Värmland until the 1900s, but they were not functional and outdated so they started to disappear. They threw them away or sold them as scrap. They put them away in Ekshärad as well, and their home was on the outside of the cemetery for many years. Luckely, they choose to put the iron crosses back in the 1920s, which makes it a unique place to visit!

Klarälvsvägen, 683 61 Ekshärad

In central Ekshärad. 100 km north of Karlstad along road 62.

Organizer

Ekshärads Församling
Ekesbergsv. 1, Box 34
68360 Ekshärad
eksharad.pastorat@svenskakyrkan.se

+46 563 400 50