Rahumäe cemetery is a cemetery located at Rahumäe

Rahumäe

Rahumäe is a subdistrict in the district of Nõmme, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It covers an area of and has a population of 3,014 , population density is .Rahumäe has a station on the Elektriraudtee western route....

 in Nõmme District

Nõmme

Nõmme is one of the 8 administrative districts of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 38,168 and covers an area of , population density is...

, Tallinn

Tallinn

Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...

, Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

. This municipal cemetery was established in 1903 on 29 hectares of land to meet the needs of the growing population of Tallinn. A number of congregations are present including a Jewish section established in 1909. This forested cemetery is notable for its many works by famous sculpturs and chapels present within its grounds.

Notable interments

• Gunnar Graps
  Gunnar Graps
  Gunnar Graps-Grafs was a popular Estonian musician and one of the pioneers of hard rock in Estonia and Soviet Union. He has sold hundreds of thousands of records all over the world and in 2004 Graps was given a lifetime award at Estonian Music Awards...
  
  
• Aleksander Klumberg
• Jaan Kross
  Jaan Kross
  -Early life:Born in Tallinn, Estonia, studied Jacob Westholm´s Grammar school, Kross attended the University of Tartu and graduated from its School of Law...
  
  
• Teodor Lippmaa
  Teodor Lippmaa
  Teodor Lippmaa was a noted Estonian botanist. He was the president of the Estonian Naturalists' Society in 1939–1942....
  
  
• Konstantin Märska
  Konstantin Märska
  Konstantin Märska was an Estonian cinematographer.Märska is buried at the Rahumäe cemetery in Tallinn.-External links:...
  
  
• Natalie Mei
  Natalie Mei
  Natalie Mei was an Estonian painter and graphic artist.Born on the Estonian island of Hiiumaa, Natalie Mei was one of three daughters of a ship's captain...
  
  
• Kristjan Raud
  Kristjan Raud
  Kristjan Raud was an Estonian painter and draughtsman.His parents were Jaan Raud and his wife Henriette Loviisa Raud...
  
  
• Julius Seljamaa
  Julius Seljamaa
  Julius Seljamaa was an Estonian politician and diplomat. From 1933 to 1936 he was the Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was born in Sindi , studied from 1899 to 1902 in Riga and became a teacher and later director at a school in Taali in the Tori Parish from 1902 until 1909...
  
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