WAR TRAILSOF THE NORTHSUOMI
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Kajaani, Kajaanin sankarihautausmaa

Kajaani

Period
1933
Category
War cemetery
Location accuracy
Precise location

A war cemetery where those who fell in the wars are buried. 264 graves. Memorial designed by Jooseppi Manninen. Unveiled 1955.

Muistomerkin teksti: ”Hyvästijättö”

Access and getting there

Osoite: Kirkkokatu 19, 87100 Kajaani. Muistopaikka. Käyttäydy kunnioittavasti ja noudata alueen omia ohjeita.

Related photographs

Photographs of the same subject from the same municipality. They do not show this site — each caption says what it actually shows.

What happened here

Battles, troop movements and military operations recorded near this site.

  1. 10 October 1939

    1. Er.AutoJ:n keskittäminen.

    Troop movement · Kajaani · 3,0 km

  2. 16 October 1939

    3. Er.AutoKorj. (kiint.):n keskittäminen.

    Troop movement · Kajaani · 3,0 km

  3. 25 October 1939

    9. Tien.jaSill.RK:n keskittäminen.

    Troop movement · Kajaani · 3,0 km

  4. 11 November 1939

    1. AseVar.Os:n keskittäminen.

    Troop movement · Kajaani · 3,0 km

  5. 20 November 1939

    5. VVar.Os:n keskittäminen.

    Troop movement · Kajaani · 3,0 km

Recorded casualties in the area

Kajaani
16

The recorded place of death is usually a parish or village rather than an exact point, so the figure describes the area around the site. Names of the fallen are not shown.

Sotasampo · Kansallisarkisto, menehtyneet 1939–1945

Archive photographs nearby

Wartime photographs taken near this site.

Photographs: SA-kuva, CC BY 4.0.

Nearby

One site is rarely a trip on its own. These are the closest others.

Sources, licences and accuracy

Location accuracy: Precise location

Verification: 2026-07-31 (remote)