WAR TRAILSOF THE NORTHSUOMI
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Lapua, Tuomiokirkon hautausmaa

Lapua

Period
1945
Category
War cemetery
Location accuracy
Precise location

A war cemetery where those who fell in the wars are buried. 297 graves. Memorial designed by Yrjö Liipola. Unveiled 22.6.1947.

Muistomerkin teksti: ”Vapauden Enkeli”

Access and getting there

Osoite: Kosolankatu 3, 62100 Lapua. 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. 14 July 1808

    Battle of Lapua

    Battle · Suomen sota · 562 m

    The Battle of Lapua was fought between Swedish and Russian troops on 14 July 1808 at Lapua, Finland. The battle was a part of the Finnish War of 1808–1809. The Russians had set up defences around Lapua. The Swedes tried to outflank and surround the defending Russians. The Björneborg Regiment under Georg Carl von Döbeln distinguished itself during the battle. In the end the Russians managed to retreat, but the victory was an important one for the Swedish as it allowed them to continue their offensive.

    == Notes, citations and sources ==

    Read more on Wikipedia · Wikipedian tekijät, CC BY-SA 4.0

Recorded casualties in the area

Lapua
8

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

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Sources, licences and accuracy

Location accuracy: Precise location

Verification: 2026-07-31 (remote)