Sólland Cemetery in Reykjavík, Höfuðborgarsvæði

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Reykjavik, Höfuðborgarsvæði Iceland

Coordinates: 64.12588, -21.91459
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Solland is for ashes only and was designed for 17,000 graves. Bishop Karl Sigurbjornsson, Bishop of Iceland, consecrated the garden on 2nd of October 2009

Icelandic tradition holds that the first person buried in a new cemetery is designated as the "Keeper". The person who received that honor was Osbjorn Bjornsson, former director of KGRP.

With a full body burial, the belief is that the remains will not decompose and remain as they were the day they were buried.