About Swedish Cemetery
Swedish Cemetery is a cemetery near Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut. It lies about 1.3 mi southwest of Portland. The grounds sit at about 266 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: J. Harold Ahlberg. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 211316. The nearest other listed cemetery is Center Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Portland Memorial Funeral Home in Portland, about 1.2 mi away. It is one of 116 cemeteries we list in Middlesex County, and 105 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Middlesex County dates to 1836. 1 of the 116 listings in Middlesex County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Portland. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Swedish Cemetery
- J. Harold Ahlberg1927-2001Ph.D. Yale University 1956
People whose Wikidata entry gives Swedish Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
41.58559, -72.62196
What Swedish Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Center CemeteryCromwell, CTCemetery0.8 mi
- Trinity CemeteryPortland, CTCemetery0.8 mi
- Saint Mary's CemeteryPortland, CTChristian cemetery1.4 mi
- Old CemeteryCromwell, CTCemetery1.6 mi
- Old Burying Ground CemeteryCromwell, CTCemetery1.6 mi
- Riverside CemeteryMiddletown, CTCemetery2.0 mi
- Saint John's CemeteryMiddletown, CTCatholic cemetery2.1 mi
- Connecticut Valley Hospital CemeteryMiddletown, CTCemetery2.2 mi
- Mortimer CemeteryMiddletown, CTCemetery2.2 mi
- Old Center CemeteryCromwell, CTCemetery2.3 mi
Funeral homes near Swedish Cemetery
- Portland Memorial Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Portland · (860) 342-3322
- Coughlin-Lastrina Funeral Home2.4 miFuneral home · Middletown · (860) 346-5439
- Doolittle Funeral Service Inc2.4 miFuneral home · Middletown · (860) 346-6464
- D'Angelo Funeral Home2.5 miFuneral home · Middletown · (860) 347-0752
- Cromwell Funeral Home2.5 miFuneral home · Cromwell · (860) 346-6464
- Biega Funeral Home2.5 miFuneral home · Middletown · (860) 346-1055
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