Uppståndelsemonumentet

The Uppståndelsemonumentet (also known as Uppståndelse or Uppståndelsen) is a bronze sculpture group, created by John Lundqvist between 1928 and 1941. The monument is located in the middle of Monument Hall outside Holy Corp's chapel at Skogskrematoriet on Skogskyrkogården in Stockholm, protected as a World Heritage and National Heritage Site. It rests upon a black granite pedestal. The monument consists of six sculptures and the theme is the rise or awakening of souls and their movement towards light.The monument was inspired by Albert Bartholomé’s monument Aux morts at the cemetery Père-Lachaise in Paris.

John Lundqvist exhibited a figurine detail from the planned monument in 1928 at the exhibition of the Optimists in Liljevalchs Konsthall. During the 1930s, a cast-in-gips study in full scale was displayed at the Stockholm Exhibition as part of the Graveyard Exhibition, and the placement on Skogskyrkogården was already planned at that time. In its final proposal, Gunnar Asplund created an opening in the roof of the foyer and placed the sculpture beneath it.The monument was erected during winter 1940-1941, shortly after the inauguration of Skogskrematoriet.

Bronze studies for individual figures from the monument were also created by individual sculptors and were cast at Otto Meyer’s Art Foundry.

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