page_title: Church of St. Lawrence, Vantaa
section_title: Graveyard
hierarchical_section_title: Church of St. Lawrence, Vantaa / Exterior / Graveyard
caption_attribution_description: Cronstedts grave in St Lauri's church graveyard in Vantaa
context_page_description: The Church of St. Lawrence is a church in Vantaa, Finland.
  Dating back to ca. 1450, it is the oldest building in Vantaa and all of Greater Helsinki. It is also the main church of the Tikkurila Parish. Along with its surrounding neighborhood, the church is a part of the Helsingin pitäjän kirkonkylä district, which is one of the best preserved historical parishes in all of Finland.
  The Church of St. Lawrence was partially destroyed in a fire on 7 May 1893, after which it was reconstructed in a Gothic Revival style.
context_section_description: The church is surrounded by a graveyard, which acts as the primary graveyard for the parishes of Vantaa. Up until 1793, the graveyard remained constrained to its original size, until an inspection deemed it too crowded. Since then, it has been regularly expanded to suit the needs of the growing population. The graveyard's current area is about 10 hectares (25 acres). Its most notable grave is the mausoleum of Swedish naval commander Carl Olof Cronstedt.
caption: The mausoleum of Carl Olof Cronstedt.
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