Around 100 soldiers from the First World War and more than 3,000 from the Second World War are buried in this cemetery. The name Alfaset comes from a farm on whose land the military cemetery was built.
Description of the cemetery
The war cemetery is located about ten kilometers from the city center in a hilly landscape bordered by Holmenkollen, the Norwegian winter sports area. Granite crosses mark the graves and bear the names of three fallen soldiers on each side. The names of the fallen are also inscribed on the walls of the memorial room.
Occupancy
The war cemetery was established in the vicinity of the new municipal cemetery in 1953 and 1954, where all German war dead who had been buried by the Wehrmacht during the war on Ekkeberg above Oslo and in southern Norway were reburied.
The site was inaugurated on August 25, 1960.
Report on the commemorative event 50 years later: Reportage.
Special feature:
The names of 26 Germans are inscribed on a cast-iron plaque on a communal grave, the youngest a 16-year-old sailor. They all died as prisoners of war on August 17, 1945, when munitions detonated on Grønlikaia (Grønnlia Quay) during clean-up operations, killing more than 40 people. Many more were injured and the surrounding area was devastated.
