Tampere to start 2026 construction on Kalevankangas memorial for 1918 mass grave victims
The City of Tampere says work will begin on a memorial at Kalevankangas to honour victims identified as likely buried in a 1918 mass grave; the project includes new name structures, paths, lighting and a plaque by Johanna Lecklin.
The City of Tampere says work on the memorial will follow plans prepared by a working group made up of the Tampere Art Museum, Museum Centre Vapriikki, Worker Museum Werstas, the Tampere Evangelical Lutheran parish union and representatives of labour organisations.
More than 2,500 people were identified as likely buried in the mass grave, based on research by Museum Centre Vapriikki. Researcher Antti Hannunen compiled the list with support from the city, Worker Museum Werstas and the Emil Aaltonen Foundation. The names will be central to the renewed site.
The design adds new name structures with individual plaques, pathways, lighting and electrical work, small-scale landscaping and a new memorial plaque by artist Johanna Lecklin.
Karhen Rakennus Oy won the overall construction contract, valued at €78,550, while Metallityöliike Juholat Oy will produce the name structures for €39,152. The city will acquire Lecklin's plaque from the Tampere Art Museum's collections budget for about €30,000 and add it to the city art collection. The project's total estimated cost is about €214,000. Some work must be scheduled for frost-free months. That requirement shaped the multi-year timetable.
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