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20: 349: 82:(May 1, 1708 – December 13, 1784), is buried in the grave. Despite the monument's name, possibly derived from its square and compasses decorations, it is not known whether Granatenhjelm himself was a member of the Freemasons. Some historians have been led to assume it, perhaps out of weight from the popular designation of the monument. It is known for certain that he was posthumously made an honorary member of the quasi-masonic 102:
The grave monument is exceptional within the city in that it is not within a church yard. At the site of Helsinki's first church, the gravestone of a single tradesman is all that has been retained to designate the spot, but Freemason's Grave differs in that it was intended to be a solitary grave from
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Originally a statue was planned for the site, but when that plan failed, Lars Jägerhorm was able to get a commemorative stone and guardrails around it. The masonic symbols of that guardrail that have led to the popular designation of the monument as a "Freemason's grave". The unbeaten stone face
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took these wishes to King Gustaf III and gained permission to bury him outside church grounds, when he was examining the troops at Parola, during his visit to Finland. The order's members were also the ones who carried his casket into the ground.
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The spot was chosen as it was the location where the officer habitually rested on his daily constitutionals, then within Edboms decorative garden, and where he had expressed a wish to be buried. The
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are featured within the rails; this decoration and the inscription on the stone is kept painted with gold. The emblems of field artillery,
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Royal Knight; a veteran of the Seven Years' War and the War of the Caps,
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is planted next to the stone, and an ironwork guardrail with masonic
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which is set at a spot adjacent to her eponymous park in the
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knoll
Kaisaniemi Botanical Gardens
Finland
Fredrik Granatenhjelm
artillery
Suomenlinna
fortress
Helsinki
philanthropist
Swedish
Fredrik Granatenhjelm
Walhalla-orden
Walhalla-orden
Katri Vala
Sörnäinen
conifer
square and compass
incendiary grenades
Helsinki: Capital of Finland
"Vapaamuurarin hauta : Tuntematon/Okänd/Unknown"
the original
Freemason's Tomb – Helsinki Art Museum
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Helsinki
Parliament
Helsinki Central railway station

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