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There is no law stating you have to have a tombstone on your graves. There are two alternatives: anonymous graves and family plots. Spreading of ashes is also an option. | There is no law stating you have to have a tombstone on your graves. There are two alternatives: anonymous graves and family plots. Spreading of ashes is also an option. | ||
There is no obligation to plant flowers or plants on the graves, but the leaseholder of the plot has a responsibility to see that the grave is kept in order. The stone must be sucurely fastened with no danger of falling down. The timeperiod for a leasehold is 4-20; determined by the individual cities/municipalities. The fee is also determined by the individual communities. After 20 years the grave can be levelled, and in some communities you are not allowed a leasehold longer than 20 years. After a grave has been levelled the stone must be moved within 6 months. The stones can be taken home or the church can buy them and reuse them. When a grave is over 100 years they are considered being an antique. Today the government are taking stronger parts in guarding the older cemeteries; Ramnes and Tønsberg are two excamples of just that. | There is no obligation to plant flowers or plants on the graves, but the leaseholder of the plot has a responsibility to see that the grave is kept in order. The stone must be sucurely fastened with no danger of falling down. The timeperiod for a leasehold is 4-20; determined by the individual cities/municipalities. The fee is also determined by the individual communities. After 20 years the grave can be levelled, and in some communities you are not allowed a leasehold longer than 20 years. After a grave has been levelled the stone must be moved within 6 months. The stones can be taken home or the church can buy them and reuse them. When a grave is over 100 years they are considered being an antique. Today the government are taking stronger parts in guarding the older cemeteries; Ramnes and Tønsberg are two excamples of just that. | ||
([http://www.kirkegaardskultur.no www.kirkegaardskultur.no] | '''Helpful books (in Norwegian):''' | ||
Kirkegaarden - et levende kulturminne 2005. Helge Klingberg, Oddbjørn Sørmoen, Aud Wefald. ARFO 2005 | |||
Den nye kirkegårdsboka. Helge Klingberg. Ars Longa 2005 | |||
[http://www.kirkegaardskultur.no/ www.kirkegaardskultur.no/] | |||
[http://www.lovdata.no www.lovdata.no] | |||