The German Military Cemetery ( Finnish: Saksalaisten sotilaiden hautausmaa, German: Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof) of Rovaniemi is located on lake Norvajärvi, in Finnish Lapland. [1] It is the final resting place of 2,530 German soldiers who died in the Finnish regions of Lapland and Oulu during World War II. [2] [3] It was inaugurated on August 31, 1963 and is managed by the German War Graves Commission. [4] The red granite structure houses a mausoleum as well as a bronze interpretation of the Pieta, depicting a mother holding her fallen son. [5]