The city of Uppsala is one of the oldest in Sweden. It has played a dominant role in the political, intellectual and historical development of the country. The two main institutions in the history of Uppsala are the Archdiocese which is located in the city, and Uppsala University, founded in the city in 1477. These have long been established on the western banks of the Fyris river with a trading town on the other side of the river.
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Uppsala University (UU) (Swedish: Uppsala universitet) is a public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the oldest university...
Uppsala (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɵ̂pːˌsɑːla] ; archaically spelled Upsala) is the county seat ofUppsala County and the fourth-largest city in Sweden...
The Temple at Uppsala was a religious center in the ancient Norse religion once located at what is now Gamla Uppsala (Swedish "Old Uppsala"), Sweden attested...
The sacred tree at Uppsala was a sacred tree located at the Temple at Uppsala, Sweden, in the second half of the 11th century. It is not known what species...
Uppsala Castle (Swedish: Uppsala slott) is a 16th-century royal castle in the city ofUppsala, Sweden. Throughout much of its early existence, the castle...
/ 59.85806; 17.63333 Uppsala Cathedral (Swedish: Uppsala domkyrka ) is a cathedral located between the University Hall ofUppsala University and the Fyris...
(Swedish: Påskkravallerna) is the name given to a period of unrest in Uppsala, Sweden, during the Easter of 1943. The fascist group Swedish Socialist Union (SSS...
The Uppsala Synod in 1593 was the most important synod of the Lutheran Church of Sweden. Sweden had gone through its Protestant Reformation and broken...
Uppsala County (Swedish: Uppsala län) is a county or län on the eastern coast of Sweden, whose capital is the city ofUppsala. It borders the counties...
Gamla Uppsala (Swedish: [ˈɡâmːla ˈɵ̂pːˌsɑːla], Old Uppsala) is a parish and a village outside Uppsala in Sweden. It had 17,973 inhabitants in 2016. As...
to write the historyof Bremen/Hamburg and of the northern lands in his Gesta. His position and the missionary activity of the church of Bremen allowed...
of the greater part of the four canonical gospels. A part of it is on permanent display at the Carolina Rediviva building in Uppsala, Sweden, under the...
The Conquest ofUppsala (Swedish: Erövringen av Uppsala) was a part of the Swedish War of Liberation that took place on 19 May 1521. After defeating a...
museum is oriented towards the Vendel era and Viking Age historyof Gamla Uppsala. Gamla Uppsala was a major religious and cultural centre in Sweden during...
a timeline of the HistoryofUppsala. ca 1000 BC – Håga mound. ca 800 BC – Granhammarsmannen. ca 0 – Yngvi found the city of Gamla Uppsala according to...
The Archbishop ofUppsala (spelled Upsala until the early 20th century) has been the primate of Sweden in an unbroken succession since 1164, first during...
important source of Viking Age Norse paganism, including the practice of human sacrifice: The description of the temple at Uppsala is one of the most famous...
the Low Countries at the turn of the millennium, were mentioned by Pliny the Elder in his Natural Histories as one of "five Germanic tribes". Tacitus...
of studying eugenics and human genetics. It was the most prominent institution for the study of "racial science" in Sweden. It was located in Uppsala...
Uppsala, Sweden, since pre-historic times. The name (Old Swedish: Disæþing or Disaþing) originally referred to the great assembly called the Thing of...
in Uppsala, Sweden, of 24 May 1567, were the murders of five incarcerated Swedish nobles by Erik XIV of Sweden, who at that time was in a state of serious...
Universities of Europe in the Middle Ages: pt. 1. Italy. Spain. France. Germany. Scotland, etc. Clarendon Press. pp. 270–272. "The historyofUppsala University"...
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