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Due to isostasy the shoreline had moved down from Gamla Uppsala, and in the 6th century the Fyris River was not navigable by sail north of Kvarnfallet in the current city of Uppsala. At this site the modern city of Uppsala was founded as a port city to Gamla Uppsala, under the name of Aros. In the first centuries of the second millennium the ...
Uppsala (/ ʌ p ˈ s ɑː l ə / up-SAH-lə, Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɵ̂pːˌsɑːla] ⓘ; archaically spelled Upsala) is the capital of Uppsala County and the fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö.
Gamla Uppsala, the centre of worship in Sweden until the temple was destroyed in the late 11th century.. Rudolf Simek says that, regarding Adam of Bremen's account of the temple, "Adam's sources for this information are of extremely varying reliability, but the existence of a temple at Uppsala is undisputed."
1843 – Uppsala host the first nordic student meeting. 1855 – Foundation the female seminary Klosterskolan. 1856 – Uppsala host a second nordic student meeting. 1858 – A new city plan is adopted. Uppsala expands beyond the urban square of 1643. 1865 – Foundation of the secondary school Uppsala högre elementarläroverk för flickor for ...
This sacrifice takes place about the time of the vernal equinox. [15] The 16th century Johannes Magnus, the Archbishop of Uppsala, asserted that the city was anciently founded by, and named for, an early Swedish king named Ubbo (Uppsala = Ubbo's Hall), who would have supposedly reigned c. 2300 BCE. However, in the absence of any corroborating ...
The House of Munsö (Swedish: Munsöätten), also called the House of Björn Ironside (Swedish: Björn Järnsidas ätt), the House of Uppsala (Swedish: Uppsalaätten) or simply the Old dynasty (Swedish: Gamla kungaätten), is the earliest reliably attested royal dynasty of Sweden, ruling during the Viking Age.
Uppsala Municipality (Uppsala kommun) is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Uppsala has a population of 211,411 (2016-06-30). Its seat is located in the university city of Uppsala. Uppsala Municipality was created through amalgamations taking place during the late sixties and the early seventies.
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