Uppsala (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɵpsɑːla]; older spelling Upsala) is the capital of Uppsala County (Uppsala län) and the fourth largest city of Sweden with 144,839 inhabitants.
Located about 70 km north of the capital Stockholm, it is also the seat of the Uppsala municipality (Uppsala kommun). Nearby Gamla Uppsala (Old Uppsala) is an important site of pagan worship. Since 1164, Uppsala has been the ecclesiastical center of Sweden, being the seat...
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Uppsala (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɵpsɑːla]; older spelling Upsala) is the capital of Uppsala County (Uppsala län) and the fourth largest city of Sweden with 144,839 inhabitants.
Located about 70 km north of the capital Stockholm, it is also the seat of the Uppsala municipality (Uppsala kommun). Nearby Gamla Uppsala (Old Uppsala) is an important site of pagan worship. Since 1164, Uppsala has been the ecclesiastical center of Sweden, being the seat of the Archbishop of the Church of Sweden. Founded in 1477, Uppsala University is the oldest center of higher education in Scandinavia.
Uppsala was originally located a few kilometers to the north, at a location now known as Gamla Uppsala (Old Uppsala). Today's Uppsala was then called Östra Aros. (Old) Uppsala was, according to medieval writer Adam of Bremen, the main pagan centre of Sweden, and the Temple at Uppsala contained magnificent idols of the Æsir gods.
As a replacement for the Scandinavian gods, Uppsala was made into a strong...
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