Skölsta
Skölsta is a locality situated in Uppsala Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 627 inhabitants in 2021. The narrow-gauge heritage railroad Upsala-Lenna Jernväg has a stop in Skölsta, with a manual signal which passengers can use to signal the train to stop.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 368 residents
- Description: urban area in Uppsala Municipality, Sweden
- Also known as: “Skoelsta”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Uppland Runic Inscription 949 and Word of Life.
Uppland Runic Inscription 949
Memorial
Photo: Macuser, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Uppland Runic Inscription 949 is a memorial.
Word of Life
Church
Photo: Wazzaa97, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Word of Life is a megachurch in Uppsala and an international association of churches, within the Swedish Word of Faith movement. Livets Ord is the foremost example of the Neo-charismatic movement in Sweden, closely related to Word of Faith, and it may be viewed as a Swedish expression of similar Pentecostal elements in American Christianity. Word of Life is situated 3½ km southwest of Skölsta.
Upplands runinskrifter 974
Memorial
Photo: Uwezi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Upplands runinskrifter 974 is a memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Årsta and Lindbacken.
Årsta
Suburb
Årsta is a district in Uppsala, Sweden, located in the east of the city, between Gränbystaden and Fyrislund, with Årstaparken as the approximate center. Årsta is situated 3½ km west of Skölsta.
Lindbacken
Village
Photo: JonasB, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lindbacken is a village, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Skölsta.
Bärby
Village
Photo: Klockarnils, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bärby is a locality situated in Uppsala Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 220 inhabitants in 2010. The narrow-gauge heritage railroad Upsala-Lenna Jernväg has a stop in Bärby. Bärby is situated 4½ km southeast of Skölsta.
Skölsta
- Categories: urban area in Sweden, minor locality in Sweden, and locality
- Location: Uppsala Municipality, Uppsala County, Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.87628° or 59° 52′ 35″ northLongitude
17.74872° or 17° 44′ 55″ eastPopulation
368Elevation
41 metres (135 feet)Open location code
9FFVVPGX+GFOpenStreetMap ID
node 335698329OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2677352Wikidata ID
Q2611410
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Skölsta” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Skölsta”
- Chinese: “Skölsta”
- Danish: “Skölsta”
- Dutch: “Skölsta”
- Finnish: “Skölsta”
- German: “Skölsta”
- Irish: “Skölsta”
- Italian: “Skölsta”
- Ladin: “Skölsta”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Skölsta”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Skölsta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Skölsta”
- Norwegian: “Skölsta”
- Norwegian: “Skølsta”
- Polish: “Skölsta”
- Spanish: “Skölsta”
- Swedish: “Skölsta”
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