Örbyhus
Örbyhus is a locality situated in Tierp Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 2,153 inhabitants in 2018. Örbyhus Castle, located a few kilometers from the village, is where king Eric XIV of Sweden was imprisoned until his death from arsenic poisoning on 26 February 1577.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 2,030 residents
- Description: urban area in Tierp Municipality, Sweden
- Also known as: “OErbyhus”, “Orbyhus”, and “Orbyhus Hundred”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Örbyhus Church and Örbyhus station.
Örbyhus Castle
Castle
Photo: Balticman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Örbyhus Castle is a castle in Tierp Municipality, Sweden. It lies some 12 kilometres east of European route E4, approximately halfway between Uppsala and Gävle. Örbyhus Castle is situated 3 km south of Örbyhus.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Upplanda and Tobo.
Upplanda
Village
Upplanda is a locality situated in Tierp Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 364 inhabitants in 2010.
Tobo
Village
Photo: ArildV, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tobo is a locality situated in Tierp Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 595 inhabitants in 2018. Tobo is situated 4½ km northwest of Örbyhus.
Dannemora
Village
Photo: Riggwelter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dannemora is an old mining town and a locality situated in Östhammar Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden. It had 213 inhabitants in 2010. Dannemora is situated 9 km east of Örbyhus.
Örbyhus
- Categories: urban area in Sweden and locality
- Location: Vendel, Tierp Municipality, Uppsala County, Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
60.22693° or 60° 13′ 37″ northLongitude
17.70563° or 17° 42′ 20″ eastPopulation
2,030Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)United Nations Location Code
SE OYSOpen location code
9FGV6PG4+Q7OpenStreetMap ID
node 335701736OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Örbyhus” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Örbyhus”
- Chinese: “Örbyhus”
- Danish: “Örbyhus”
- Dutch: “Orbyhus”
- Dutch: “Örbyhus”
- Finnish: “Örbyhus”
- French: “Örbyhus”
- German: “Örbyhus”
- Hebrew: “אורביהוס”
- Irish: “Örbyhus”
- Italian: “Örbyhus”
- Ladin: “Örbyhus”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Örbyhus”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Örbyhus”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Örbyhus”
- Norwegian: “Örbyhus”
- Norwegian: “Ørbyhus”
- Polish: “Örbyhus”
- Russian: “Эрбюхус”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Örbyhus”
- Slovenian: “Örbyhus”
- Swedish: “Örbyhus”
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