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Uppsala

Gamla Uppsala

Gamla Uppsala is a parish and a village outside in . It had 17,973 inhabitants in 2016. As early as the 3rd century AD and the 4th century AD and onwards, it was an important religious, economic and political centre.
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  • Type: Suburb with 16,200 residents
  • Description: urban area of Sweden
  • Also known as: “Old Uppsala”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Old Uppsala Church and Uppland Runic Inscription 978.

Church
Photo: Szilas, Public domain.

Runestone
Photo: Uwezi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a runestone.

Runestone
Photo: Uwezi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or U 979 is the Rundata designation for a Viking Age runestone located at Gamla Uppsala, Sweden, which depicts a ship.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tuna backar and Uppsala countryside.

Suburb
Photo: ArildV, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a suburb, which is situated 2½ km south of Gamla Uppsala.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is the part of Uppsala municipality, Uppsala kommun, outside metropolitan itself. Some 60,000 people live in Uppsala's suburbs and surrounding villages.

Suburb
is a district in , . In 2021 it had a population of 11,759. The area, which was developed after World War II, mainly consists of three to five story apartment blocks with some single family houses to the south, in an area known as Johannesbäck. is situated 3½ km southeast of Gamla Uppsala.

Gamla Uppsala

Latitude
59.89691° or 59° 53′ 49″ north
Longitude
17.63606° or 17° 38′ 10″ east
Population
16,200
Elevation
34 metres (112 feet)
Open location code
9FFVVJWP+QC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2232297200
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2712993
Wiki­data ID
Q433032
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Ukrainian—“Gamla Uppsala” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ጋምላ ኡፕሳላ”
  • Arabic: “جملا أوبسالا”
  • Belarusian: “Старая Упсала”
  • Belarusian: “Старая Ўпсала”
  • Bulgarian: “Гамла Упсала”
  • Catalan: “Gamla Uppsala”
  • Cebuano: “Gamla Uppsala”
  • Chinese: “老烏普薩拉”
  • Danish: “Gamla Uppsala”
  • Dutch: “Gamla Uppsala”
  • Finnish: “Gamla Uppsala”
  • Finnish: “Gamla Upsala”
  • Finnish: “Gamla-Uppsala”
  • Finnish: “Gamla-Upsala”
  • Finnish: “Vanha Uppsala”
  • Finnish: “Vanha Upsala”
  • French: “Gamla Uppsala”
  • German: “Alt-Uppsala”
  • German: “Gamla Uppsala”
  • German: “Gamla-Uppsala”
  • Hebrew: “גמלה אופסלה”
  • Hungarian: “Gamla Uppsala”
  • Irish: “Gamla Uppsala”
  • Italian: “Gamla Uppsala”
  • Japanese: “ガムラ・ウプサラ”
  • Korean: “감라웁살라”
  • Ladin: “Gamla Uppsala”
  • Latvian: “Vecā Upsāla”
  • Macedonian: “Гамла Упсала”
  • Macedonian: “Стара Упсала”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gamla Uppsala”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gamle Uppsala”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gamle Uppsala”
  • Norwegian: “Gamle Uppsala”
  • Polish: “Gamla Uppsala”
  • Polish: “Stara Uppsala”
  • Portuguese: “Gamla Uppsala”
  • Russian: “Старая Уппсала”
  • Russian: “Старая Упсала”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gamla Uppsala”
  • Slovenian: “Gamla Uppsala”
  • Spanish: “Gamla Uppsala”
  • Swedish: “Gamla Uppsala”
  • Swedish: “Gamlis”
  • Ukrainian: “Стара Уппсала”

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