Årsta

Årsta is a district in Uppsala, Sweden, located in the east of the city, between Gränbystaden and Fyrislund, with Årstaparken as the approximate center.

Type: Suburb
Description: district in Uppsala, Sweden
Also known as: “Arsta” and “Årsta, Uppsala”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Årsta Church and Word of Life.

Årsta Church

Church

Photo: Ojan, Public domain.

Årsta Church is a church in Årsta, Uppsala, Sweden that was built in 1974, and was designed by Samuel Fränne. The church was originally owned by the Uppsala Missionary Congregation, but is now a district church in Vaksala parish.

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.

Källparken

Park

Photo: Hockew, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sala Backe and Fålhagen.

Sala Backe

Suburb

Sala backe is a district in Uppsala, Sweden. 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.