Uppsala Municipality
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Old Uppsala Church

Old Uppsala Church is a church in , , . Old Uppsala Church is situated nearby to the runestone , as well as near .
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Lutheran
  • Description: the church may have been built on the site of the Temple at Uppsala, which must have been located in Old Uppsala, mentioned by Adam of Bremen around 1076
  • Also known as: “Gamla Uppsala kyrka” and “Gamla Uppsala Kyrka”
  • Wheelchair access: yes
Photo: Peyman Zehtab Fard, CC BY 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Uppland Runic Inscription 978 and Uppland Runic Inscription 979.

Runestone
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is a runestone.

Runestone
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or U 979 is the Rundata designation for a Viking Age runestone located at , Sweden, which depicts a ship.

Runestone
Photo: Johan Peringskiöld, Public domain.
is a runestone.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gamla Uppsala and Tuna backar.

Suburb
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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.

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 3 km south of Old Uppsala Church.

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The is the part of Uppsala municipality, Uppsala kommun, outside metropolitan itself. Some 60,000 people live in Uppsala's suburbs and surrounding villages.

Old Uppsala Church

Latitude
59.89951° or 59° 53′ 58″ north
Longitude
17.63191° or 17° 37′ 55″ east
Elevation
42 metres (138 feet)
Inception
1130
Operator
Svenska Kyrkan
Open location code
9FFVVJXJ+RQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 25830231
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­lutheran
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
8130852
Wiki­data ID
Q8342836
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Swedish—“Old Uppsala Church” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Старая Упсальская царква”
  • Catalan: “Catedral de Gamla Uppsala”
  • Catalan: “Gamla Uppsala”
  • Chinese: “舊烏普薩拉教堂”
  • Dutch: “Gamla Uppsala kyrka”
  • Dutch: “Oude kerk van Uppsala”
  • Finnish: “Gamla Uppsala kyrka”
  • Finnish: “Vanha Uppsalan kirkko”
  • Hungarian: “Gamla Uppsala temploma”
  • Polish: “Kościół w Gamla Uppsala”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja da Velha Uppsala”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja de Gamla Uppsala”
  • Russian: “Gamla Uppsala kyrka”
  • Russian: “Старая церковь Упсалы”
  • Slovenian: “cerkev v stari Uppsali”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de gamla uppsala”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de Gamla Uppsala”
  • Swedish: “Gamla Uppsala kyrka”

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