Stångby backe

Stångby backe is a heath in Uppsala, Uppsala Municipality, Uppsala County. Stångby backe is situated nearby to the forest Ängsbacken, as well as near the memorial Uppland Runic Inscription 949.

Places of Interest Nearby

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, which is situated 580 metres east of Stångby backe.

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 largest 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 2 km southwest of Stångby backe.

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. Årsta Church is situated 2 km west of Stångby backe.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Skölsta and Årsta.

Skölsta

Village

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.

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.

Sala Backe

Suburb

Photo: Ulkl, Public domain.

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. Sala Backe is situated 3 km west of Stångby backe.

Stångby backe

Type: Heath
Location: Uppsala, Uppsala domkyrkoförs., Uppsala Municipality, Uppsala County, Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

59.86533° or 59° 51′ 55″ north

Longitude

17.72428° or 17° 43′ 27″ east

Open location code

9FFVVP8F+4P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 255568499

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=heath

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