Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala

The Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala, is the oldest of the royal academies in Sweden, having been founded in 1710. The society has, by royal decree of 1906, 50 Swedish fellows and 100 foreign.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Uppsala Cathedral and Gustavianum.

Church
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is a cathedral located between the of Uppsala University and the river in the centre of , Sweden. A church of the Church of Sweden, the national church, in the Lutheran tradition, is the seat of the Archbishop of Uppsala, the primate of Sweden. is situated 100 metres southeast of Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala.

Museum
is the oldest standing building at Uppsala University. It was built between 1622 and 1625, and was used as the main building of the university between 1778 and 1887. Since 1997, it has been used as the university's museum.

Runestone
or U 896 is the Rundata catalog listing for a Viking Age runestone originally located at Håga in the historic province of , , but is now at the Universitetsparken of Uppsala University.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fjärdingen and Uppsala.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood in the inner city of , , situated on the western banks of the river . It has been the ecclesiastical centre of Sweden since the 13th century and contains many of the historical sights and landmarks of Uppsala…

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is a university city in . While sometimes stands in the shade of it maintains a sophisticated identity of its own. Compared to the Swedish capital, is less frantic, with more of a small-town atmosphere, influenced by the student culture and academic traditions of University.

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

Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala

Latitude
59.85869° or 59° 51′ 31″ north
Longitude
17.63207° or 17° 37′ 55″ east
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: الجمعية الملكية للعلوم في أوبسالا
  • Catalan: Reial Societat de Ciències d’Uppsala
  • Chinese: 乌普萨拉皇家科学学会
  • Chinese: 烏普薩拉皇家科學學會
  • Chinese: 烏普薩拉皇家科學院
  • Danish: Kungliga Vetenskaps-Societeten i Uppsala
  • Dutch: Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala
  • Esperanto: Reĝa Societo de Sciencoj en Upsalo
  • French: Société royale des sciences d’Uppsala
  • German: Königliche Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften in Uppsala
  • Hebrew: החברה המלכותית למדעים באופסלה
  • Irish: Cumann Ríoga na nEolaíochtaí in Uppsala
  • Italian: Regia società delle scienze di Uppsala
  • Italian: Regia Società delle Scienze di Uppsala
  • Japanese: ウプサラのスウェーデン王立科学協会
  • Latin: Societas Regia Scientiarum Upsaliensis
  • Macedonian: Кралско научно друштво во Упсала
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kungliga Vetenskaps-Societeten i Uppsala
  • Norwegian: Kungliga Vetenskaps-Societeten i Uppsala
  • Portuguese: Sociedade Real de Ciências de Uppsala
  • Russian: Уппсальское королевское научное общество
  • Russian: Упсальское королевское научное общество
  • Scottish Gaelic: Comann Rìoghail nan Saidheansan ann an Uppsala
  • Slovenian: Kraljeva znanstvena družba v Uppsali
  • Slovenian: Kungliga Vetenskaps-Societeten i Uppsala
  • Spanish: Real Sociedad de Ciencias de Uppsala
  • Swedish: Fjärdingen 15:1; f.d. Disa 8
  • Swedish: Kungliga Vetenskaps-Societeten i Uppsala
  • Swedish: Vetenskapssocieteten i Uppsala
  • Swedish: Vetenskapssocietetens hus, Schefferska huset
  • Ukrainian: Уппсальське королівське наукове товариство
  • Welsh: Cymdeithas Frenhinol y Gwyddorau yn Uppsala

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Vetenskapssocietetens hus och Schefferska huset and Konsistoriehuset.

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