Björklinge
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Björklinge is a locality
situated in Uppsala Municipality
, Uppsala County
, Sweden
with 3,186 inhabitants in 2005. The name, written as Birklinge, was used for the parish as early as 1314, and Viking
graves have been found in the area.
Björklinge is situated on a glacial ridge next to lake Långsjön. European route E4
passed through the village until the new motorway east of Björklinge was opened for traffic on October 17, 2007.
Björklinge church, which was first built in the early 14th century and re-built in the 17th century, is in the centre of the village.
The spelman
Anders Ljungqvist
, called "Gås-Anders" (Anders of the geese), lived in Björklinge most of his life. There is a statue of him, created by the artist Bror Hjorth
, standing next to the church. Bror Hjorth had a summer cottage by Långsjön.
Urban areas in Sweden
Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden . They could be compared with census-designated places in the United States.A tätort in Sweden has a minimum of...
situated in Uppsala Municipality
Uppsala Municipality
Uppsala Municipality is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Uppsala has a population of 200,032 . Its seat is located in the university city of Uppsala....
, Uppsala County
Uppsala County
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, Sweden
Sweden
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with 3,186 inhabitants in 2005. The name, written as Birklinge, was used for the parish as early as 1314, and Viking
Viking
The term Viking is customarily used to refer to the Norse explorers, warriors, merchants, and pirates who raided, traded, explored and settled in wide areas of Europe, Asia and the North Atlantic islands from the late 8th to the mid-11th century.These Norsemen used their famed longships to...
graves have been found in the area.
Björklinge is situated on a glacial ridge next to lake Långsjön. European route E4
European route E4
European route E 4 passes from north to south through Sweden from the border with Finland, total length . The Finnish part lies entirely within Tornio in northern Finland, and is actually only long...
passed through the village until the new motorway east of Björklinge was opened for traffic on October 17, 2007.
Björklinge church, which was first built in the early 14th century and re-built in the 17th century, is in the centre of the village.
The spelman
Traditional Nordic dance music
Traditional Nordic dance music is a type of traditional music or folk music that once was common in the mainland part of the Nordic countries — Scandinavia plus Finland. The person who plays this kind of music might be called speleman , spelman , spelemann , pelimanni or spillemand...
Anders Ljungqvist
Anders Ljungqvist
Anders Ljungqvist , also known as "Gås-Anders" , was a Swedish fiddler from Björklinge in Uppland. Gås-Anders got his derogatory nickname as a child when he had to work as a goose herder at a mansion house in Gamla Uppsala...
, called "Gås-Anders" (Anders of the geese), lived in Björklinge most of his life. There is a statue of him, created by the artist Bror Hjorth
Bror Hjorth
Bror Hjorth was a Swedish artist. Hjorth was one of Sweden’s best-known sculptors and painters, and was professor of art at the Royal University College of Fine Arts in Stockholm from 1949 to 1959. On completion of his studies, he lived in Uppsala, where he built his studio home in Kåbo, now the...
, standing next to the church. Bror Hjorth had a summer cottage by Långsjön.