Economy

Today Uppsala is well established in medical research and recognized for its leading position in biotechnology

Biotechnology

Biotechnology is a field of applied biology that involves the use of living organisms and bioprocesses in engineering, technology, medicine and other fields requiring bioproducts. Biotechnology also utilizes these products for manufacturing purpose...

.

• Abbott Medical Optics (AMO)
• GE Healthcare
  GE Healthcare
  GE Healthcare is a division of GE Technology Infrastructure, which is itself a division of General Electric . It employs more than 46,000 people worldwide and is headquartered in Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. GE Healthcare is the first GE business segment to be headquartered...
  
  
• Pfizer
  Pfizer
  Pfizer, Inc. is an American multinational pharmaceutical corporation. The company is based in New York City, New York with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut, United States...
  
   (see Pharmacia
  Pharmacia
  Pharmacia was a pharmaceutical and biotechnological company in Sweden.-History:Pharmacia was founded in 1911 in Stockholm, Sweden by pharmacist Gustav Felix Grönfeldt at the Elgen Pharmacy. The company is named after the Greek word φαρμακεία, transliterated pharmakeia, which means 'sorcery'...
  
  )
• Phadia
  Phadia
  Phadia develops, manufactures and markets blood test systems to support the clinical diagnosis and monitoring of allergy, asthma and autoimmune diseases. The company is headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden...
  
  , an offshoot of Pharmacia
• Fresenius
• Q-Med (bioscience)

Universities

• Uppsala University
  Uppsala University
  Uppsala University is a research university in Uppsala, Sweden, and is the oldest university in Scandinavia, founded in 1477. It consistently ranks among the best universities in Northern Europe in international rankings and is generally considered one of the most prestigious institutions of...
  
  . Founded in 1477, under bishop Jakob Ulvsson
  Jakob Ulvsson
  Jakob Ulvsson was Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, 1469–1515 and the founder of Uppsala University.Jakob Ulvsson came from a noble family background in Uppland and studied at the universities in Rostock and Paris .He spent the years 1465–1470 in Rome and was meanwhile appointed Canon of...
  
  . Closed in 1515. Officially reopened in 1595, following the Uppsala Synod
  Uppsala Synod
  The Uppsala Synod in 1593 was the most important synod of the Lutheran Church of Sweden. Sweden had gone through its Protestant Reformation and broken with Roman Catholicism in the 1520s, but an official confession of faith had never been declared....
  
   in 1593. The university has a famous anatomical theatre
  Anatomical theatre
  An anatomical theatre was an institution used in teaching anatomy at early modern universities.The theatre was usually a room of roughly amphitheatrical shape, in the centre of which would stand the table on which the dissections of human or animal bodies took place...
  
  , constructed by the scientist and polymath
  Polymath
  A polymath is a person whose expertise spans a significant number of different subject areas. In less formal terms, a polymath may simply be someone who is very knowledgeable...
  
   Olof Rudbeck (1630–1702), in the old university building Gustavianum
  Gustavianum
  Gustavianum is the former main building of Uppsala University, built 1622–1625 and named after King Gustavus Adolphus. Under the cupola is the theatrum anatomicum, the second oldest in the world added to the building in the mid 17th century by Olaus Rudbeck, professor of medicine and amateur...
  
  . The building is now a museum. The university has 13 student fraternities, known as "nations", each traditionally representing a geographical region of Sweden.

• Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
  Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
  The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences or Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet is a university in Sweden. Although its head office is located in Ultuna, Uppsala, the university has several campuses in different parts of Sweden, the other main facilities being Alnarp in Lomma Municipality, Skara,...
  
   (SLU, Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet, main campus).

Other higher education

• Johannelunds Teologiska Högskola
  Johannelunds Teologiska Högskola
  Johannelunds teologiska högskola or Johannelund Theological Seminary is an independent theological seminary, founded in 1862 and located in Uppsala, Sweden. In addition to offering a three-year bachelor degree in theology, the seminary offers graduate-level courses in cooperation with Uppsala...
  
  . A Lutheran theological seminary established in 1862, located in Uppsala since 1970.

• Livets Ord Theological Seminary. Founded in 1994, offers courses in theology, history and education. The institution is affiliated with Oral Roberts University
  Oral Roberts University
  Oral Roberts University , based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the United States, is an interdenominational, Charismatic Christian, comprehensive university with an enrollment of about 3,790 students from 49 U.S. states along with a significant number of international students from 70 countries...
  
  , Tulsa, Oklahoma, and in addition to the main campus in Uppsala it has campuses in Moscow
  Moscow
  Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
  
   and Vienna
  Vienna
  Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
  
  .

• The Newman Institute
  Newman Institute (Uppsala)
  The Newman Institute for Catholic Studies is a university college offering courses in theology, philosophy, and cultural studies. The Institute was inspired by the English philosopher, writer and cardinal John Henry Newman , and was founded in 2001...
  
  . A Catholic institution founded in 2001.

• Pingströrelsens teologiska seminarium. A Pentecostal theological seminary.

Livets Ord Theological Seminary and Pingströrelsens teologiska seminarium do not have accreditation

Educational accreditation

Educational accreditation is a type of quality assurance process under which services and operations of educational institutions or programs are evaluated by an external body to determine if applicable standards are met...

 from the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education and thus cannot confer Swedish academic degrees.

Main sights

The Fyris river (Fyrisån) neatly divides the city into two different parts: the historic quarter to the west of the river and the administrative, residential and commercial area to the east. Most of the features of interest are in the western part, dominated by the cathedral, and with its old streets, river views and parks.

The most outstanding building in Uppsala is the Domkyrka (Uppsala Cathedral

Uppsala Cathedral

Uppsala Cathedral is a cathedral located centrally in the city of Uppsala, Sweden. It dates back to the late 13th century and at a height of 118.7 m is the tallest church building in Scandinavia. Originally built under Roman Catholicism and used for coronations of the Swedish monarch, since the...

), Scandinavia's largest church (118.7 m (389.44 ft) high), which is visible from most parts of town and from the motorway.

Facing the west end of the cathedral is the Gustavianum

Gustavianum

Gustavianum is the former main building of Uppsala University, built 1622–1625 and named after King Gustavus Adolphus. Under the cupola is the theatrum anatomicum, the second oldest in the world added to the building in the mid 17th century by Olaus Rudbeck, professor of medicine and amateur...

, built in 1625 to be the main building of the University, and served as such through most of the 19th century. It contains the Museum of Nordic Antiquities, the Victoria Museum (of Egyptian antiquities) and the University's cultural history collections. It also houses a perfectly preserved 17th-century anatomical theatre (used in its time for public dissections). Across the street from the Gustavianum stands the new main building of the university, erected in 1879–86 in Italian renaissance style

Renaissance architecture

Renaissance architecture is the architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 17th centuries in different regions of Europe, demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of ancient Greek and Roman thought and material culture. Stylistically, Renaissance...

. The Uppsala University Coin Cabinet

Uppsala University Coin Cabinet

The Uppsala University Coin Cabinet is one of Sweden's most important public coin and medal collections, and situated at the Uppsala University Main Building. The history of the collection goes back to the 17th century. In total, it comprises close to 40,000 objects today.- References :* Elsa...

 is located in the university main building.

Not far from the University stands the Uppsala University Library

Uppsala University Library

Uppsala University Library at Uppsala University in Uppsala, Sweden, consists of 12 subject libraries, one of which is housed in the old main library building, Carolina Rediviva...

 (Carolina Rediviva), the largest library in Sweden, with over 5 million volumes and some 60,000 manuscripts. The building was built in 1820–1841.

On a circa 35-metre high hill to the southwest of the University Library stands Uppsala Castle

Uppsala Castle

Uppsala Castle is a 16th century royal castle in the historical city of Uppsala, Sweden. Throughout much of its early history, the castle played a major role in the history of Sweden....

. Its construction was initiated in 1549 by King Gustav Vasa, founder of the Vasa royal dynasty

House of Vasa

The House of Vasa was the Royal House of Sweden 1523-1654 and of Poland 1587-1668. It originated from a noble family in Uppland of which several members had high offices during the 15th century....

. Today the castle holds several museums, and is the residence of the Governor (landshövding).

5 km north of Uppsala city lies Gamla Uppsala

Gamla Uppsala

Gamla Uppsala is a parish and a village outside Uppsala in Sweden. It had 16,231 inhabitants in 1991.As early as the 3rd century AD and the 4th century AD and onwards, it was an important religious, economic and political centre...

(Old Uppsala), the location of the pre Christian town Uppsala. There are few remains, with the exception of several huge burial mounds of pre-Christian monarchs and the previous cathedral from 1164 A.D., traditionally said to be built over the old heathen temple

Temple at Uppsala

The Temple at Uppsala was a religious center in Norse paganism once located at what is now Gamla Uppsala , Sweden attested in Adam of Bremen's 11th century work Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum and in Heimskringla, written by Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century...

 (and recent archaeological investigations seems to support this notion). After the church burned down around 1240 only parts of it were restored.

Sports

The largest arena in Uppsala is Fyrishov

Fyrishov

Fyrishov is the largest arena in Uppsala and is Sweden's fourth most visited, specialized in swimming, sports events, meetings and recreation. The facility includes areas for indoor sports, summer sport and a generous waterpark with waterslides, 50-meter pool, training pool, relaxation area and a...

 and is Sweden's fourth most visited, specialized in swimming, sports events, meetings and recreation. The facility includes areas for indoor sports, summer sport and a generous waterpark with waterslides, 50-meter pool, training pool, relaxation area and a large outdoor swimming pool. Accommodation is offered at Fyrishov cabin area and at the resort restaurants, a good lunch or dinner can be enjoyed. Fyrishov AB's business also includes the operation of Gottsundabadet in which there is a 25-metre pool, a 10-metre children's pool and gym. The entire facility is open all year round and a large number of meetings and various events are held here annually.
In addition to activities within the arena Fyrishov AB runs Tävlingsstdaden Uppsala in a collaboration between the sports organizers, Fyrishov AB, Uppsala, Uppsala Tourism and hotel business. Co-founded in 2006 by Fyrishov AB under the name SM-town Uppsala in 2007 but was expanded to include international events and competitions at high national level. The project aims to develop Uppsala, a leading sports town in Sweden. Year 2009 there were 24 SM-competitions and major national and international competitions in Uppsala.

At Fyrishov the city's basketball team Uppsala Basket

Uppsala Basket

Uppsala Basket is a Swedish basketball club playing in Uppsala , they play in the top Swedish basketball league Ligan. Uppsala Basket was founded in 1960 and plays it home games at Fyrishov. The club quickly became one of the top basketball clubs in Sweden....

 also plays, former KFUM Uppsala, their home games in the Swedish basketball league. There are also athletic club Uppsala, Uppsala, fencing club, Uppsala Judo Club, Sweden's oldest judo club, Uppsala volleyball companion, Upsala weightlifting club and Upsala Simsällskap

Upsala Simsällskap

Upsala Simsällskap, the "Uppsala Swimming Society" , was founded in Uppsala in 1796. It is the oldest existing sports club in Sweden and claims to be the oldest swimming club in the world....

, one of the world's oldest swimmingclubs. The sport that draws the most audience is floorball. Uppsala's two teams in the Swedish Super League, Storvreta IBK and IK Sirius IBK, have Fyrishov as there home.

One of the most classical sports events, the Swedish bandy champions

Swedish bandy champions

Swedish bandy champions is a title held by the winners of the final of the highest Swedish bandy league played each year, Elitserien. The final is played in March. From the 2007-2008 season, Saturday replaced Sunday as the final date, but was changed back in 2010...

 final, has taken place at Studenternas IP

Studenternas IP

Studenternas IP is a multi-use stadium in Uppsala, Sweden and the home arena for the football team IK Sirius. Studenternas IP has a total capacity of 6,000 spectators....

 since 1991. It usually attracts a spectator crowd of more than 20,000.

Once every year, the Uppsala Union of Science and Engineering Students arrange a river rafting in the Fyris river with rafts built by styrofoam.

Other sports clubs located in Uppsala include:

• Almtuna IS
  Almtuna IS
  Almtuna IS is a Swedish ice hockey club based in Uppsala and is currently playing in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second highest league of ice hockey in Sweden. Almtuna IS fan club is called "Red Lions"....
  
  
• Gamla Upsala SK
  Gamla Upsala SK
  Gamla Upsala SK is a Swedish football club located in Uppsala.-Background:Since their foundation on the 24th April 1947 Gamla Upsala SK has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the Swedish football league system. The club currently plays in Division 2 Norra Svealand which is...
  
  
• IF Vindhemspojkarna
  IF Vindhemspojkarna
  IF Vindhemspojkarna, short form IF VP, is a Swedish football club located in Uppsala.-Background:Since their foundation IF Vindhemspojkarna has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the Swedish football league system. IF VP played in the Swedish second division in 2000 and 2001...
  
  
• IK Sirius
  IK Sirius
  IK Sirius are a Swedish bandy club located in Uppsala, currently playing in Elitserien. IK Sirius were formed in 1907 and play their home games at Studenternas Idrottspark. IK Sirius finished in 4th place in the Superallsvenskan in the 2005/2006 season...
  
  
• IK Sirius Fotboll
  IK Sirius Fotboll
  IK Sirius is a Swedish football club located in Uppsala. The club is affiliated to the Upplands Fotbollförbund. - History :The club was formed in 1907, with its first success coming in 1924 when they reached the Svenska Mästerskapet final...
  
  
• Unik FK
  Unik FK
  Unik FK is a Swedish football club located in Uppsala. -Background:Uppsala-Näs Idrottsklubb was founded at Södergård on a summer day in 1947 and served the area just south of Uppsala town. These days the catchment has moved a bit and is now within the city limits, the club being based at Valsätra...
  
  
• Upsala IF
  Upsala IF
  Upsala IF is a Swedish football club located in Uppsala. -Background:Upsala IF was formed on the 11th December 1904 when IK Swithiod and Erikslunds IK decided to merge...
  
  

Notable natives

• Anders Jonas Ångström
  Anders Jonas Ångström
  Anders Jonas Ångström was a Swedish physicist and one of the founders of the science of spectroscopy.-Biography:...
  
  
• Svante Arrhenius
  Svante Arrhenius
  Svante August Arrhenius was a Swedish scientist, originally a physicist, but often referred to as a chemist, and one of the founders of the science of physical chemistry...
  
  
• Ingmar Bergman
  Ingmar Bergman
  Ernst Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish director, writer and producer for film, stage and television. Described by Woody Allen as "probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera", he is recognized as one of the most accomplished and...
  
   (1918–2007), film director
• Jöns Jakob Berzelius
  Jöns Jakob Berzelius
  Jöns Jacob Berzelius was a Swedish chemist. He worked out the modern technique of chemical formula notation, and is together with John Dalton, Antoine Lavoisier, and Robert Boyle considered a father of modern chemistry...
  
  
• Hans Blix
  Hans Blix
  is a Swedish diplomat and politician for the Liberal People's Party. He was Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs . Blix was also the head of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission from March 2000 to June 2003, when he was succeeded by Dimitris Perrikos...
  
  
• Arvid Carlsson
  Arvid Carlsson
  Arvid Carlsson is a Swedish scientist who is best known for his work with the neurotransmitter dopamine and its effects in Parkinson's disease...
  
  
• Anders Celsius
  Anders Celsius
  Anders Celsius was a Swedish astronomer. He was professor of astronomy at Uppsala University from 1730 to 1744, but traveled from 1732 to 1735 visiting notable observatories in Germany, Italy and France. He founded the Uppsala Astronomical Observatory in 1741, and in 1742 he proposed the Celsius...
  
   (1701–1744)
• Adiam Dymott
  Adiam Dymott
  Adiam Dymott is a Swedish rock singer. Dymott's first album, Adiam Dymott, debuted on March 18, 2009 with the singles "Miss You" and "Pizza". The self-titled album was released on Swedish indie label Razzia Records....
  
  
• Ulf Ekman
  Ulf Ekman
  Ulf Ekman is a Swedish charismatic pastor and founder of the charismatic church Livets Ord , which brought the Word of Faith movement to Sweden.-Ministry:...
  
  , pastor
• Stefan Eriksson
  Stefan Eriksson
  Bo Stefan M. Eriksson is a Swedish criminal from Uppsala involved in the UK gaming company Gizmondo until it became insolvent in 2005. In 2006 he became known for wrecking an Enzo Ferrari in southern California, USA...
  
  
• Martin Eriksson
  E-type (musician)
  Bo Martin Erik Eriksson , better known by his stage name E-Type, is a Swedish Eurodance musician.-Early years:...
  
   (E-Type)
• Malena Ernman
  Malena Ernman
  Sara Magdalena "Malena" Ernman is a Swedish opera singer . Ernman is a versatile artist in her field, who outside the world of opera and operettas also has performed chansons, cabaret, jazz, appeared in musicals and she is a performer who's declared that she's very much attracted to the attributes...
  
  
• Torsten Hallman
  Torsten Hallman
  Torsten Hallman was a four-time motocross World Champion. He was one of the men responsible for introducing motocross to the United States in the late 1960s....
  
  
• Lars Hollmer
  Lars Hollmer
  Lars Gustav Gabriel Hollmer was a Swedish accordionist, keyboardist and composer whose work draws on influences ranging from Nordic folk tunes to progressive rock. He has been a member and/or founder of over half a dozen groups, most of whose work has been recorded at The Chickenhouse, his well...
  
  
• Dag Hammarskjöld
  Dag Hammarskjöld
  Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld was a Swedish diplomat, economist, and author. An early Secretary-General of the United Nations, he served from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in September 1961. He is the only person to have been awarded a posthumous Nobel Peace Prize. Hammarskjöld...
  
  
• Mattias Klum
  Mattias Klum
  Mattias Klum is a Swedish freelance photographer and film producer in natural history and cultural subjects. He is the son of Swedish academic educator Arne Klum and Ingegärd Klum, née Stefanson. Klum has worked full-time as a freelance photographer since 1986, and as a cinematographer and...
  
  
• Carl-Bertil Laurell
  Carl-Bertil Laurell
  Carl-Bertil Laurell was a Swedish medical doctor and researcher. Laurell was Professor of clinical chemistry at Lund University...
  
  
• Dave Lepard
  Dave Lepard
  Dave Lepard was the lead singer and guitarist in the Swedish Glam metal band Crashdïet.-Career:...
  
   (1980–2006), musician
• Ruben Liljefors
  Ruben Liljefors
  Ruben Mattias Liljefors was a Swedish composer and conductor.Liljefors studied in Uppsala with Ivar Eggert Hedenblad until 1895, and subsequently in Leipzig with Salomon Jadassohn until 1899. Later he attended the Stockholm Conservatory. He completed his education with Felix Draeseke, Max Reger,...
  
  
• Viveca Lindfors
  Viveca Lindfors
  Elsa Viveca Torstensdotter Lindfors , better known under her professional name of Viveca Lindfors, was a Swedish stage and film actress.-Life and career:...
  
   (1920–1995), actress
• Carolus Linnaeus (1707–1778)
• Veronica Maggio
  Veronica Maggio
  Veronica Sandra Karin Maggio is a Swedish singer of Swedish and Italian origin. She won the category "Årets nykomling" in the Grammisgalan 2007....
  
  
• Håkan Nesser
  Håkan Nesser
  Håkan Nesser is a Swedish author and teacher who has written a number of successful novels, mostly crime fiction. He has won Best Swedish Crime Novel Award three times, and his novel Carambole won the Glass Key award in 2000...
  
  
• Stefan Parkman
  Stefan Parkman
  Stefan Parkman is a Swedish conductor. He is a professor at Uppsala University, where he holds the Eric Ericsson chair of choral conducting....
  
  
• Hans Rosling
  Hans Rosling
  Hans Rosling is a Swedish medical doctor, academic, statistician and public speaker. He is Professor of International Health at Karolinska Institute and co-founder and chairman of the Gapminder Foundation, which developed the Trendalyzer software system.-Study and career:From 1967 to 1974 Rosling...
  
  
• Olaus Rudbeckius
• Dina Schneidermann
  Dina Schneidermann
  Dina Schneidermann is a violinist living in Uppsala, Sweden. She studied violin with David Oistrach in Moscow, and received a doctoral degree. Having married the Bulgarian violin professor Emil Kamilarov , Schneidermann moved to Bulgaria...
  
  
• Roine Stolt
  Roine Stolt
  Roine Stolt is a Swedish guitarist, vocalist and composer.A major figure in Sweden's rock history, guitarist/singer/composer Roine Stolt led two of his country's most successful progressive rock bands: Kaipa in the 1970s and The Flower Kings in the 1990s onward...
  
  
• Owe Thörnqvist
  Owe Thörnqvist
  Owe Thörnqvist is a Swedish troubadour, revue artist and songwriter. Since the 1960s he has lived in Spain and Florida in the winter for health reasons, and in Sweden in the summers. He has also made regular concert tours in Sweden.In 1953, Thörnqvist produced his first revue in Uppsala, and in...
  
  
• Rebecka Törnqvist
  Rebecka Törnqvist
  Rebecka Törnqvist is a Swedish jazz and pop vocalist.Her debut album A Night like This was released in 1993 and sold over 100,000 copies. She was nominated for five Swedish Grammys in 1993...
  
  

Of these, Arrhenius, Bergman, Blix, Carlsson, Celsius, Dymott, both Erikssons, Hallman, Klum, Laurell, Liljefors, Parkman, Rosling, Stolt, Dave Lepard, Thörnqvist and Törnqvist were born in Uppsala.

See also

• 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 "kommun"
• Upsala-Lenna Jernväg
• Gamla Uppsala
  Gamla Uppsala
  Gamla Uppsala is a parish and a village outside Uppsala in Sweden. It had 16,231 inhabitants in 1991.As early as the 3rd century AD and the 4th century AD and onwards, it was an important religious, economic and political centre...
  
   - Old Uppsala in Norse mythology
• Temple at Uppsala
  Temple at Uppsala
  The Temple at Uppsala was a religious center in Norse paganism once located at what is now Gamla Uppsala , Sweden attested in Adam of Bremen's 11th century work Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum and in Heimskringla, written by Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century...
  
   - The Temple of Old Uppsala in Norse Mythology
• UppCon
  UppCon
  UppCon is a Swedish anime and manga convention held annually in Uppsala. The event, which is arranged by the non-profit association Uppsalakai, is the largest event of its type in the Nordic countries....
  
   - One of Scandinavia's biggest youth events
• Fyrishov
  Fyrishov
  Fyrishov is the largest arena in Uppsala and is Sweden's fourth most visited, specialized in swimming, sports events, meetings and recreation. The facility includes areas for indoor sports, summer sport and a generous waterpark with waterslides, 50-meter pool, training pool, relaxation area and a...
  
   - Fyrishov Water Park
• Upsala Nya Tidning - Newspaper for Uppsala city and county
• Uppsalatidningen
  Uppsalatidningen
  Uppsalatidningen is a politically independent free newspaper in Uppsala, Sweden, which is published by Direct Press. The magazine was first published January 16, 2005 and is distributed to all households in Uppsala. In many public places in Uppsala and its surroundings it can also be found in...
  
   - Free local newspaper
• Upplands Lokaltrafik
  Upplands Lokaltrafik
  Upplands Lokaltrafik is the primary operator of public transport buses and trains at the county level in Uppsala County, Sweden. Their name is derived from the historical province of Uppland, which included the modern county along with part of what is now Stockholm County.The green city buses in...
  
   - operator of local public transport
• Ärna
  Ärna
  Ärna or Uppsala Airport is an airport located northwest of Uppsala, Sweden. It was formerly a base of the Swedish Air Force and the home of the 16th Fighter Wing ....
  
   - Uppsala airport
• Area code 018
• Disting
  Disting
  The Disting is an annual market which is held in Uppsala, Sweden, since pre-historic times. The name originally referred to the great assembly called the Thing of all Swedes, and it is derived from the fact that both the market and the thing were held in conjunction with the Dísablót, the great...
  
  
• Upsala College
  Upsala College
  Upsala College was a private college in East Orange, New Jersey, USA, founded in 1893. Construction of the campus started in 1900. The college closed in 1995, after several years of financial problems.-History:...
  
   - Former private college
  College
  A college is an educational institution or a constituent part of an educational institution. Usage varies in English-speaking nations...
  
   in East Orange
  East Orange, New Jersey
  East Orange is a city in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census the city's population 64,270, making it the state's 20th largest municipality, having dropped 5,554 residents from its population of 69,824 in the 2000 Census, when it was the state's 14th most...
  
  , New Jersey
  New Jersey
  New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
  
  , USA, founded in 1893
• Battle of Fýrisvellir
• Uppsala Central Station
  Uppsala Central Station
  Uppsala Central Station is a railway station located at Uppsala in Uppsala Municipality, Sweden. It lies on Ostkustbanan , which runs south to Stockholm and north to Gävle and Sundsvall and it is one of the termini for Dalabanan which runs northwest ending in Mora...
  
  
• ALPHA 60
  ALPHA 60
  ALPHA 60 is an alternative rock band from Uppsala, Sweden, formed in 2008. Their name is a reference to the 1965 noir classic Alphaville; Alpha 60 being the computer controlling Godard's dystopian city.-History:...
  
  , alternative rock
  Alternative rock
  Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
  
   band based in Uppsala
• Uppsala Konsert & Kongress
  Uppsala Konsert & Kongress
  Uppsala Konsert & Kongress , popularly referred to as Musikens hus is a concert hall and convention centre in Uppsala, Sweden. The official inauguration of the building took place on Saturday, 1 September 2007.- Awards :...
  
  

External links

• Uppsala - Official site
• Uppsala Tourism - Visit Uppsala
• Destination Uppsala - Book your visit to Uppsala
• Uppsala cityguide - Cityguide
• Upsala Nya Tidning - Newspaper
• Ancient See of Upsala - Article from the Catholic Encyclopedia