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    Gamla Uppsala (Swedish: [ˈɡâmːla ˈɵ̂pːˌsɑːla], Old Uppsala) is a parish and a village outside Uppsala in Sweden. It had 17,973 inhabitants in 2016. As...
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    The Temple at Uppsala was a religious center in the ancient Norse religion once located at what is now Gamla Uppsala (Swedish "Old Uppsala"), Sweden attested...
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    Religion in Sweden has, over the years, become increasingly diverse. Christianity was the religion of virtually all of the Swedish population from the...
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    The Archbishop of Uppsala (spelled Upsala until the early 20th century) has been the primate of Sweden in an unbroken succession since 1164, first during...
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    Dag Strömbäck (category Uppsala University alumni)
    of religion and philologist. He was a professor at Uppsala University and also headed the Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore at Uppsala. Strömbäck...
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    Uppsala also has an important historical place in Swedish national culture, and identity for the Swedish establishment: in historiography, religion,...
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    (2002). The Viking Way: Religion and War in Late Iron Age Scandinavia. Uppsala: Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University. ISBN 978-91-506-1626-2...
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    forskning], Uppsala, 1987 ('The faith of the Sami') Karsten, Rafael, Samefolkets religion: de nordiska lapparnas hedniska tro och kult i religionshistorisk...
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    Eric IX of Sweden (category Burials at Uppsala Cathedral)
    Margaret; married in 1185 Sverre I of Norway, died in 1202. The assassinated king Eric was buried in the Old Uppsala church, which he had rebuilt around...
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    Lutheran national church in Sweden. A former state church, headquartered in Uppsala, with around 5.4 million members at year end 2023, it is the largest Christian...
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