Uppsala
Also known as Upsala
Uppsala ( ; ; archaically spelled Upsala) is the capital of Uppsala County and the fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019.
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Uppsala is the capital of Uppsala County and Sweden's fourth-largest city, with a population of around 177,000 people as of 2019. It ranks behind only Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö among Swedish cities.
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- Top to bottom and left to right: Old Central Station; Botanical Garden; Concert & Congress Hall; cathedral; skyline with castle and cathedral.
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Uppsala ( ; ; archaically spelled Upsala) is the capital of Uppsala County and the fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019.
Located north of the capital Stockholm, it is also the seat of Uppsala Municipality. Since 1164, Uppsala has been the ecclesiastical centre of Sweden, being the seat of the Archbishop of the Church of Sweden. Uppsala is home to Scandinavia's largest cathedral – Uppsala Cathedral, which was the frequent site of the coronation of the Swedish monarch until the late 19th century.
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