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Uppsala: History, Former Names & Timeline

Sacred site and burial ground of Sweden's early kings, later seat of the archbishop and of Sweden's oldest university.

Map showing Uppsala in 1400Uppsala
Border map for 1400. See Europe in 1400.

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Former names of Uppsala

FromNameNote
AD 500Uppsala

Timeline of Uppsala

YearEvent
1164Archdiocese of Sweden is established
1477Uppsala University is founded

Who ruled Uppsala

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

PeriodState
500 BC–401 BCUnclaimed / no data
400 BC–324 BCGermanic tribes
323 BC–201 BCUnclaimed / no data
200 BC–101 BCNorsemen
100 BC–399Unclaimed / no data
400–799Swedes
800–999Swedes and Goths
1000–1399Sweden
1400–1491Kalmar Union
1492–1499Sweden
1500–1599Kalmar Union
1600–1814Sweden
1815–1913Sweden–Norway
1914–todaySweden

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