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 Vasteras --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Originally known as Aros (“River Mouth”) and later as Västra (“West”) Aros, it was already a market centre and a bishopric by the beginning of the Middle…
A fertile plain in the southeast rises northward to the edge of hilly Bergslagen district and is drained by the Arboga River, the Kolbäcks River, and several smaller rivers.
It lies at the confluence of the Svart River and Lake Mälar, west of Stockholm.
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 Uppsala --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Originally known as Östra Aros, it was founded as a trading post at the head of navigation on the Fyris River at a point a few miles from Gamla (Old) Uppsala, which was the political and religious centre of the ancient kingdom of Svea.
The län's low, level surface is drained by the Fyris River.
Grain and potatoes are grown, and there is some stock raising and dairying.
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Died in 1160 at Östra Aros, Uppsala (murdered).
Married secondly in 1536 in Uppsala Margareta Leijonhufvud (*1516 Ekeberg, Närke,†1551 Tynnelsö).
He was crowned in 1210 at Gamla Uppsala.
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 Uppsala --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Originally known as Östra Aros, it was founded as a trading post at the head of navigation on the Fyris River at a point a few miles from Gamla (Old) Uppsala, which was the political and religious centre of the ancient kingdom of Svea.
After graduation from the University of Uppsala (1788) and travels in Germany, Ekeberg returned to Uppsala and began teaching (1794), introducing the chemistry of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier.
city and capital of the län (county) of Uppsala, east-central Sweden.
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 Archbishop of Uppsala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1273, the archbishopric, together with the relics of king Eric the Saint, was moved to the trading center of ×stra Aros, which from then on overtook the name Uppsala.
In 1531, Laurentius Petri was chosen by the King Gustav I of Sweden (Vasa) to be archbishop, taking that privilege from the Pope and in effect making Sweden protestantic.
Before becoming archbishop, Gothus appears to have been inclined towards King Johan III of Sweden 's more Catholic stands.
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 Uppsala --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Originally known as Östra Aros, it was founded as a trading post at the head of navigation on the Fyris River at a point a few miles from Gamla (Old) Uppsala, which was the political and religious centre of the ancient kingdom of Svea.
After graduation from the University of Uppsala (1788) and travels in Germany, Ekeberg returned to Uppsala and began teaching (1794), introducing the chemistry of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier.
city and capital of the län (county) of Uppsala, east-central Sweden.
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 Uppsala --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Originally known as Östra Aros, it was founded as a trading post at the head of navigation on the Fyris River at a point a few miles from Gamla (Old) Uppsala, which was the political and religious centre of the ancient kingdom of Svea.
After graduation from the University of Uppsala (1788) and travels in Germany, Ekeberg returned to Uppsala and began teaching (1794), introducing the chemistry of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier.
city and capital of the län (county) of Uppsala, east-central Sweden.
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 Articles - VästerÃ¥s Municipality
The name originates from Västra Aros, which refers to the estuary of the river Svartån.
The area had been populated from Nordic Viking Age, before 1000 AD.
www.lcdproctor.com /articles/V%E4ster%E5s   (775 words)

  
 Articles - Archbishop of Uppsala
In 1273, the archbishopric, together with the relics of king Eric the Saint, was moved to the trading center of ×stra Aros, which from then on overtook the name Uppsala.
In 1531, Laurentius Petri was chosen by the King Gustav I of Sweden (Vasa) to be archbishop, taking that privilege from the Pope and in effect making Sweden protestantic.
He and his brothers Olaus Petri where the main protestant reformers in Sweden; while his brother was more energetic, Laurentius's importance lays in his educational works which designates the foundation for the Christian Statute of Sweden consecrated at the Uppsala Council 1571.
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 Uppsala --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Originally known as Östra Aros, it was founded as a trading post at the head of navigation on the Fyris River at a point a few miles from Gamla (Old) Uppsala, which was the political and religious centre of the ancient kingdom of Svea.
After graduation from the University of Uppsala (1788) and travels in Germany, Ekeberg returned to Uppsala and began teaching (1794), introducing the chemistry of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier.
Swedish diplomat and author Alva Myrdal devoted much of her long public career to working for nuclear disarmament.
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 Uppsala University --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Originally known as Östra Aros, it was founded as a trading post at the head of navigation on the Fyris River at a point a few miles from Gamla (Old) Uppsala, which was the political and religious centre of the ancient kingdom of Svea.
From the 13th to the 15th centuries, studia generalia or universities proliferated in central and northern Europe and were usually modeled on the University of Paris.
Swedish Uppsala Universitet state-sponsored coeducational university at Uppsala, the oldest institution of higher learning in Sweden.
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