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	Fyrisvellir - Iridis Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Fyrisvellir, Fyris Wolds or Fyrisvallarna was the marshy plain (vellir) south of Gamla Uppsala where travellers had to leave the ships and walk to the Temple at Uppsala and the hall of the Swedish king.
		The field went alongside what was renamed the Fyris river (Fyrisån) in the 17th century to make the connection between the river and the Sagas more obvious.
		In skaldic poetry gold was often referred to with the kenning the seed of the Fyris Wolds.
	www.iridis.com /Fyris_Wolds (249 words)

	Ancient Uppsala. Who is Ancient Uppsala? What is Ancient Uppsala? Where is Ancient Uppsala? Definition of Ancient ...
		Furthermore, an often named place in the myths and sagas is Fyrisvallarna, supposedly a vast field near the temple site of Uppsala - and the river passing the modern city Uppsala is in fact called Fyrisån, the Fyris river.
		In Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla, the Ynglinga saga being part of the history of ancient Norwegian kings, the place Ubsola (Upsalum) is said to be located by the lake Lagen/Logen, which Snorri means should be the lake Mälaren, dividing Uppland and Södermanland and hosting the capital of Sweden, Stockholm, at its eastern shores.
		Another interesting fact is that the river Fyris changed its name during the 17th century, and was former called Salaån
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Ancient_Uppsala (2565 words)

	Dal River -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The län's low, level surface is drained by the Fyris River.
		Nations have learned to harness the power of rivers by building hydroelectric dams such as those constructed on the Volga River.
		Rivers are also a principal natural force in shaping land surfaces.
	concise.britannica.com /ebc/article-9362203 (802 words)

	Important Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Although we intend to work on these stations the idea is to have also works along the river in different suitable environments.
		The landscape around the river is rather flat with some hilly parts.
		The river itself forms an incision of approximately 2 to 5 meters below to the rest of the landscape.
	user.bahnhof.se /~eqvarn/Eventa/eventa4/artists_staff_E4/importan.htm (678 words)

	Photos of the river Fyris (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Although we intend to work on mentioned stations the idea is to have also works along the river in different suitable environments
		The river itself forms an incision of approximately 2 to 5 meters below the surrounding landscape
		The river itself forms an incision of approximately 2 to 5 meters surrounding the landscape
	www.bahnhof.se /~eqvarn/Eventa/eventa4/Symposiums/photosof.htm (117 words)

	About Eventa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Uppsala, Sweden is the home of Ekeby Qvarn (Ekeby Mill) and is situated on the beautiful Fyris River.
		The water and the riverspace around the Fyris River seemed to be just the incubator to continue this project in its fourth edition.
		This was meant to develop ideas for the area North of Uppsala and to point out the Fyris River's significance for the local people and the city of Uppsala.
	user.bahnhof.se /~eqvarn/eventa5/about.htm (545 words)

	Historiska museet: samlingar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The time between the Migration Period and the Viking Age, c AD 550-800, is known as the Vendel Period after a cemetery beside Vendel church, near one of the tributaries of the Fyris river in northern Uppland.
		The Upp landers could not compete with the East Anglian king in wealth, for while his grave-goods are largely of gold and silver those in the Swedish graves are of gilt bronze.
		The great mound of Ottarshogen, of Migration Period date, lies a couple of kilometres south of Vendel, and immediately south of Valsgarde there are the contemporary 'royal mounds' of (Gamla Uppsala, the main seat of the Svea kings in the Viking Age and Early Middle Ages.
	www.historiska.se /collections/treasures/vendel-e.html (370 words)

	About Eventa 4... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		This lazy river with all its curves and bends is the center of EVENTA.
		The water and the riverspace around the Fyris River seemed to be just the incubator need to continue this project in its fourth year.
		This was meant to develop ideas for the area North of Uppsala and to point out the Fyris River's significance for the local people.
	www.bahnhof.se /~eqvarn/eventa_ct/About_Eventa4.htm (593 words)

	reservati>>sweden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		In the City Park (Stadsparken) along the Fyris River, you will find beautiful gardens, wide expanses of grass with children's playgrounds and several delightful walking paths.
		Ulva Mill's handicrafts village approximately 8 km upstream along the Fyris River, is an interesting culture-historic environment.
		The mill and its adjacent estate incorporates glassblowing works, pottery making and sculpting, carpentry, leather, metal, art and knickknacks, as well as a spice shop and a café The beautiful countryside around the Ulva Mill with the waterfall, long slopes and expansive lawns are ideal for excursions for all ages.
	reservati.com /sweden/Uppsala.html (358 words)

	Fyris Wolds - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Fyrisvellir, Fyris Wolds or Fyrisvallarna was the marshy field ouside of Gamla Uppsala where travellers had to leave the ships and walk to the Temple at Uppsala and the hall of the Swedish king.
		The name is related to, or derived from, Old Norse Fyrva which meant to ebb and it referred to the partially inundated soggy plains that today are dry farmland.
		Unfortunately, this renaming is sometimes erroneously cited as evidence in favour of the highly controversial Götaland theory by a small number of amateur historians from the province of Westrogothia.
	www.free-definition.com /Fyris-Wolds.html (266 words)

	startinneh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		It is a proposal for a public building extending across the Fyris river in the heart of Uppsala, and was the result of a commission Inredningar utföres received from Uppsala council.
		The building, 24 m tall and 6 m wide and with a hole in its centre, was to span the Fyris river like a bridge between Kyrkstaden and Köpstaden, the two parts (one spiritual, the other commercial) into which central Uppsala has been divided since the 13th century.
		With façades capable of transmitting both text and images, with a bar and an art gallery inside, and with its central location, 00 was conceived as a public space open to all Uppsala residents.
	www.fargfabriken.se /iuwe/00_en.html (533 words)

	Independent Online Edition > Scandinavia : app2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Head for the Fyris river, which neatly divides the city into old and new.
		For a view of the river, try the unstuffy Grand Hotel Hornan, Bangardsgatan 1 (00 46 18 13 93 80; www.eklundshof.se), with its elegant 1900s dining-room and large, well-furnished rooms.
		Alternatively, take a stroll by the Fyris river in the City Park, where Swedish kings once grew their hops.
	travel.independent.co.uk /europe/scandinavia/article137748.ece (1663 words)

	UARS - Uppsala Academical Rowers' Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Some of the colleges had their own boat clubs and held contests on Fyris river, but with the beginning of the 20th century, the activity seems to have died.
		Rumour says that one night, a couple of student moved a little garage to the bank of Fyris river and came to use it as a boat house.
		In october 1992, a regatta was held on Fyris river between two teams consisting of four rowers each from Uppsala and Lund, respectively.
	www.student.uu.se /studorg/uars/english/general.php3 (351 words)

	Vendeltid ,Valsgärde , Vikingatid . (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The time between 550 - 793 A.D. is called "Vendeltid" and is named after the burial site at the church of Vendel in northern Uppland.During the "Vendel - and Viking era" some of the richest and most powerful chieftains where buried here.
		A similar burial field has been investigated at Valsgarde, about 30 km down the Fyris river.Three kilometers south of the boat graves in Vendel is the big Ottarshogen from the early 6th century, and south of Valsgärde are the chieftains burial-mounds in Old Uppsala from late 6th century.
		The chietains in Vendel and Valsgärde must have had a great role in the political life during the Vendel - and Viking era.
	hem.passagen.se /scrimart/vendel.htm (360 words)

	Fingerbygelsvärdet från arsenalen i Alexandria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		13th Century Sword from the Fyris River 1
		This sword was found in the 19th century together with two others in the banks of Fyris River in Uppsala, Sweden.
		It was probably forged in the first half of the 13th century.
	bjorn.foxtail.nu /vm_fyris1_eng.htm (146 words)

	Filip Hjulström and Åke Sundborg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The erosion diagram constructed by Hjulström, first published in his thesis (Hjulström, F., 1935: Studies of the morphological activity of rivers as illustrated by the river Fyris.
		The erosion diagram, constructed by Sundborg, published in his thesis (Sundborg, Å., 1956: The river Klarälven.
		Ann., 38) shows the relation between particle size and critical erosion velocity for uniform material of different densities.
	home.swipnet.se /valter/F.H.html (152 words)

	BSP: Newsletter 99:2:p21 Pedagogics: Bird Ecology - Inspiration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The children had to write a little about every bird and paint them, looking in bird books for the colours.
		On a nice Monday morning in May we went by bus to Kungsängen Nature Reserve, situated about 2 km south of Uppsala, along the Fyris River.
		After a walk of 1,5 km, during which we very gently studied a nest of Turdus pilaris in a linden tree, we arrived at the site, close to the river.
	www.b-s-p.org /bspnews/992/992_21.htm (464 words)

	Uppsala
		"Fyrisån" - the river Fyris - runs through Uppsala.
		Early in Uppsala's history, 900's -1000's, the river was navigable by Viking boats from Lake Mälaren, which connects to the Baltic at Stockholm.
		Docking sites and the remains of boats have been found in Uppsala, but the land has continuously risen since the end of the ice age, and the river is too small to navigate today.
	wind.cc.whecn.edu /~gnelson/scandinavia/Uppsala.htm (442 words)

	VirtualTourist.com - Uppsala Tips - Pictures, Tips and Reviews
		River Fyris has an important significance in Uppsala City.
		A walk along with the Fyris river is very relaxing.
		Directions: River Fyris runs through the Northern part of city.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Sweden/Uppsala_Laen/Uppsala-169265/Things_To_Do-Uppsala-R-11.html (626 words)

	Untitled (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The municipality of Uppsala has decided to name the space between Alfvén Hall and the Fyris River Orphei Drängar Plaza.
		The name change is an expression of the municipality's gratitude to OD for its contribution to the cultural life of the city over 150 years.
		During the year the municipality will also renovate the riverside site, making the birthday present a gift to Uppsala residents as well.
	www.od.se /eng_jubileum/jub_odplats.html (85 words)

	KIDPROJ MCC: Walpurgis Night // Valborgsma"ssoafton - Sweden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		At 10am there is a raft race, "forsranning" down the river Fyris that runs through Uppsala.
		After this event the custom for nearly two centuries is that all the students run down from the top of the ridge, along the street that leads to the river.
		At 9pm there is a big choir singing outside the castle.
	www.kidlink.org /KIDPROJ/MCC/mcc0404.html (515 words)

	Profile Details
		Growing up in Uppsala was difficult at times for Sven.
		Although he enjoyed walking the paths that ran along the Fyris River, he longed for the opportunity to travel.
		His siblings were quite content to remain in their hometown, to be close to family and friends.
	www.starbase118.net /lcars/profdet.php?pid=411 (410 words)

	SLU - FAKULTETEN FÖR SKOGSVETENSKAP
		At Röbäcksdalen, south of Umeå river there is a department of Northern Agricultural Sciences and the Unit for Biomass Technology and chemistry.
		If you are interested in fishing and hunting you will find that the Student Union has several hunting grounds for students.
		SLU campus in Uppsala is beatifully situated near the Fyris river.
	www.sfak.slu.se /ShowPage.cfm?OrgenhetSida_ID=3963 (381 words)

	OD - Orphei Drängar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		In the centre of Uppsala, just by the Fyris river, is situated the new concert and conference hall of Uppsala.
		Here Orphei Drängar, together with the property owner, have created a beautiful, light and spacious hall.
		For further information about the Alfvén Hall, hiring facilities etc, please contact the OD office on tel.
	www.od.se /eng/alfven.php?highlight=nav10 (80 words)

	Hercules - www.hercules.se (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		A large part of the working area lies within a water protection area, which makes the job delicate.
		The columns are installed on both sides of the Fyris river, from which the Uppsala community gets its water.
		Very special restrictions are set up for the work, allowing no leakage of oil or lime into the water.
	www.hercules.se /eng_nyheter/senaste.asp?Adressid=162 (360 words)

	NJF Work shop on Economics of Animal Welfare and Health
		The workshop will take place at the Ultuna Campus of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU).
		The campus is located approximately 7 kilometers south of Uppsala City centre with an attractive scenery of the Fyris river.
		Uppsala is only a 30-minutes bus or train ride away from Stockholm-Arlanda International Airport.
	honeybee.helsinki.fi /njf-animal_welfare/registration.html (413 words)

	Carson Johnson - The Bourchier, Plantagenet, and Related Families - Chapter 9
		Fjolnar (Fjolnir) Yngvi-Freysson was King of Uppsala, born in Uppsala in 256. He was the father of Svegdi Fjolnarsson, and he died in
		, was located at the mouth of the Fyris River, now called the Fyrisan. It was the capital, the main trading and cultural center of the region, and the site of pagan rituals, including both human and animal sacrifice.
		Svegdi Fjolnarsson was King of Uppsala, born in 277. He married Vana of Vanheim in 318, and Vanlandi Svegdasson was their son.
	www.carsonjohnson.com /chapter09-plantagenet.htm (3323 words)

	Albion Swords, History In Your Hand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The sword found in the banks of Fyris river in Uppsala, Sweden
		It had already been an amazing day for us at the University of Uppsala storeroom.
		Albion offers a maintenance plan to keep your Albion Mark swords like new.
	www.albion-swords.com /swords/albion/nextgen/count-inspirations.htm (262 words)

	NJF Work shop on Economics of Animal Welfare and Health
		Additionally, the majority of the University central administration and management is also situated at Ultuna.
		The Ultuna Campus of the SLU is located approximately 7 kilometers south of Uppsala City centre in and attractive scenery with the Fyris river.
		The SLU offers modern facilities for work shop sessions.
	honeybee.helsinki.fi /njf-animal_welfare/location.html (415 words)

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		At the food bazaar, by the river at St Erik’s torg, close to the cathedral.
		FOREX) at Arlanda or at Fyris torg, close to the river.
		You can pay almost everywhere with credit cards though.
	www.tsl.uu.se /~bumpen/visit.htm (574 words)

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