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  Uppsala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Uppsala is the capital of Uppsala County (Uppsala Län), and Sweden's ecclesiastical centre, being the seat of Sweden's archbishop since 1164.
Uppsala Cathedral is built in the Gothic style and is one of the largest in northern Europe, with towers reaching 118 metres.
Uppsala is one of 134 towns with the historical City status in Sweden.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Uppsala   (1062 words)

  
 Gamla Uppsala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gamla Uppsala lies on a cultivated plain in the valley of the River Fyris (the plain was formerly called Fyrisvellir) which is densely populated in its southern part, while the northern part consists of farms.
Adam of Bremen relates of the Uppsala of the 1070s and describes it as a pagan cult centre with the enormous Temple at Uppsala with wooden statues of Odin, Thor and Freyr.
Klingmark, Elisabeth: Gamla Uppsala, Svenska kulturminnen 59, Riksantikvarieämbetet.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gamla_Uppsala   (1459 words)

  
 Uppsala - Uncyclopedia
Uppsala (older spelling Uppsalalalalalala) is a Swedish City in central Sweden, located some distance north of Stockholm, behind that old deserted bowling alley.
Uppsala was founded in 1071, when a Viking raiding party bound for the first Roskilde Festival capsized on the shores of the Fyris river, only minutes after setting sail from Gamla Uppsala.
The founding blót is still celebrated each year as the young and innocent of Uppsala dress up in historical garments, imbibe bhang and listen to reggae music in what is known as the Uppsala Reggae Festival.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Uppsala   (455 words)

  
 Regionförbundet Uppsala län - stärker samverkan på regional nivå
Members of the association are the Uppsala County Council and the seven municipalities in the county of Uppsala.
The object for Uppsala RDC is to strengthen co-operation on the regional level and to work vigorously for the regional- and economic- development of Uppsala County.
The Uppsala RDC's organisation is built on civil servant resources from the County Council, the County Administrative board and the Association of Local Authorities in Uppsala County.
www.regionuppsala.se /?pageID=279   (534 words)

  
 Uppsala travel guide - Wikitravel
Uppsala [1] is a university city in Uppland province in Svealand, south central Sweden.
Uppsala Cathedral [2] - as Sweden's Lutheran Archbishop's seat it is the most important church in Sweden.
Uppsala castle with big halls and paintings, as well as older remnants of the 16th century castle built by the Vasa dynasty.
wikitravel.org /en/Uppsala   (839 words)

  
 Uppsala
the administrative centre of Uppsala County (Uppsala län), and the seat of the Swedish
Uppsala is one of the historically most important places in Sweden.
During the 16th and 17th century, Uppsala was the crowning city for the Swedish kings
www.ladyghost.com /uppsala.html   (375 words)

  
 Uppsala Castle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
It was essential to keep an eye on the town of the archbishopric around the cathedral and the civil town on the east side of the river.
His son Erik XIV has a macabre historical connection to Uppsala Castle, since it was here that he executed three members of the Sture family in 1567 in connection with a power struggle between the king and the aristocracy.
Its restoration was painfully slow, and furthermore the rubble came to be used as a supply of stones for the construction of the grand palace in Stockholm.
info.uu.se /fakta.nsf/sidor/uppsala.castle.id1D.html   (455 words)

  
 Canisius College - Uppsala, Sweden
Uppsala is located 70 km (45 miles) north of Stockholm and is the fourth largest city in Sweden.
Uppsala is currently the seat of the archbishop of the Church of Sweden.
The dominating landmarks in Uppsala are the large cathedral (Domkyran) and the castle (Slotter), both located in the center of town.
www.canisius.edu /isp/sweden.asp   (424 words)

  
 5th European Conference on Precision Agriculture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Uppsala is situated about 70 km northwest of Stockholm.
In the Medieval Ages, Uppsala was the religious and political centre of Sweden.
Uppsala boasts the oldest university in Sweden ¡ founded in 1477 ¡ as well as the largest cathedral in Scandinavia.
www-conference.slu.se /ecpa/uppsala.htm   (267 words)

  
 Uppsala and Orthodoxy
At Evanston, 174; at New Delhi, 197; and at Uppsala, 235.
Something new for the ecumenical movement was the appearance in Uppsala of 17 observers and several official guests from the Catholic Church.
Summing up the Uppsala Conference from the Orthodox point of view, it must be said that 'the broad participation of Orthodox representatives in its work on common bases with.
www.orthodoxinfo.com /ecumenism/uppsala.aspx   (3792 words)

  
 Uppsala's biotechnology
Uppsala has a long tradition of working with biotechnology, especially tools and methods for research and development in the life sciences.
The biotech industry in Uppsala is particularly strong in three segments, namely tools and supplies, diagnostics and pharmaceuticals.
Interestingly, the profile of the biotech companies and academic research in the Stockholm area is slightly different from what we find in Uppsala, with a stronger emphasis on drug discovery in CNS and metabolic diseases, as well as a number of sales offices for international pharmaceutical companies.
www.uppsalabio.se /DynPage.aspx?id=4706&mn1=1224   (413 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Uppsala   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Uppsala, University of UPPSALA, UNIVERSITY OF [Uppsala, University of] at Uppsala, Sweden; founded 1477 by Sten Sture, the Elder, and Archbishop Jakob Ulvsson.
He was a student (1886-93) at Uppsala Univ. and taught there from 1893 until his retirement in 1933.
Söderblom, Nathan SÖDERBLOM, NATHAN [Söderblom, Nathan], 1866-1931, Swedish churchman, primate of the Lutheran Church of Sweden, archbishop of Uppsala.
www.encyclopedia.com /articles/13267.html   (618 words)

  
 Uppsala BIO
As a consequence, Olink AB expanded and recruited new employees in Uppsala.
As a consequence, the Uppsala BIO steering group decided in December 2005 to restructure the project thus creating a possibility to focus on challenges outside these commercial applications.
The result was two new  projects within the Uppsala BIO-X framework: Cellomic, co-ordinated by Dr Anders Alderborn, Uppsala University and Micprof, led by Prof.
www.uppsalabio.com /DynPage.aspx?id=7333   (255 words)

  
 Study Abroad & Cultural Immersion with Languages Abroad - Sweden - Uppsala   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Only 45 minutes Northwest of Stockholm, Uppsala is Sweden's fourth-largest city and the focus of the country's Folklore District.
The program is located in a modern facility in the center of Uppsala and the university.
Uppsala was a great environment in which to learn the language: the city is small enough that everything is accessible and within walking distance, but big enough to have all the amenities a student would need.
www.languagesabroad.com /countries/uppsala.html   (1220 words)

  
 ATLAS at Uppsala University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Uppsala group is together with the ATLAS groups in Oslo and Bergen producing Silicon Detector Modules for the innermost barrel of the SemiConductor Tracker.
The Uppsala group is also involved in irradiation and beam tests of detector module prototypes at CERN.
Uppsala is presently coordinating the work on the Detector Control System (DCS) for the SCT.
www4.tsl.uu.se /~Atlas   (625 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Uppsala, Scandinavia (Scandinavian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
An archiepiscopal see was established at present-day Uppsala in 1270, and the cathedral of Uppsala (13th cent.), the finest Gothic church in Sweden, became the usual coronation place of Swedish kings and is the burial place of Gustavus I, the botanist Linnaeus, and the scientist and religious teacher Swedenborg.
The Univ. of Uppsala, founded in 1477, is the oldest university of N Europe.
Other institutions in Uppsala include the Royal Society of Sciences, the Gustav Werners institute of high-energy physics and radiation biology, the Victoria Museum, and the Linnaean Museum.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/U/Uppsala.html   (255 words)

  
 Faculty of Medicine at Uppsala University
Uppsala University encourages multidisciplinary collaboration and is continuing to expand its campus areas and centers for cooperation among several different fields.
A long-awaited renovation and expansion has been started of the BMC, Uppsala Biomedical Center, where the lion's share of the University's research and education in life sciences is pursued.
During the year the College of Nursing changed principals, and its activities were transferred from the County Council of Uppsala to the Faculty of Medicine at Uppsala University.
www.medfak.uu.se /english/index.html   (939 words)

  
 Gamla Uppsala | Travel Story and Pictures from Sweden
Gamla Uppsala, Swedish for Old Uppsala, is the place where a settlement was built in the 5th century AD.
It nowadays consists of several mounds, or burial hills, and a cathedral which was built on the spot of a former pagan temple.
For centuries, people carried his shrine in procession from Gamla Uppsala to Uppsala, this path turned to become Eric's path and can still be walked all the way to Uppsala.
www.traveladventures.org /continents/europe/gamlauppsala.shtml   (302 words)

  
 Uppsala Southern Station   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Uppsala Schmidt telescope was fully operational at the Mount Stromlo Observatory,
During its first period Bengt Westerlund was the permanent Uppsala astronomer at the station.
The Uppsala Southern Schmidt was constructed in the workshop at the
www.astro.uu.se /history/USS.html   (129 words)

  
 Uppsala Team [RTN GAMES]
You are at the Uppsala node of the research training network »Games and Automata for Synthesis and Verification« [GAMES].
This is a four year project (2002-2006) funded by the European Comission under the Fifth Framework Programme.
The Uppsala team coordinates the network research on Task 3: »Synthesis and testing for reactive computation« and is involved in most of the other research tasks.
www.it.uu.se /research/project/games/index.html   (62 words)

  
 Uppsala Hotels. Uppsala Accommodation Hotel in Sweden Discounts.
Located in the heart of the historic and cultural city of Uppsala, the Radisson SAS Hotel Gillet Uppsala is just five minutes away from the central station and only 30 kilometres away from the Stockholm-Arlanda Airport.
Park Inn Uppsala is Uppsala's newest hotel opened September 2001 in a culturally renovated building in the city centre.
In the heart of Sweden's historical and cultural centre lies Scandic Uppsala Nord, a warm, friendly hotel in which each guest is equally important.
www.holidaycityscan.com /uppsalahotels   (202 words)

  
 TSL - The Svedberg Laboratory
The TSL is a university facility, based in Uppsala, Sweden.
The main activity of TSL is based on an agreement between Uppsala Academic Hospital and Uppsala University about proton therapy.
TSL is taking part of a local conference: Tenth Symposium on Neutron Dosimetry June 12-16 2006 in Uppsala, Sweden.
www.tsl.uu.se   (114 words)

  
 International Office
If you have general questions on admission to Uppsala University the quickest way to find out is to check our step-by-step guide or to read our FAQ's.
If you are an exchange student coming to Uppsala University, you will find more information under "Information for exchange students".
The Swedish National Agency for Higher Education has identified Uppsala University as the higher education institution that works most effectively with internationalization.
www.inter.uadm.uu.se   (296 words)

  
 Office for History of Science, Uppsala University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
UPPSALA UNIVERSITY : Department of History of Science and Ideas : Office for History of Science
The Office for History of Science is a research group under the Department of History of Science and Ideas, with Professor Tore Frängsmyr as director.
The Spring 2006 Issue of Uppsala Newsletter: History of Science is available.
www.vethist.idehist.uu.se /English/index_eng.html   (53 words)

  
 Gamla Uppsala - National Heritage Board
In the Gamla Uppsala Museum we tell of what we know, but also of what remains to be found out.
Gamla Uppsala is one of Scandinavia's most remarkable sites of prehistoric remains, a place which has fascinated people throughout time.
Gustav Vasa speaks to his people from Tingshögen in the 16th century, and in the 17th century professor in Uppsala, Olof Rudbeck, is convinced Gamla Uppsala is original home to the cultures of the world.
www.raa.se /olduppsala/index.asp   (268 words)

  
 Art in Uppsala - including Upsala Ekeby and S:t Eriks
Those were the names of two important ceramics factories in Uppsala.
Art in Uppsala has started a project to cover most of the artistic production of S:t Eriks lervarufabriker.
Art in Uppsala har startat ett projekt kring S:t Eriks.
www.artinuppsala.com   (329 words)

  
 Uppsala - National Parks International Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
Uppsala is to me the Swedish version of St Andrews, but without the golf, an old city steeped in history especially as an important religious centre that now revolves almost entirely around its university.
Uppsala is approximately 45 minutes north of Stockholm by train which will cost less than £10 for a day return and run extremely frequently during the day, approximately every half hour and more at peak times.
Officially you are not permitted entrance to events unless you are a Swedish student, but this seems to be...
www.dooyoo.co.uk /national-parks-international/uppsala   (213 words)

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