What is "uppsala"

Uppsala (; older spelling Upsala) is the capital of Uppsala County and the fourth largest city of Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö. It had 140,454 inhabitants in 2010.

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. Founded in 1477, Uppsala University is the oldest centre of higher education in Scandinavia.

Uppsala may refer to:

• Uppsala city
• Uppsala Municipality
• Uppsala County
• Gamla Uppsala, a village outside Uppsala city, important in Norse paganism
• Uppsala University, a public university in Uppsala
• Uppsala Airport (ICAO code ESCM)
• The Uppsala Synod, a 1593 ecclesiastical conference of the Lutheran Church of Sweden