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Encyclopedia - Uppsala: Encyclopedia - Uppsala
Uppsala [ˈɵpˌsɑ:la] (older spelling Upsala) 59°51′N 17°38′E is a Swedish City in central Sweden, located about 70 km north of S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uppsala: Encyclopedia Ii - Uppsala - History
Uppsala was originally located a few kilometers to the north, at a location now known as Gamla Uppsala (Old Uppsala). Today's Uppsala was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Codex Argenteus: Encyclopedia Ii - Codex Argenteus - History
Codex Argenteus - Origin. The tribes we consider Gothic were nominally Arians during the period of time when Ulfilas translated the Chr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blót: Encyclopedia Ii - Blót - Uppsala, Sweden
Main articles: Old Uppsala and Temple at Uppsala. The German chronicler Adam of Bremen has described how it was done at the Temple at Upp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Botanical Garden: Encyclopedia - Botanical Garden
Botanical gardens (in Latin, hortus botanicus) grow a wide variety of plants primarily categorized and documented for scientific purposes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blót: Encyclopedia - Blót
The Blót was the pagan Germanic sacrifice to Norse gods and Elves. The word is related to the English word bless and they are derived fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Björn At Haugi: Encyclopedia - Björn At Haugi
Björn at Haugi ("Björn at the Barrow"), Björn på Håga, Björn II or Bern was according to Hervarar saga a Swedish king and the son o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bishop Henry: Encyclopedia - Bishop Henry
Bishop Henry, or Piispa Henrik (died January 20, 1156) was an English-born bishop of Uppsala, who was martyred by Lalli in Finland. Henry...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cabinet Of Curiosities: Encyclopedia - Cabinet Of Curiosities
Cabinets of curiosities (also known as wunderkammer or wonder-rooms) were collections of natural history artifacts kept by many early pra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carl Wilhelm Scheele: Encyclopedia - Carl Wilhelm Scheele
Carl Wilhelm Scheele, (December 9, 1742 - May 21, 1786) a Swedish chemist, born in Stralsund, Pomerania, Germany (back then a Swedish pro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aun: Encyclopedia - Aun
Ane, On, One, Auchun or Aun the Old (Audhun, the same name as the A-S name Edwin) was the son of Jorund and one of the Swedish kings of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Angantyr: Encyclopedia - Angantyr
Angantyr was the name of three characters from the same line in Norse mythology, and who appear in Hervarar saga, the Poetic Edda (the Wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tumulus: Encyclopedia - Tumulus
A tumulus (plural tumuli or tumuluses) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, bu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norse Mythology: Encyclopedia - Norse Mythology
Bilskirnir, Breidablik, Élivágar, Eliudnir, Fensalir, Fólkvangr, Gimlé, Ginnungagap, Gjallar Bridge, Gjöll, Gladsheim, Glasir, Glitn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Runic Alphabet: Encyclopedia - Runic Alphabet
The Runic alphabets are a set of related alphabets using letters known as runes, formerly used to write Germanic languages, mainly in Sca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emanuel Swedenborg: Encyclopedia - Emanuel Swedenborg
Emanuel Swedenborg ▶ (help·info) (né Swedberg) (January 29, 1688 – March 29, 1772) was a Swedish scientist, philosopher and mystic....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uranus: Encyclopedia - Uranus
Click image for description Uranus (pronounced either /ˈjuɹənəs/ or /jəˈɹeɪnəs/) is the seventh planet from the Sun. It is a gas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World Council Of Churches: Encyclopedia - World Council Of Churches
The World Council of Churches (WCC) is the principal international Christian ecumenical organization. Based in Geneva, Switzerland, it ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carl Xvi Gustaf Of Sweden: Encyclopedia - Carl Xvi Gustaf Of Sweden
Carl XVI Gustaf (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus) (born April 30, 1946), styled HM The King, is the King of Sweden. He is the only son of Prin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alvar Aalto: Encyclopedia - Alvar Aalto
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (February 3, 1898 - May 11, 1976) was a Finnish architect and designer. He was a Scandinavian modernist designer,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eadgils: Encyclopedia - Eadgils
Hrólf Kraki Tradition Eadgils was a 6th century king of Sweden who appears in the Old English epic Beowulf. Eadgils is generally conside...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arvid Carlsson: Encyclopedia - Arvid Carlsson
Arvid Carlsson (b. January 25, 1923) is a Swedish scientist who is best known for his work with the neurotransmitter dopamine and its eff...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eystein Bele: Encyclopedia - Eystein Bele
Eystein Bele (Old Norse:Eysteinn inn illráði, Swedish: Östen Illråda (ill-ruler) or Östen Beli) was son of Harald Hildetand accordin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - University Of Paris: Encyclopedia - University Of Paris
The historic University of Paris (French: Université de Paris) first appeared in the second half of the 12th century, but was in 1970 re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uppland: Encyclopedia - Uppland
Uppland (listen ▶ (help·info)) is a historical province or landskap on the eastern coast of Sweden. It borders Södermanland, Västman...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1728: Encyclopedia - 1728
1728 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uppsala Cathedral: Encyclopedia - Uppsala Cathedral
The Cathedral of Uppsala is the largest church building in Scandinavia, being 118.7 m high. The construction of the cathedral began in 12...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dísir: Encyclopedia - Dísir
In Norse mythology, the dísir (sing. dís) are a collective of divine female beings of whom little is known with certainty except that t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Umeå: Encyclopedia - Umeå
Umeå (IPA: ˘ʉməoː – listen ▶ (help·info)) is a city in upper Norrland in northern Sweden. It is situated in the province of Vä...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tyrfing: Encyclopedia - Tyrfing
Tyrfing or Tirfing was a magic sword which figures in a poem from the Elder Edda called The Waking of Angantýr, and in Hervarar saga. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flag Of Denmark: Encyclopedia - Flag Of Denmark
The national flag of Denmark is more commonly known as the Dannebrog. The Dannebrog is red with a white Scandinavian cross that extends t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dan King: Encyclopedia - Dan King
Dan is the name of one or more legendary kings of the Danes in medieval Scandinavian texts. Dan king - The Leire Chonicle. The Chronicle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uppsala University: Encyclopedia - Uppsala University
Uppsala University (Swedish Uppsala universitet) is a public university in Uppsala, Sweden. It is the oldest university in Scandinavia, f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vaksala Runestone: Encyclopedia - Vaksala Runestone
The Vaksala Runestone (U 961) is located in Vaksala parish near Uppsala, Sweden. It is one of the ca. 40 runestones made by the successfu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yrsa: Encyclopedia - Yrsa
Hrólf Kraki Tradition In Scandinavian legendary tradition Yrsa is the illegitimate daughter of Helgi whom Helgi later unwittingly marrie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Freyr: Encyclopedia - Freyr
Freyr (sometimes anglicized Frey[1]) is one of the most important deities in Norse paganism and Norse mythology. Worshipped as a fertilit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carolina Rediviva: Encyclopedia - Carolina Rediviva
Carolina Rediviva is the main building of the Uppsala University Library in Uppsala, Sweden. The building was begun in 1820 and completed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yngvi And Alf: Encyclopedia - Yngvi And Alf
Yngvi and Alf were two legendary Swedish kings of the House of Yngling. According to Ynglingatal, Historia Norwegiae and Ynglinga saga, Y...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yngling: Encyclopedia - Yngling
The Ynglings (Heimskringla), Scylfings (Beowulf and Ynglingatal) or Sons of Frey (Gesta Danorum and Ynglingatal) were the oldest known Sc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boëthius: Encyclopedia - Boëthius
There are several persons called Boëthius: Philosophers: Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius - to many scholars this is the Boëthius, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vanlade: Encyclopedia - Vanlade
Vanlade, Vanlande was a Swedish king at Uppsala of the House of Yngling in Norse mythology. He was the son of Sveigder. Snorri Sturluson ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Codex Argenteus: Encyclopedia - Codex Argenteus
The Codex Argenteus (or "Silver Bible") is a 6th century manuscript, originally containing bishop Ulfilas's 4th century translation of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carolus Linnaeus: Encyclopedia - Carolus Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linné ▶ (help·info), and in English usually under the Latinized name Caro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Ix Of Sweden: Encyclopedia - Charles Ix Of Sweden
Charles IX (Karl IX) (October 4, 1550 – October 30, 1611), was King of Sweden from 1604 until his death. He was the youngest son of Gus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Walpurgis Night: Encyclopedia - Walpurgis Night
Walpurgis Night (Valborgsmässoafton in Swedish, Vappu in Finnish, Volbriöö in Estonian, Valpurģu nakts or Valpurģi in Latvian, Walpu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cathedral: Encyclopedia - Cathedral
A cathedral is a Christian church building, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Anglican, Roman Catho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulfilas: Encyclopedia - Ulfilas
Ulfilas or Wulfila (perhaps meaning "little wolf") (c. 310 - 383), bishop, missionary, and translator, was a Goth or half-Goth who had sp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Old Norse Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Old Norse Language - Dialects And Texts
The earliest inscriptions in Old Norse are runic, from the 8th century (although there are 200 inscriptions in Proto-Norse going as far b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - University Of Paris: Encyclopedia Ii - University Of Paris - Origin And Organization Of The Medieval University
Similarly to the other of the earliest medieval universities (University of Bologna, University of Oxford, University of Coimbra, Univers...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Ausonius: Encyclopedia Ii - John Ausonius - History
Wolfgang Zaugg grew up in Vällingby, a working class suburb to Stockholm. As a child of German immigrants, he was bullied in his youth b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olaus Magnus: Encyclopedia Ii - Olaus Magnus - Biography
Like his elder brother, Johannes Magnus, he obtained several ecclesiastical preferments. Among them a canonry at Uppsala and Linköping, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jomsvikings: Encyclopedia Ii - Jomsvikings - History
Historians still debate the accuracy of the accounts of the Jomsvikings. Some maintain that the order was entirely legendary. The site of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norse Paganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Norse Paganism - Archaeological Sources
Many sites in Scandinavia have yielded valuable information about early Scandinavian culture. The oldest extant cultural example are in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - University Of Paris: Encyclopedia Ii - University Of Paris - Origin And Early Organization
Similarly to the other of the earliest medieval universities (University of Bologna, University of Oxford, University of Coimbra, Univers...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World Council Of Churches: Encyclopedia Ii - World Council Of Churches - Commissions And Teams
There are two complementary approaches to ecumenism: dialogue and action. The Faith and Order Movement and Life and Work Movement represe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Johannes Messenius: Encyclopedia Ii - Johannes Messenius - Professorship
Johannes began a productive period in his life, which showed considerable learning. In Danzig, in 1605, his brethren among the Jesuits ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Walpurgis Night: Encyclopedia Ii - Walpurgis Night - Sweden And Finland
Walpurgis is one of the main holidays during the year in both Sweden and Finland, alongside of Christmas and Midsummer. The forms of cele...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Government Agencies In Sweden: Encyclopedia Ii - Government Agencies In Sweden - Government Agencies Reporting To The Ministry Of Education And Science
Sami School Board of Sweden, or Sameskolstyrelsen. (Official site) Field of operation: administrative authority for the National Sami s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uranus: Encyclopedia Ii - Uranus - Physical Characteristics
Uranus - Composition. Uranus is composed primarily of rocks and various ices, with only about 15% hydrogen and a little helium (in cont...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eadgils: Encyclopedia Ii - Eadgils - In The Hrólf Kraki Traditions And Heimskringla
In the Hrólf Kraki tradition, Adils (Eadgils) captured and married Yrsa (Yrs), the mother of Hrólf Kraki (Hrothulf). Not long after Hr�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Angantyr: Encyclopedia Ii - Angantyr - Angantyr The Berserker
Angantyr's father Arngrim had given him the magic sword Tyrfing, which cut through anything like through cloth, and which killed a man ev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Botanical Garden: Encyclopedia Ii - Botanical Garden - Educational Work
Educational projects at botanical gardens range from introductions to plants that thrive in different environments to practical advice fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bishop Henry: Encyclopedia Ii - Bishop Henry - The Legend
Very few facts are known about the real causes for Henry's death, but the incident is full of the hallmarks of legend. A folk poem from t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Linköping: Encyclopedia Ii - Linköping - History
Historically, Linköping is famed for being an early diocese, second in Sweden (within its pre-1658 boundaries) only to Skara. The monast...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ingjald: Encyclopedia Ii - Ingjald - The Deceit
Snorri Sturluson relates that when his father Anund had died, Ingjald became the king of Sweden. The kings at Uppsala were the foremost a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Music Festivals: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Music Festivals - Reggae Music Festivals
List of music festivals - Jamaican Reggae Festivals. Splash Festival, Jamaica Reggae Sunsplash, Ocho Rios, Jamaica Sting reggae music ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Oldest Universities In Continuous Operation: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Oldest Universities In Continuous Operation - Caveat
The actual date a University started to function is often rather hazy and differs a good deal from legend, or from the date its ancestor-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Universities In Sweden: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Universities In Sweden - General Academic Institutions
List of universities in Sweden - Universities universitet. Uppsala University (Uppsala) Lund University (Lund) Stockholm University (S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of University Of Michigan People: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of University Of Michigan People - Alumni
List of University of Michigan people - Nobel laureates. Stanley Cohen PhD 1949, co-winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in medicine for dis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Cathedrals: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Cathedrals - China People's Republic Of
List of cathedrals - Hong Kong. St John's Cathedral (聖約翰座堂) (The Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui (香港聖公會) (Hong Kong Angli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Institute For Advanced Study: Encyclopedia Ii - Institute For Advanced Study - The School
The Institute consists of a School of Historical Studies, a School of Mathematics, a School of Natural Sciences, a School of Social Scien...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jutland: Encyclopedia Ii - Jutland - History
Jutland has historically been one of the three main parts or lands of Denmark. Some Angles, Saxons, Jutes, and Vandals moved from contine...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Location Hypotheses Of Atlantis: Encyclopedia Ii - Location Hypotheses Of Atlantis - Eastern Hemisphere
Some investigators believe that Atlantis is in the Eastern Hemisphere, which would have the location in Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Michel Foucault: Encyclopedia Ii - Michel Foucault - Works
Michel Foucault - Madness and Civilization. The English edition of Madness and Civilization is an abridged version of Folie et déraiso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nathan Söderblom: Encyclopedia Ii - Nathan Söderblom - Career
After being ordained a priest in 1893 and appointed chaplain to a mental hospital in Uppsala, he cast about for a post that would enable ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gävleborg County: Encyclopedia Ii - Gävleborg County - Politics
The County Council of Gävleborg or Landstinget Gävleborg. ... See also:Gävleborg County, Gävleborg County - Provinces, Gävleborg ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Asteroids Named After Places: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Asteroids Named After Places - Europe
List of asteroids named after places - Czech Republic. 290 Brunna (Latin name for Brno) 371 Bohemia (Bohemia) 1901 Moravia (Moravia) 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Universities In Sweden: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Universities In Sweden - General Academic Institutions
University colleges are not generally permitted to award degrees higher than Master's. These university colleges generally have no author...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Michel Foucault: Encyclopedia Ii - Michel Foucault - Works
Michel Foucault - Madness and Civilization. For more details on this topic, see Madness and Civilization. The English edition of Madn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minneapolis Minnesota: Encyclopedia Ii - Minneapolis Minnesota - History
Called in the Ojibwe language Gakaabikaang (at the falls), the city grew up around the Saint Anthony Falls, the only waterfall on the Mis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ingmar Bergman: Encyclopedia Ii - Ingmar Bergman - Biography And Style Characteristics
Born in Uppsala, Sweden, to a Lutheran minister of Danish descent, Bergman grew up surrounded by religious imagery and discussion. Bergma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Runic Alphabet: Encyclopedia Ii - Runic Alphabet - Background
The runes were introduced to, or invented by, the Germanic peoples in the 1st or 2nd century (The oldest known runic inscription dates to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dag Hammarskjöld: Encyclopedia Ii - Dag Hammarskjöld - Early Life
Dag Hammarskjöld was born in Jönköping, in Sweden, although he lived most of childhood in Uppsala. He was the fourth and youngest son ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coimbra Group: Encyclopedia Ii - Coimbra Group - Members
Austria University of Graz Belgium Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Dutch-speaking) * Université catholique de Louvain (French-speakin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sigtuna: Encyclopedia Ii - Sigtuna - History
Sigtuna was founded on what was then the shore of lake Mälaren about 1,000 years ago. It took its name from an ancient royal estate (see...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stockholm Bloodbath: Encyclopedia Ii - Stockholm Bloodbath - Background
Stockholm Bloodbath - Political Factions in Sweden. The Stockholm Bloodbath was a consequence of the conflict between Swedish pro-union...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Student Society: Encyclopedia Ii - Student Society - European Student Societies
In Europe, there are several continent-wide student organisations fostering exchange among students of different nationalities and Cultur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Temple At Uppsala: Encyclopedia Ii - Temple At Uppsala - Heimskringla
Snorri Sturluson relates that the Temple was built by the god Frey, who settled at Uppsala: Odin took up his residence at the Maelare la...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Teliasonera: Encyclopedia Ii - Teliasonera - Corporate History
TeliaSonera is the result of a merger in 2003 between the Swedish and Finnish telecommunications companies, Telia and Sonera. Both have a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Riksdag Of The Estates: Encyclopedia Ii - Riksdag Of The Estates - Replaced By The New Riksdag
In 1866 all the Estates voted in favor of dissolution and at the same time to found a new assembly, The Swedish Riksdag or Sveriges Riksd...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Angantyr: Encyclopedia Ii - Angantyr - Angantyr The Berserker
Angantyr's father Arngrim had given him the magic sword Tyrfing, which cut through anything like through cloth, and which killed a man ev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tumulus: Encyclopedia Ii - Tumulus - Sites
Tumulus - Scandinavia. Burial mounds were in use until the 11th century in Scandinavia. In their undamaged state they appear as small, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Stångebro: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Stångebro - Background
Main articles: Foundation of Modern Sweden and Sigismund of Sweden When King John III of Sweden died in 1592, his son Sigismund inherited...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carl Peter Thunberg: Encyclopedia Ii - Carl Peter Thunberg - Early Life
Thunberg was born at Jönköping, and became a pupil of Carolus Linnaeus at Uppsala University. There he studied natural philosophy and m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carl Xvi Gustaf Of Sweden: Encyclopedia Ii - Carl Xvi Gustaf Of Sweden - Youth And Education
Carl Gustaf was the youngest of five children and the only son of Sweden's Prince Gustaf Adolf and Princess Sibylla. His father's death i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Augustana College Illinois: Encyclopedia Ii - Augustana College Illinois - An Historical Perspective On Augustana College
Augustana College was founded in 1860, to "provide an education in the arts and sciences for young people of their church as well as for ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Archbishop Of Uppsala: Encyclopedia Ii - Archbishop Of Uppsala - Archbishop Before The Reformation
Archbishop of Uppsala - 12th century. 1164-1185 Stefan 1185-1187 Johannes. Johannes was ordained by the Archbishop of Lund, Absalon b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Ii Of Denmark: Encyclopedia Ii - Christian Ii Of Denmark - Politics
As viceroy of Norway (1506 – 1512) he had already displayed a singular capacity for ruling under exceptionally difficult circumstances....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norse Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Norse Mythology - Cosmology
In Norse mythology, the earth was believed to be a flat disc. This disk is situated in the branches of the world tree, or Yggdrasil. Asga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dan King: Encyclopedia Ii - Dan King - Ynglinga Saga
Snorri Sturluson's Ynglinga saga relates of King Dygvi of Sweden: Dygvi's mother was Drótt, a daughter of King Danp, the son of Ríg, wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Foundation Of Modern Sweden: Encyclopedia Ii - Foundation Of Modern Sweden - Gustav Vasa
Main article: Gustav Vasa Prehistoric Sweden Early History Kalmar Union Modern Sweden A New Great Power Swedish Empire "Age of Liberty"...   » Read the article