Uppsala

This article is about the city in Sweden. For the municipality (Uppsala kommun), see Uppsala Municipality. For other uses, see Uppsala (disambiguation).

Uppsala
City
Top to bottom and left to right: Old Central Station; Botanical Garden; Concert & Congress Hall; cathedral; skyline with castle and cathedral.
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Coordinates: 59°51′29″N 17°38′41″E
Country	Sweden
Province	Uppland
County	Uppsala County
Municipality	Uppsala Municipality
Area
• Total	48.77 km2 (18.83 sq mi)
Elevation	15 m (49 ft)
Population  (31 December 2019)
• Total	177,074
• Density	3,631/km2 (9,404/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Uppsalabo, Upsaliensare
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	75x xx
Area code	+46(0) 18
Website	uppsala.se

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Uppsala (/ʌpˈsɑːlə/ up-SAH-lə; Swedish: [ˈɵ̂pːˌsɑːla] ^ⓘ; archaically spelled Upsala) is the capital of Uppsala County and the fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019.

Located 71 km (44 mi) 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, which was the frequent site of the coronation of the Swedish monarch until the late 19th century.

Uppsala Castle, built by King Gustav Vasa, served as one of the royal residences of the Swedish monarchs, and was expanded several times over its history, making Uppsala the secondary capital of Sweden during its greatest extent. Today, it serves as the residence of the Governor of Uppsala County.

Founded in 1477, Uppsala University is the oldest centre of higher education in Scandinavia. Among the many scholars associated with the city are Anders Celsius, inventor of the centigrade temperature scale that now bears his name, and Carl Linnaeus, the father of taxonomy.

Other Uppsala residents include filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, diplomat Dag Hammarskjöld, chemists Jöns Jacob Berzelius and Svante Arrhenius, actress Viveca Lindfors, and singer Malena Ernman.