Uppland

Not to be confused with Upland (disambiguation).

Uppland
Coat of arms
Country	Sweden
Land	Svealand
Counties	Uppsala County Stockholm County
Area
• Total	12,813 km2 (4,947 sq mi)
Population (2009)
• Total	1,433,020
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Ethnicity
• Languages	Uppländska Stockholmska
Culture
• Flower	Leper lily
• Animal	White-tailed eagle
• Bird	—
• Fish	Aspius
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Uppland (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɵpːland]) is a historical province or landskap on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm, the capital. It borders Södermanland, Västmanland and Gästrikland. It is also bounded by lake Mälaren and the Baltic sea. It has an extremely short and strangely shaped land border with Åland, an autonomous province of Finland, on the small uninhabited island of Märket in the Baltic.

The name literally means up land, a name which is commonly encountered in especially older English literature. Its Latinised form, which is occasionally used, is Uplandia.

Administration

The traditional provinces of Sweden serve no administrative or political purposes, but are historical and cultural entities. The corresponding administrative county, or län, is Uppsala County, which occupies the larger part of the territory. The bulk of the population, however, is within Stockholm County. Minor parts of the province are also in Västmanland County, Gävleborg County and Södermanland County.

Heraldry

Uppland's arms were granted in 1560, distinctive in its depiction of a Globus cruciger. Historically, Uppland ranked as a duchy and the coat of arms is represented with a ducal coronet. Blazoned thus: "Gules, a Royal Orb Or gemmed of the field and Azure with the cross bottoned Argent." Despite the fact that the Uppsala län has a different name and a smaller territory it was granted the same coat of arms in 1940.

Geography

Uppland was historically divided into chartered cities and districts. Within Roslagen they were called skeppslag (which roughly means "ship district"), and in the rest of the province hundreds. The abovementioned districts and cities have no administrative function today.

Cities

• Djursholm (1913)
• Enköping (approximately 1300)
• Lidingö (1926)
• Norrtälje (1622)
• Sigtuna (approximately 990)
• Solna (1943)
• Stockholm (1252)
• Sundbyberg (1927)
• Uppsala (1286)
• Vaxholm (1652)
• Öregrund (1491)
• Östhammar (approximately 1300)

Districts

2

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Facts

• Highest mountain:: Upplandsberget at Siggeforasjön, 117 metres
• Largest lake: Mälaren
• Archipelago: Roslagen
• National Parks: Ängsö, Färnebofjärden

Population

The population of Uppland was 1,433,020 as of December 31, 2009. The provincial population corresponds to the different overlapping counties as follows:

County	Population
Stockholm County, partly	1,101,238
Uppsala County, partly	330,683
Västmanland County, partly	1,099

History

Main article: History of Uppland

The earliest unambiguous mention of the province of Uppland comes from the 1296, when it was mentioned that it included the Folklands of Fjärdhundraland, Attundaland, Tiundaland and Roslagen. The Swedish capital of Stockholm is divided between two provinces. The southern half lies in Södermanland and the northern half in Uppland.

Dukes and Duchess

See also: Duchies in Sweden

• Prince Waldemar (1310-1318 – also Öland)
  • Princess Ingiburga, his wife (1312-1318 – also Öland)
• Prince Gustav (1827–1852)
• Prince Sigvard (1907-1934 only as per royal court)

Religion

Uppsala is the seat of the only (formerly Catholic) archbishop of the Lutheran Church of Sweden.

Culture

The archaeological site Birka and the castle of Drottningholm are UNESCO World Heritage sites.

Sports

Football in the province is administered by Upplands Fotbollförbund.

External links

• Uppland - Tourist site
• Uppland - Tourist information