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At the time when heathendom still prevailed in Sweden, it was an old custom there that the main sacrifices were held in Uppsala in the month of Gói.

Sacrifices were to be made at that time for peace and victory for the king, and people from all over Sweden were to resort there.

At that place and time also was to be the assembly of all Swedes, and there was also a market and a fair which lasted a week.

Now when Christianity was introduced, the general assembly and the market were still held there.

But at present, when Christianity is general in Sweden and the kings have ceased residing at Uppsala, the market has been shifted to meet at Candlemas ;.

but now it lasts only three days.

The general assembly of the Swedes is there.

The name Dísaþing ( now Disting ) remained in use, however, and the fair is still held every year in Uppsala on the first Tuesday in February and may be one of the oldest in Sweden.