Woodcut showing the 16th century astronomical clock of Uppsala Cathedral, with two clockfaces, one with Arabic and one with Roman numerals.

The university, located in the city of Lund in the province of Scania, Sweden, traces its roots back to 1425, when a Franciscan studium generale was founded in Lund next to the Lund Cathedral, arguably making it the oldest institution of higher education in Scandinavia followed by studium generales in Uppsala in 1477 and Copenhagen in 1479.

* 1276 – Magnus Ladulås is crowned King of Sweden in Uppsala Cathedral.

Although it took some time after the fire of 1702, Uppsala Cathedral and Uppsala Castle were both eventually restored, both by Carl Hårleman, perhaps the most important Swedish architect of the era.

The northern branch of the Grand Canal of China was constructed during the first half of the decade, the Uppsala Cathedral was begun, and a partial collapse set back construction of the Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais in a blow to the aspirations of its Gothic architecture.

* 1287 – Construction on the Cathedral of Uppsala is begun ; it will not be completed until 1435.

Construction of the Uppsala Cathedral begins.

* Construction on the Cathedral of Uppsala is begun ; it will not be completed until 1435.

He died the same year, shortly after the fire, and was buried in Uppsala Cathedral at the transept.

Category: Burials at Uppsala Cathedral

Category: Burials at Uppsala Cathedral

Uppsala became the seat of the Archbishop of Sweden in 1167, with Scandinavia's largest church building Uppsala Cathedral inaugurated in the 1440s.

Grave monument to Gustav and Margaret over their crypt in Uppsala Cathedral

The silhouette of the Uppsala Cathedral | cathedral towers may be seen in the background.

Swedenborg's crypt in Uppsala Cathedral

On the 140th anniversary of his death, in 1912 / 1913, his earthly remains were transferred to Uppsala Cathedral in Sweden, where they now rest close to the grave of the botanist Carolus Linnaeus.

Category: Burials at Uppsala Cathedral

Eric IX of Sweden was as well, before being moved to Uppsala Cathedral.

16th century woodcut from the History of Olaus Magnus, purportedly depicting the astronomical clock in Uppsala Cathedral.

According to Polhem's autobiography, the event that marked the beginning of his career was the successful repair of the unfinished medieval ( 16th century ) astronomical clock by Petrus Astronomus at Uppsala Cathedral, which had remained unfinished and broken for more than a century.

As of 1344 there were no relics of the bishop in the Cathedral of Uppsala.

After his death in 1931 his body was interred in Uppsala Cathedral.

The description of the Uppsala temple is one of the most famous excerpts of the Gesta, however as no archaeological site has ever been found, one can wonder if Adam ’ s description is linked to reality.

Celsius is buried at Uppsala Church in Gamla Uppsala next to his grandfather

None of them is however said to have had his residence there, as the Swedish king and his retinue routinely moved between the Husbys, parts of the network of royal estates called Uppsala öd.

:" Birka is the main Geatish town ( oppidum Gothorum ), situated in the middle of Sweden ( Suevoniae ), not far ( non longe ) from the temple called Uppsala ( Ubsola ) which the Swedes ( Sueones ) held in the highest esteem when it comes to the worship of the gods ; here forms an inlet of the Baltic or the Barbaric Sea a port facing north which welcomes all the wild peoples all around this sea but which is risky for those who are careless or ignorant of such places ... they have therefore blocked this inlet of the troubled sea with hidden masses of rocks along more than 100 stadions ( 18 km ).

Noteworthy in the following statement is the usage of the term " not far " ( non longe ) which was also used to describe the distance between Birka and the Uppsala temple:

This means that the spoken language in this part of Sweden is descended from a regional variant of Danish, while the written language used is standard Swedish, which evolved in Uppsala and Stockholm.

Jan Berglin ( born March 24, 1960 ) is a Swedish cartoonist who made his debut in the Uppsala student newspaper Ergo in 1985.

This is an allusion to a legend retold in Skáldskaparmál and Hrólf Kraki's saga in which King Hrolf and his men scattered gold on the plains ( vellir ) of the river Fýri south of Gamla Uppsala to delay their pursuers.

* 1593 – The Uppsala Synod is summoned to confirm the exact forms of the Lutheran Church of Sweden.

Oxygen was independently discovered by Carl Wilhelm Scheele, in Uppsala, in 1773 or earlier, and Joseph Priestley in Wiltshire, in 1774, but Priestley is often given priority because his work was published first.

* 1477 – Uppsala University is inaugurated after receiving its corporate rights from Pope Sixtus IV in February the same year.

It is the only higher education institution in the Stockholm / Uppsala region to receive an award.

There is a large 9th-century funerary barrow in Novgorod Oblast, reminiscent of the mounds at Old Uppsala, Sweden, which is called Shum Gora.

Uppsala University () is a research university in Uppsala, Sweden, and is the oldest university in Sweden, founded in 1477.

There is some evidence of academic studies in Uppsala during the 16th century ; the Faculty of Theology is mentioned in a document from 1526, King Eric XIV appointed Laurentius Petri Gothus ( later archbishop ) rector of the university in 1566, and his successor and brother John III appointed a number of professors in the period 1569 – 1574.

Gamla Uppsala is an area rich in archaeological remains: seen from the Grave ( burial ) | grave field whose larger tumulus | mound s ( left part ) are close to the royal mounds.

The king was buried in the church of Old Uppsala, which he had rebuilt around the burial mounds of his pagan predecessors.

* Fridell, Allan ( 1930 ) First Ship burial at Valsgärde in Gamla Uppsala parish ( Fornvännen )

This runestone was discovered in 1975 being used as building material at the southern buttress of the Vasa burial chapel during renovations at the Uppsala Cathedral.