Uplandia

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Uplandia, or Uppland, is a historical Province or Landskap on the eastern coast of Sweden. It borders to Sudermannia, Westmannia and Gestricia. It is also bounded by lake Mälaren and the Baltic sea.

**Uppland**

Land	Svealand
County	Uppsala County Stockholm County Västmanland County
Area	12,813 km²
Provincial flower - Swedish - Latin	Leper lily Kungsängslilja Fritillaria meleagris
Provincial animal	White-tailed eagle

Map highlighting the location of Uplandia

Contents

4.1 Cities
4.2 Districts
4.3 Facts

Population

The population of Uplandia is 1,339,154 as of 2004. It distrubutes over three counties as follows:

County	Population
part of Stockholm County	1,023,820
Uppsala County	300,495
part of Västmanland County	14,839

Counties

For current affairs see: Uppsala County, Stockholm County or Västmanland County

Uplandia is divided upon Uppsala County, which occupies the heartland, the Stockholm County, which has claimed about a third of the territory in the south and the Västmanland County, taking a quarter in the west.

History

Main article: History of Uplandia The province of Uppland was formed in 1296, by combining the Folklands of Fjärdhundraland, Attundaland, Tiundaland and Roslagen. The Swedish Capital of Stockholm is divided upon two provinces. The southern half lies in Sudermannia and the northern half in Uplandia.

Geography

Main article: Geography of Uplandia

Uplandia was historically divided into chartered cities and districts. Within Roslagen they were called ship districts, and in the rest of the province hundreds.

Cities

Enköping (approximately 1300)
Lidingö (1926)
Norrtälje (1622)
Sigtuna (approximately 990)
Solna (1943)
Stockholm (approximately 1250)
Sundbyberg (1927)
Uppsala (1286)
Vaxholm (1652)
Öregrund (1491)
Östhammar (approximately 1300)

Districts

Bro Hundred Bälinge Hundred Frösåker Hundred Färentuna Hundred Hagunda Hundred Håbo Hundred Lagunda Hundred Ly Hundred Lång Hundred Norunda Hundred Närding Hundred Oland Hundred Rasbo Hundred	Seming Hundred Simtuna Hundred Sju Hundred Sollentuna Hundred Torstuna Hundred Trögd Hundred Ulleråker Hundred Vaksala Hundred Vallentuna Hundred Våla Hundred Åsunda Hundred Ärling Hundred Örbyhus Hundred
Bro and Vätö Ship District Danderyd Ship District Frötuna and Länna Ship District	Väddö and Häverö Ship District Värmdö Ship District Åker Ship District

While the parish of Söderfors belongs to Uplandia it also formed part of Gestricia Eastern Court District.

Facts

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

Culture

Main article: Culture of Uplandia

Uplandia is the seat of the Archbishop of the Church of Sweden. The archaeological site Birka and the castle of Drottningholm are UNESCO World Heritage sites.

Heraldry

Main article: Heraldry of Uplandia

Arms granted in 1560. Historically Uplandia ranked as a duchy and the coat of arms is represented with a dukal coronet. Blazon: "Gules, a Royal Orb Or gemmed of the field and Azure with the cross bottoned Argent."

Dukes of Uplandia

Since 1772, Swedish Princes have been created Dukes of various provinces. This is solely a nominal title.

Prince Gustaf (1827-1852)
Prince Sigvard (from his birth in 1907 until his loss of succession rights in 1934)

External links

Uppland - Tourist site
Uppland - Tourist information

Provinces of Sweden \| The Swedish Realm
Alandia \| Angermannia \| Bahusia \| Blechingia \| Dalecarlia \| Dalia \| Finland Proper \| Gestricia \| Gotlandia \| Hallandia \| Helsingia \| Herdalia \| Jemtia \| Karelia \| Laponia \| Medelpadia \| Nericia \| Nylandia \| Oelandia \| Ostrobothnia \| Ostrogothia \| Satakunda \| Savonia \| Scania \| Smalandia \| Sudermannia \| Tavastia \| Uplandia \| Wermelandia \| Westmannia \| Westrobothnia \| Westrogothia
Lands of Sweden: Götaland \| Norrland \| Svealand \| Österland

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