Gamla Uppsala, Uppsala — Area Guide & Where to Stay

What are the main landmarks in Gamla Uppsala?

The mounds make the place. Gamla Uppsala kyrka rises on the old ground beside the great burial mounds, the most fixed point of north-eastern Uppsala, and the finds and story of the site are gathered next door at Gamla Uppsala museum. An open-air farmstead rounds it out.

The reconstructed buildings at Disagården show the older country life of this part of Uppsala kommun, and together church, museum and farmstead give Gamla Uppsala its weight in eastern Sweden.

What is the history of Gamla Uppsala?

This was the old seat of power. Long before the city moved south to its present centre, the kings and cult of early Sweden gathered on this ground in north-eastern Uppsala, leaving the great burial mounds that still ridge the fields. The church came later.

Gamla Uppsala kyrka was raised on the sacred site, the finds were gathered into Gamla Uppsala museum, and the farmstead at Disagården preserved the country life of the parish as the quarter settled into Uppsala kommun in eastern Sweden.

Where is Gamla Uppsala?

Gamla Uppsala lies in the north-eastern part of Uppsala, an old settlement of low ground and open fields where Gamla Uppsala kyrka stands among the mounds, set apart from the dense centre of the city in eastern Sweden. It belongs to Uppsala kommun, in Uppsala County.