Uppland (listen ▶ (help·info)) is a historical province or landskap on the eastern coast of Sweden. It borders Södermanland, Västmanland and Gästrikland. It is also bounded by lake Mälaren and the Baltic sea. The name literally means Upland, a name which is commonly encountered in English literature (especially older). Its Latinzed form, which may also occasiona ...

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Uppland was historically divided into chartered cities and districts. Within Roslagen they were called ship districts, and in the rest of the province hundreds. Uppland - Cities. Enköping (approximately 1300) Lidingö (1926) Norrtälje (1622) Sigtuna (approximately 990) Solna (1943) Stockholm (1252) Sundbyberg (1927) Uppsala (1286) Vaxholm (1652) Öregrund (1491) à ...

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Arms granted in 1560. Historically Uppland 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." Uppland - Dukes. The nominal title Duke of a province has been awarded to Swedish princes since 1772. Dukes of Södermanland were: Prince Gustaf (1827-1852) Prince Sigvard (from his birth in 1907 until his loss of succession ...

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Provinces serve no administrative function in Sweden today. Instead, this is done by the Counties of Sweden län. Uppland is divided in three counties: 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. Uppland - Population. The population of Uppland is 1,339,154 as of 2004. The provincial population corre ...

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