Gamla Uppsala
![Gamla Uppsala is an area rich in archaeological remains: seen from the grave field whose larger mounds (left part) are close to the royal mounds. The building beyond the mounds is the church and to its right is the low Ting-mound and then the museum.](/Images/godic/202501/14/Gamla_uppsala5339.jpg")
![A composite model of Gamla Uppsala from throughout history, as exhibited at the local museum.](/Images/godic/202501/14/Gamla_Upplsa_museum5339.jpg")
![The three large](/Images/godic/202501/14/Royal_mounds5339.JPG")
![The same mounds as shown in Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna (c 1700).](/Images/godic/202501/14/Suecia_1-064_;_Gambla_Ubsala_högar5339.png")
Gamla Uppsala ("Old Uppsala") is a parish and a village outside Uppsala in Sweden. It had 16,231 inhabitants in 1874.
As early as the 3rd century AD and the 4th century AD and onwards, it was an important religious, economic and political centre. Early written sources show that already during pre-history, Gamla Uppsala was well known in Northern Europe as the residence of the Swedish kings of the legendary Yngling dynasty. In fact, the oldest Scandinavian sources, such as Ynglingatal, the Westrogothic law and the Gutasaga talk of the king of Sweden as the "King at Uppsala".