This paper deals with archaeological prospection of an Iron Age farm site in Toland, Fresta parish, Uppland County in Sweden. The purpose of the paper has been to see whether the geophysical methods applied (GPR & EM-38) could produce useful results that could motivate its use in similar surveys in the future. Geochemistry has been used for the purpose of identifying possible activity areas on the site. The results have shown that it is possible with a GPR survey to identify postholes originating from the Migration Period longhouse at the site. The combining of several methods have been important for the identification and interpretation of several areas of interest..

Åsmund Kåresson is one of our greatest rune stone makers. His ornographic stile was copied by other rune writers. Åsmund also made many stones, around 60. Many scientists took för granted Åsmund was from Uppland, but not Magnus Källström. He saw liknesses in a rune stone from Medelpad, M5, and one from Uppland, U372, dedicated to Åsmund.This essey tries to complement Källströms statement.

This report is about a couple of specially chosen peatlands in eastern Uppland, Sweden. It concerns their development between the year 1922 and 2012. The historic fact originates from a large investigation of peatlands in the south of Sweden made by the Swedish Geological Survey, SGU, in the 1920?s. To be able to choose peatlands an analysis in GIS were made, in which we were able to find locations good enough for our field investigation. During the field investigation we bore to find nice peat cores that later went through several analyses in a lab.

This thesis deals with two types of agrarian remains in relation to settlement remains; clearance cairns, low stone walls and house terraces in the area of Northeastern Uppland and the area north of Lake Mälaren, during the middle Iron Age. The aim whit this thesis is trying to get a better understanding of the relation between agrarian and settlement remains in Uppland. Three places have been chosen where these three elements are present and they are interpreted through Richard Whites concept of middle ground but also Landesque capital. The three elements have shown to be expressed in different ways in all three sites. It is possible to see two areas with different traditions, but also to see two areas that closely interact with each other, this opens up for a new discussion around agrarian remains in both areas.

Marknaden för lokal och ekologisk mat har vuxit och det finns idag flera olika försäljningskanaler för produkter som produceras inom lantbruket. Denna uppsats syftar till att undersöka hur lokala och ekologiska köttbönder i en förening i Uppland påverkas av sin valda produktionsinriktning och försäljningskanal, samt hur de bedömer sin resiliens. Studien grundar sig huvudsakligen på djupintervjuer. Det visade sig att lantbrukarna var nöjda med såväl att producera lokalt och ekologiskt, samt med den ekonomiska föreningen Upplandsbondens de var medlemmar i. Ekonomi, omsorg om djuren och gemenskap var tre av orsakerna till att de valde att gå med i föreningen och att producera lokalt och ekologiskt. Lantbrukarnas självuppskattande resiliens hade överlag ett högt värde..

This paper analyses the existence and nature of the sacred landscape Olands härad during the Bronze Age and Iron Age. Olands härad is located in Northern Uppland, onthe way to Östhammar, about 30 km northeast of Uppsala. The interpretations are done with help of place names studies as well as archaeological finds. The results indicate that different types of cult locations can be found in the area..

Vem producerar maten på tallriken? Hur ser vardagen ut för dem som producerar mat? Lantbrukare, bönder eller hemmansägare är olika namn på dem som genom tiderna har producerat mat. Det vi vet om bonde kåren är att det är en heterogen yrkesgrupp och att arbetet har förändrats över tid. Denna uppsats syftar till att beskriva matproducenters vardag. Studien är samhällsvetenskaplig och har utgått från kvalitativa metoder. Fem intervjuer har gjorts, med sex matproducenter i Uppland.

Montagu´s harrier (Circus pygargus) is a diurnal, Eurasian raptor, which migrates from its northern breeding grounds to winter in sub-Saharan Africa. In Sweden, its core breeding area is centred on the island of Öland, with a stable breeding population of approximately 40 pairs. The province of Uppland is on the northern end the distribution range, where 4-8 pairs have regularly bred since the 1980s. In Sweden, the Montagu?s harrier is classified as an endangered (EN) species. This classification is partly due to a lack of preferred nesting habitat, such as shrub-lands or dense wetlands with Claudium spp.

Denna studie handlar om dialektanvändning och attityder till dialekt bland dagens ungdomar i Uppland. Den bygger på en enkätundersökning som har genomförts i två gymnasieklasser i Uppsala. I ena klassen kommer merparten av eleverna från Uppsala och i den andra från övriga Uppland. Enkäten bestod av två delar: en första del innehöll allmänna frågor om användningen av dialekt och standardspråk samt attityder till dessa varieteter, medan förekomsten av konkreta dialektala drag, som har tagits upp som utmärkande för Uppland i tidigare forskning, undersöktes i enkätens andra del.De viktigaste frågeställningarna har varit om vissa dialektala drag finns kvar hos dagens ungdomar och hur vanliga de är, om det finns några skillnader mellan språket i Uppsala och övriga Uppland samt mellan pojkar och flickor när det gäller användning av och attityder till dialekt. Undersökningen har bland annat kommit fram till att eleverna i klassen där de flesta elever kommer från uppländska landsbygden är mer dialektala än de i klassen där de flesta kommer från Uppsala.

Dvala-predikande var ett fenomen som förekom inom extatiska väckelserörelser i Sverige och Finland vid slutet av 1700-taletoch under 1800-talet. Det var huvudsakligen kvinnor ifrån de lägre samhällsklasserna, men ibland även barn som dvalapredikade.Dessa framförde ofta sina budskap liggande i ett dvala-liknande tillstånd. I det här arbetet presenteras en av dessakvinnor, Inga Elisabeth Jansdotter, som levde i Uppland vid mitten av 1800-talet, samt det källmaterial som finns tillgängligtom henne..

This thesis deals with two types of agrarian remains in relation to settlement remains; clearance cairns, low stone walls and house terraces in the area of Northeastern Uppland and the area north of Lake Mälaren, during the middle Iron Age. The aim whit this thesis is trying to get a better understanding of the relation between agrarian and settlement remains in Uppland. Three places have been chosen where these three elements are present and they are interpreted through Richard Whites concept of middle ground but also Landesque capital. The three elements have shown to be expressed in different ways in all three sites. It is possible to see two areas with different traditions, but also to see two areas that closely interact with each other, this opens up for a new discussion around agrarian remains in both areas.

Megalaria grossa is classified as Near treatened on the Swedish Red List. It is also a so called signals spieces, e. g. a spieces that function as an indicator, signalling a forest that is worthy of protection. The aim of this study was to clarify the status at selected localities in the province of Uppland and Gotland.

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The open air museum of Disagården is situated in the Old Uppsala parish, Uppsala municipality, are projected to portray a double row village, before the land enclosure, on the Uppsala plain during the 1860s and 1870s. Disagården operates under the County Museum of Uppland and serves as an exhibit of Uppland's farming culture during the late 19th century. However, an open-air museum is a complex institution where many interests are linked together. Disagården aims to simultaneously portray an historical environment while offering broad public appeal. The Disagården open air museum was inaugurated in 1931 and consists of relocated buildings that together form three farm complexes "Gränbygården", "Skuttungegården" and "Bärbygården". The thesis explores how the close surroundings of a typical farm in Uppland looked during the 1860s and 1870s. This historical depiction has then been applied to Disagården in a development suggestion creating a foundation from which Disagården can structure the close cultivation of the different farms. The basis of the development program has primarily been compiled through archival and literary studies but also through on-site visits and interviews. How did the concept of open air museums start and what were the ideas behind the concept? Which external influences affected the situating of cultivations and buildings? Which crops and species were present on the farms in Uppland during the specified time period? What was the relation of the different structures to each other? Which organizations had influences on the farmer's household of the Uppland plain? The thesis attempts to clarify the answers to these questions. The influences affecting on the farmer's household in Uppland were probably numerous.

Ideella idrottsföreningar har länge varit en viktig del av det svenska samhället, men möter idag utmaningar i form av ekonomiska svårigheter och minskat ideellt engagemang. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur ledningen av föreningsdrivna ridskolor kombinerar företagsstrategier med sitt ideella syfte. En tabell med idealtyperna ideell förening och företag har applicerats på en fallstudie av två föreningsdrivna ridskolor och två aktiebolagsdrivna ridskolor i Uppland. De aktiebolagsdrivna ridskolorna stämmer enligt teorin in på idealtypen företag till skillnad från de föreningsdrivna ridskolorna som överensstämmer med båda idealtyper. Deras organisationsform kan istället definieras som blandformen hybrid.