Gamla Uppsala church

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Church of Sweden church church building medieval church

Gamla Uppsala Church is a medieval church in Old Uppsala, Sweden, built on the site of a former pagan temple and central to the area’s religious and historical heritage.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Gamla Uppsala church canonical	3
Old Uppsala	3
Gamla Uppsala Church	2
Uppsala temple	2
Gamla Uppsala temple	1
Temple at Uppsala	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8167458 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Gamla Uppsala church
Context triple: [Gamla Uppsala burial mounds, nearbyFeature, Gamla Uppsala church]

A. Uppsala Cathedral
Uppsala Cathedral is a large Gothic-style Lutheran church in Uppsala, Sweden, and one of the most historically significant and tallest cathedrals in Scandinavia.
B. Botkyrka Church
Botkyrka Church is a historic medieval church in Botkyrka, Sweden, known for giving its name to the surrounding municipality and for its long-standing role as a local religious and cultural landmark.
C. Linköping Cathedral
Linköping Cathedral is a prominent medieval Gothic church in Linköping, Sweden, known as one of the country’s largest and best-preserved cathedrals.
D. Ekerö Church
Ekerö Church is a historic parish church in Ekerö Municipality, Sweden, known for its medieval origins and traditional Scandinavian ecclesiastical architecture.
E. Kalmar Cathedral
Kalmar Cathedral is a prominent 17th-century Baroque church in the Swedish city of Kalmar, renowned for its well-preserved architecture and historical significance.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Gamla Uppsala church
Target entity description: Gamla Uppsala Church is a medieval church in Old Uppsala, Sweden, built on the site of a former pagan temple and central to the area’s religious and historical heritage.

A. Uppsala Cathedral
Uppsala Cathedral is a large Gothic-style Lutheran church in Uppsala, Sweden, and one of the most historically significant and tallest cathedrals in Scandinavia.
B. Botkyrka Church
Botkyrka Church is a historic medieval church in Botkyrka, Sweden, known for giving its name to the surrounding municipality and for its long-standing role as a local religious and cultural landmark.
C. Linköping Cathedral
Linköping Cathedral is a prominent medieval Gothic church in Linköping, Sweden, known as one of the country’s largest and best-preserved cathedrals.
D. Ekerö Church
Ekerö Church is a historic parish church in Ekerö Municipality, Sweden, known for its medieval origins and traditional Scandinavian ecclesiastical architecture.
E. Kalmar Cathedral
Kalmar Cathedral is a prominent 17th-century Baroque church in the Swedish city of Kalmar, renowned for its well-preserved architecture and historical significance.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Church of Sweden church ⓘ church building ⓘ medieval church ⓘ
affiliation	Church of Sweden ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Gothic architecture ⓘ Romanesque architecture ⓘ
builtOnSiteOf	former pagan temple ⓘ
completionDate	13th century ⓘ
constructionStart	12th century ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Sweden ⓘ
denomination	Lutheranism ⓘ
diocese	Archdiocese of Uppsala ⓘ
era	Middle Ages ⓘ
hasPart	chancel ⓘ church tower ⓘ nave ⓘ sacristy ⓘ
heritageDesignation	protected church building in Sweden ⓘ
heritageStatus	cultural heritage site ⓘ
historicalRole	center of Christian worship in Old Uppsala ⓘ successor to pre-Christian cult site at Uppsala ⓘ
interiorFeature	altarpiece ⓘ medieval baptismal font ⓘ medieval murals ⓘ
languageOfWorship	Swedish ⓘ
locatedIn	Gamla Uppsala ⓘ Uppland ⓘ Uppsala County ⓘ Uppsala Municipality ⓘ linked to: Uppsala historical province of Uppland ⓘ linked to: province of Uppland
locatedNear	Uppsala ⓘ
material	stone ⓘ
municipality	Uppsala Municipality ⓘ linked to: Uppsala
nearbyFeature	Gamla Uppsala museum ⓘ linked to: Gamla Uppsala Museum Royal Mounds of Gamla Uppsala ⓘ linked to: Gamla Uppsala burial mounds
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
ownedBy	Church of Sweden ⓘ
parish	Gamla Uppsala Parish ⓘ
previousReligiousSite	pagan temple at Uppsala ⓘ
region	Uppsala County ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
religiousFunction	parish church ⓘ
significance	important site in Swedish national history ⓘ important site in Swedish religious history ⓘ
usedFor	Christian worship ⓘ religious services ⓘ tourism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited