Uppsala öd (Uppsala domains or wealth of Uppsala) referred to the network of royal estates that were the property of the Swedish crown.

Its origins are prehistoric and unknown. According to a tradition documented by Snorri Sturluson it was founded over 2 000 years ago by the god Frey when he settled at Uppsala (Gamla Uppsala) and founded the Temple at Uppsala. Snorri Sturlason (1178 – September 23, 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet and politician. ... Freyr is a very important god in Old Norse religion. ... 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 Temple at Uppsala was a Temple in Gamla Uppsala (Old Uppsala), near modern Uppsala, Sweden, created to worship the Norse gods of ancient times. ...

Frey built a great temple at Upsal, made it his chief seat, and gave it all his taxes, his land, and goods. Then began the Upsal domains, which have remained ever since.[1] (http://www.northvegr.org/lore/heim/000_02.php)

In the medieval Swedish laws it is stated that the property belonged to the office of the king and that it could not be divided.

Its exact size is not known, but the Husbys were part of it, and several estates are named in the Law of Helsingia and in the Younger law of Westrogothia. Husby is the name of many Swedish farms and villages. ... Helsingia, or Hälsingland, is a historical Province or landskap in the north of Sweden. ... Westrogothia (Västergötland) is a historical Province (landskap) in the southwest of Sweden. ...

During the 13th century, the system became obsolete and parts of it were given away to the church and to nobility, in spite of it being against the law. (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ...

A selection of estates belonging to Uppsala öd

• Old Uppsala
• Husby at Vendel
• Old Sigtuna
• Husaby
• Ränninge on Fogdö
• Husby on Adelsö

Source: Nationalencyklopedin 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. ... Ohtheres mound Vendel is a parish in the Swedish province of Uppland. ... Fornsigtuna (forn means ancient), Old Sigtun, Sithun, Sign(h)ildsberg or Signesberg is located in the parish of Håtuna ca 4 km west of the modern town of Sigtuna, by lake Mälaren, in Sweden. ... Husaby, near Kinnekulle, is a village in the province of Westrogothia, Sweden. ... Adelsö is an island in the middle of the lake Mälaren in Sweden near southern and northern Björkfjärden. ... The Nationalencyklopedin is the most comprehensive contemporary Swedish language encyclopedia, initiated by a government grant. ...