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UppkraUppkra is a village located five kilometres south of Lund in Scania in southernmost Sweden. Archeological diggings of a 100 acres (0.40 km²) large field, intensified in 1996, shows Uppkra to be the richest and largest Iron Age–Viking Age town of the Scandinavian Peninsula. For centuries, maybe for most of the first millenium, Uppkra was a place of religious and political power. After having been burned down, possibly by "Norwegians" in connection with power struggles between different magnates during the process of unification of Denmark, the town of Uppkra was relocated to Lund in the 990s. Hence Uppkra is held to be the direct predecessor of the city of Lund. Uppkra was situated on the ancient main road between Trelleborg and Helsingborg. The original foundation of Uppkra is dated to the first century BC, although its importance appear increased in the fifth century AD. It seems likely that the rulers of Uppkra by then yielded influence over most or all of West Scania, ie. the land along the Trelleborg–Helsingborg main road, known for extraordinarily fertile plains. External link
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