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Place in Uppland, Sweden From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ultuna (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɵ̂lːˌtʉːna])[3] is a locality in Uppsala Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 449 inhabitants in 2017.[1] Located 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of central Uppsala, it hosts the headquarters and main campus of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, SLU).
Ultuna is known for sharing (with Målilla, Småland) Sweden's heat record of 38.0 °C (100.4 °F), which was recorded on 9 July 1933.[4]
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The name
The name, originally the name of an estate, is first recorded in 1221 ("in villa Wlertune"). The first element is the genitive case of the name of the Norse god Ullr. The last element is tuna 'enclosed field'.[5]
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