Tiundaland
Best and most inhabited part of Sweden, seat of Upsala's king and archbishop in the Heimskringla.
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Tiundaland was the best and most inhabited part of Sweden, where Upsala was located as the seat of both king and archbishop (Heimskringla, The Division Of The Country). The Heimskringla records that the other Swedish kingdoms stood under Tiundaland's preeminence.
Heimskringla
Snorri's single attestation establishes Tiundaland's status as the political and ecclesiastical heart of Sweden, with Upsala serving as the dual seat of royal and archiepiscopal authority (Heimskringla, The Division Of The Country).
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