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Husby is the name of many present-day
Swedish
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(and other
Scandinavia
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n) farms and villages.
Originally, they formed a network of royal estates, called
Uppsala öd Uppsala öd, Old Norse: ''Uppsala auðr'' or ''Uppsala øðr'' (''Uppsala domains'' or ''wealth of Uppsala'') was the name given to the collection of estates which was the property of the Swedish Crown in medieval Sweden.The article ''Uppsala öd'' ...
, that were the property of the
Swedish king
This is a list of Swedish kings, queens, regents and viceroys of the Kalmar Union.
History
The earliest record of what is generally considered to be a Swedish king appears in Tacitus' work ''Germania'', c. 100 AD (the king of the Suiones). Howe ...
. There were about 70 husbys and they are most common in eastern
Svealand
Svealand (), or Swealand, is the historical core region of Sweden. It is located in south central Sweden and is one of three historical lands of Sweden, bounded to the north by Norrland and to the south by Götaland. Deep forests, Tiveden, T ...
, of which 25 are found in
Uppland
Uppland () is a historical province or ' on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm, the capital. It borders Södermanland, Västmanland and Gästrikland. It is also bounded by lake Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. On the small uninhab ...
. There were a few outside this area, such as
Husaby
Husaby is a village, near Kinnekulle, belonging to Götene Municipality in the province of Västergötland, Sweden.
Husaby Church
Husaby is most known for Husaby Church (''Husaby kyrka'') a medieval stone church. During the early 11th centu ...
in
Västergötland
Västergötland (), also known as West Gothland or the Latinized version Westrogothia in older literature, is one of the 25 traditional non-administrative provinces of Sweden (''landskap'' in Swedish), situated in the southwest of Sweden.
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.
A Husby consisted of a big and centrally located farm, and they may have originally been the property of local strongmen who were defeated by the Swedish kings. During the 13th century a more efficient administration rendered them obsolete.
References
Husby — from ''Contemporary terms for central places in prehistoric and medieval Scandinavia''
Medieval Sweden