The Uppsala Mosque () is a small but very frequented mosque located in the
Kvarngärdet neighbourhood of
Uppsala
Uppsala (, or all ending in , ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the county seat of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inha ...
in
Sweden
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. At the time of construction, it was mistakenly claimed to be the northernmost mosque in the world (
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
was). It is still the northernmost mosque in Sweden.
There is another small mosque in Uppsala, located at Bandstolsvägen 28, near Gottsunda centrum. However, Friday Prayer doesn't get offered at this mosque.
History
On 1 January 2015, the mosque was attacked with a
molotov cocktail
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.
See also
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Islam in Sweden
Islam in Sweden refers to the practice of Islam in Sweden, as well as historical ties between Sweden and the Islamic world. Viking contact with Islam dates back to the 7th–10th centuries, when the Vikings traded with Muslims during the Islam ...
References
Mosques in Sweden
Mosque buildings with domes
Buildings and structures in Uppsala
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