Ultuna

"Ultuna" is also the name of a neighbourhood in Helsinki, Finland.

Ultuna is the location of the headquarters and main campus of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, SLU) in southern Uppsala, Sweden.

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.^[1]

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'.^[2]

References

↑ "Svenska temperaturrekord" (in Swedish). Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
↑ Wahlberg, Mats, ed. (2003). Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (PDF) (in Swedish) (1st ed.). Uppsala: Swedish Institute for Dialectology, Onomastics and Folklore Research. p. 336. ISBN 91-7229-020-X. LIBRIS 8998039. Retrieved 24 February 2018.

Coordinates: 59°49′00″N 17°39′30″E / 59.81667°N 17.65833°E / 59.81667; 17.65833

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[1] "Svenska temperaturrekord" (in Swedish). Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute. Retrieved 24 February 2018.

[2] Wahlberg, Mats, ed. (2003). Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (PDF) (in Swedish) (1st ed.). Uppsala: Swedish Institute for Dialectology, Onomastics and Folklore Research. p. 336. ISBN 91-7229-020-X. LIBRIS 8998039. Retrieved 24 February 2018.