Ultuna

{{For|the neighbourhood in Helsinki|Ultuna, Helsinki}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Ultuna

| image_skyline = File:Biocentrum_SLU_January_2013_04.jpg

| image_caption = A building of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, January 2013.

| pushpin_map = Sweden Uppsala#Sweden

| coordinates = {{coord|59|49|00|N|17|39|30|E|type:adm2nd_source:kolossus-svwiki|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Sweden

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Uppland

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Uppsala County

| subdivision_type3 = Municipality

| subdivision_name3 = Uppsala Municipality

| unit_pref = Metric

| area_footnotes = {{Cite web |url=https://www.scb.se/en/finding-statistics/statistics-by-subject-area/environment/land-use/localities-and-urban-areas/pong/tables-and-graphs/localities-2017--population-area-overlap-holiday-home-areas-coordinates/ |format=XLSX |title=Localities 2017 – population, area, overlap holiday home areas, coordinates |date=28 March 2018 |publisher=Statistics Sweden |access-date=12 November 2018}}

| area_total_km2 = 1.2

| population_as_of = 31 December 2020

| population_footnotes = {{cite web | title=Statistiska tätorter 2020, befolkning, landareal, befolkningstäthet| publisher=Statistics Sweden | url=https://www.scb.se/MI0810 |date=31 December 2020 | access-date=3 June 2024}}

| population_total = 2062

| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone1 = CET

| utc_offset1 = +1

| timezone1_DST = CEST

| utc_offset1_DST = +2

| blank_name = Locality code

| blank_info = T0654

}}

Ultuna ({{IPA|sv|ˈɵ̂lːˌtʉːna}}){{cite book|url=https://runeberg.org/ortnamn/0030.html|author1=Jöran Sahlgren|author2=Gösta Bergman|title=Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter|language=sv|year=1979|page=26}} is a locality in Uppsala Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 449 inhabitants in 2017. Located {{convert|5|km|0}} 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 {{convert|38.0|C}}, which was recorded on 9 July 1933.{{Cite web |url=http://www.smhi.se/kunskapsbanken/meteorologi/svenska-temperaturrekord-1.5792 |title=Svenska temperaturrekord |publisher=Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute |language=Swedish |access-date=24 February 2018}}

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'.{{Cite book |title=Svenskt ortnamnslexikon |url=http://www.sprakochfolkminnen.se/download/18.5850f85e15732ead0b325e/1474034387007/Svenskt+ortnamslexikon.pdf |page=336 |editor-last=Wahlberg |editor-first=Mats |edition=1st |date=2003 |location=Uppsala |publisher=Swedish Institute for Dialectology, Onomastics and Folklore Research |language=Swedish |isbn=91-7229-020-X |id={{LIBRIS|8998039}} |access-date=24 February 2018}}

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