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situated in
Uppsala Municipality Uppsala Municipality () is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Uppsala has a population of 211,411 (2016-06-30). Its seat is located in the university city of Uppsala. Uppsala Municipality was created through amalgamations t ...
,
Uppsala County Uppsala County () is a county or '' län'' on the eastern coast of Sweden, whose capital is the city of Uppsala. It borders the counties of Dalarna, Stockholm, Södermanland, Västmanland, Gävleborg, and the Baltic Sea. Province The nor ...
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, with 564 inhabitants in 2010. Knutby's sports club, ''Knutby IF'', was established in 1938 and its activities include football, skiing, gymnastics and athletics. In 2004, Helge Fossmo, a pastor in a local
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church, orchestrated the murders of his wife and his neighbor in a case that garnered widespread media attention across Sweden.


See also

* Knutby murder


References

Populated places in Uppsala County Populated places in Uppsala Municipality {{Uppsala-geo-stub