It is the seat of a bishopric, and a place of very considerable trade, its exports being chiefly fish.

It has given its name to a county and a township in the state of New Jersey.
There are three other Bergens,--one in the island of Rugen, one in the Netherlands, and another in the electorate of Hesse.
{51} _Kulle_ is the Swedish for hill.
{52} Delekarlien is a Swedish province, situated ninety or one hundred miles north of Stockholm.
{53} The family of Sturre was one of the most distinguished in Sweden.
Sten Sturre introduced printing into Sweden, founded the University of Upsala, and induced many learned men to come over.

He was mortally wounded in a battle against the Danes, and died in 1520.
His successors as governors, Suante, Nilson Sturre, and his son, Sten Sturre the younger, still live in the memory of the Swedish nation, and are honoured for their patriotism and valour.
{54} The University of Upsala is the most celebrated in the north.

It owes its origin to Sten Sturre, the regent of the kingdom, by whom it was founded in 1476, on the same plan as the University of Paris.

Through the influence of the Jesuits, who wished to establish a new academy in Stockholm, it was dissolved in 1583, but re-established in 1598.
Gustavus Vasa, who was educated at Upsala, gave it many privileges, and much encouragement; and Gustavus Adolphus reconstituted it, and give it very liberal endowments.