Editing Pope Sixtus IV (section)

====Uppsala University====
In 1477, Sixtus IV issued a [[papal bull]] authorizing the creation of [[Uppsala University]] – the first university in [[Sweden]] and in the whole of [[Scandinavia]]. The choice of this location for the university derived from the fact that the [[Archbishop of Uppsala|archbishopric of Uppsala]] had been one of the most important [[Episcopal See|sees]] in [[Sweden proper]] since Christianity first spread to this region in the ninth century, as well as Uppsala being long-standing hub for regional trade. Uppsala's bull, which granted the university its corporate rights, established a number of provisions. Among the most important of these was that the university was officially given the same freedoms and privileges as the [[University of Bologna]]. This included the right to establish the four traditional faculties of [[theology]], law ([[Canon law (Catholic Church)|Canon Law]] and [[Roman law]]), medicine, and philosophy, and to award the bachelor's, master's, licentiate, and doctoral degrees. The archbishop of Uppsala was also named as the university's [[Chancellor (education)|Chancellor]], and was charged with maintaining the rights and privileges of the university and its members.<ref>Sten Lindroth. A History of Uppsala University: 1477–1977. Almqvist & Wiksell International (1976)</ref> This act of Sixtus IV had a profound long-term effect on the society and culture of Sweden, an effect which continues up to the present.