Editing Upplands-Bro Municipality (section)

== History ==
As apparent from its [[coat of arms]], Upplands-Bro takes pride in its pre-historic history, and boasts some of the oldest ancient remains in Sweden. From the [[Iron Age]], about 4,000 burial places have been found, and the remains from the [[Viking Age]] include 20 [[runestone]]s. The figure in the coat of arms comes from one of these remains, a 3 cm tall bronze figure found near Kungsängen.

Every one of the six [[parish]]es also hosts a [[Middle Ages|medieval]] church, built between 1100 and 1400.

In the 15th century, the fortress [[Almarestäket]] was built in the municipality, just east to the present location of Kungsängen. It was the seat of the [[Archbishop of Uppsala|Swedish archbishop]] until the Archbishop [[Gustav Trolle]] besieged himself there in 1517, leading to the demolition of the fortress in 1519. The ruins can still be visited.

Since 1970, the main base of the combined [[cavalry]]/[[infantry]] regiment [[Life Guards (Sweden)|Life Guards]] is located in Upplands-Bro. The regiment trains [[Conscription|conscript]] [[Company (military unit)|companies]] of [[mechanized infantry]], [[Royal Guards (Sweden)|Royal Guards]] and [[military police]]. It is also the home of the Swedish Armed Forces International Centre (Swedint).