Vadstena

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Vadstena


image_caption = The town hall from the 15th century is Sweden's oldest
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Sweden
subdivision_type1 = Municipality
subdivision_name1 = Vadstena Municipality
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Östergötland County
subdivision_type3 = Province
subdivision_name3 = Östergötland
area_footnotes = cite web |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2000 och 2005 |publisher=Statistics Sweden |url=http://www.scb.se/statistik/MI/MI0810/2005A01B/T%E4torternami0810tab1.xls |format=xls |language=Swedish |accessdate=2008-05-15]
area_total_km2 = 3.39
population_as_of = 2005-12-31
population_footnotes =
population_total = 5,612
population_density_km2 = 1653
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd=58 |latm=27 |lats= |latNS=N
longd=14 |longm=54 |longs= |longEW=E
website =

Vadstena is a town (pop. 5,700) in the Swedish province of Östergötland and the seat of Vadstena Municipality, Östergötland County. Vadstena was 1974-1979 in Motala Municipality.

Vadstena is, despite its small population, for historical reasons still referred to as a "city" (it got its city privileges in 1400). Statistics Sweden, however, only counts localities with more than 10,000 inhabitants as cities.

The city of Vadstena is above all noted for its two artifacts of Swedish history: It was in Vadstena, in 1350, that Saint Bridget of Sweden founded the first monastery of her Bridgettine Order. And the Vadstena Castle is one of Sweden’s best-preserved castles from the era of Gustav Vasa in the 16th century.

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