Åkerby is a small village in Uppsala County, Uppland, Sweden.

Wilhelm Moberg wrote about this in his book Utvandrarna.

Åkerby was also briefly mentioned in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, written by Stieg Larsson.

The famous Swedish polymath Johannes Bureus was born in Åkerby in 1568.

This article about a location in Uppsala County, Sweden is a stub.