Lund (Swedish pronunciation: [lɵnd]) is a city in the province of Scania (Skåne), southern Sweden. The town has 82,800 inhabitants in 2010, out of a municipal total of 110,824. It is the seat of Lund Municipality, Skåne County. The city is believed to have been founded around 990, when Scania belonged to Denmark. It soon became a major Christian centre of the Baltic Sea region, at a time when the area was still a frontier area for Christian mission, and within Scandinavia and especially Denmark through the Middle Ages. From 1103 it was the see of the Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lund.
Population: 76,263
Latitude: 55° 42' 21.02" N
Longitude: 13° 11' 35.56" E
This list of tallest buildings in Scandinavia ranks skyscrapers in Denmark, Norway and Sweden that stand at least 100 m (328 ft) tall, based on height to architectural top (i.e. heights measured from the level of the lowest, significant, open-air, p…
Lund Municipality (Lunds kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County, southern Sweden.
Kronprinsen (Swedish: The Crown Prince) is a neighbourhood and complex of modernist buildings including a landmark high-rise tower located in Malmö, Sweden in the city district of Västra Innerstaden ("The Western Inner-City"). The high-rise tower it…
The Sankt Petri Church (Swedish: Sankt Petri kyrka) is a large church in Malmö, Sweden.
Uppåkra is a village located five kilometres south of Lund in Scania in southernmost Sweden.
Malmö Synagogue (Swedish: Malmö synagoga) is the only synagogue in Malmö, Sweden. It was built in 1903 and designed by the architect John Smedberg. It has an Art Nouveau and Moorish Revival design.
Ribersborg open-air bath (Ribersborgs kallbadhus in Swedish, also known as Ribban by the older and Kallis by the younger generation) is an open-air public bath on the Ribersborg beach in Malmö, Sweden approximately one kilometre southwest of Turning…
Malmö Opera and Music Theatre (Swedish: Malmö opera och musikteater) is an opera house in Malmö, Sweden.
Limhamn is, in an administrative sense, the southern district of Malmö Municipality in Sweden.
Arlöv is the seat of Burlöv Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden. It is statistically not defined as a locality of its own, but forms part of the contiguous city of Malmö, 5 km northeast of downtown Malmö. Out of Malmö's 280,000 inhbitants, 11,000 liv…
Triangeln Station (Swedish: Triangelns station) is a new railway station in central Malmö in Sweden, located by St. John's Church, close to the neighbourhood of Möllevången and Pildammsparken.
Lomma Municipality (Lomma kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden, about 10 km north of Malmö.
Katedralskolan (Lund Cathedral School) is a school in Lund, Sweden. It was founded in 1085 by the Danish king Canute the Saint.
Eslöv Municipality (Eslövs kommun) is one of 290 municipalities of Sweden, situated in Skåne County in southern Sweden.
Burlöv Municipality (Burlövs kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden, just north of Malmö.
Svedala Municipality (Svedala kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden, just southeast of Malmö.
The Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, located in Malmö, Sweden, was a formally private-owned (though publicly funded) centre for contemporary art. Founded in 1988 by the Swedish art collector and financier Fredrik Roos, the Rooseum began as a tra…
Pildammsparken is a neighbourhood and park in Malmö, Sweden founded for the Baltic Exhibition of 1914. It covers an area of 45 hectares.