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
The Museum of Sketches for Public Art (Swedish Skissernas museum - Arkiv för dekorativ konst, also known in English as the Archive of Decorative Art) is an art museum at Lund University in Sweden, dedicated to the collection and display of sketches …
MalmöMässan is an exhibition and convention centre in Malmö, Sweden.
Lundagård is a park located in Lund, Sweden. It is situated between the Lund University main building in the North, and Lund Cathedral in the South with Kungshuset in between. The park was for a long time a walled garden separating "town" from "gown…
Lund Observatory is the official English name for the astronomy department at Lund University. As of January 2010 Lund Observatory is part of The department of astronomy and theoretical physics at Lund University.
Lindängen is a residential area in Malmö, Sweden, with 5,958 inhabitants (2007).
Lindholmen Castle is a former Danish fortified castle on the banks of lake Börringe in Svedala Municipality, Scania, southern Sweden.
Liberiet is a building in central Lund, Sweden, south of Lund Cathedral. Originally used as a library, the building was built in the 15th century.
Kungshuset, the "King's House", is a building in Lund in Sweden, built by the Danish king Frederick II between 1578 and 1584 and originally intended as the residence for the bishop of Lund. After the secession of the Scanian lands to Sweden at the T…
Grand Hotel in Lund, Sweden is one of the city's oldest and most noteworthy hotels and restaurants.
Fisktorget or Fisktorg (English: Fish market) is a former public square in Malmö, Sweden.
Börringekloster Castle (Swedish: Börringeklosters slott), formerly Börringe Priory (Swedish: Börringekloster), is a castle built in 1763 on the ruins of a medieval Benedictine priory in Svedala, Scania, in southern Sweden.
Björnstorp Castle (Swedish: Björnstorp slott) is a castle in Lund Municipality, Scania, in southern Sweden.
Beijers Park is a park situated in Malmö, Sweden.
Barsebäck Castle (Swedish: Barsebäck slott) is a castle in the village of Barsebäck, Kävlinge Municipality, close to the shore of Öresund in Scania, southern Sweden.
The Church of the Holy Spirit (Swedish: Helgeandskyrkan) is a church located in Klostergården, on the south-west side of Lund in Skåne, Sweden.
Östra Torn, roughly translated as "East Thorn" (referring to the plant Thornapple), is an eastern city-district in the Swedish town of Lund.
Toppeladugård Castle (Swedish: Toppeladugårds slott) is a castle in Lund Municipality, Scania, in southern Sweden.
South Scania Regiment (Swedish: Södra skånska regementet), designation P 7, is a Swedish Army armoured regiment that traces its origins back to 1811. It was converted from an infantry regiment in 1963 and renamed from Södra skånska infanteriregement…