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Kristianstad (Kríchanstá in Scanian) is a municipality and city in Scania in southernmost Sweden. It is the seat of the Regional Council in Scania and by size the largest in Scania. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (328x714, 33 KB) Map pointing out Kristianstad in Sweden Created by uploader Original source from CIA factbook File links The following pages link to this file: Kristianstad Municipality ...
The Municipalities or Kommuner represent the local level of self government in Sweden. ...
There are 290 municipalities in Sweden. ...
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A County, or Län, is an administrative and political subdivision of Sweden. ...
Skåne County, or Skåne län, is the southernmost County or län, of Sweden. ...
The provinces or landskap were the subdivision of Sweden until 1634, when they were replaced by counties in a reform, led by Axel Oxenstierna, that still remains in force in Sweden proper. ...
Skåne? (also known as Scania) is the southernmost historical province (landskap) of Sweden. ...
This is a listing of the municipalities of Sweden by the land area as of 2005. ...
This is a listing of the municipalities of Sweden by the land area as of 2005. ...
This is a listing of the municipalities of Sweden by the population size as of 2005. ...
Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. ...
This is a listing of the municipalities of Sweden by the population density using the land area, as of 2005. ...
The term Scanian can refer to: The Scanian language A citizen of Scania. ...
The Municipalities or Kommuner represent the local level of self government in Sweden. ...
The notion of towns and cities in Scania is somewhat problematic or controversial, as the Scanian usage of the Swedish terms for city/town and village differ somewhat from that in the rest of Sweden, and may be considered related to the Danish usage. ...
The Skåne Regional Council (Region Skåne) is the evolved County Council of Skåne County in Sweden. ...
The city is the fourth largest city of Scania after Malmö, Lund and Helsingborg. SkÃ¥ne? (also known as Scania) is the southernmost historical province (landskap) of Sweden. ...
Malmö ( listen?) is a town and municipality in the southernmost Swedish province of Skåne. ...
Lund is a city in Scania in southernmost Sweden, and the center of the Lund Municipality. ...
Helsingborg [hɛlsiŋbɔrj] is a municipality (population 117,737) and city in Scania in southernmost Sweden. ...
Geography
In Kristianstad is the lowest point in the country, 2.41 meters below surface. Damns and pumps are in function to protect the city from floods from the river Helgeån and the lake Hammarsjön. HelgeÃ¥ is a river, which runs through Kristianstad and out to the Hanöbukten, in the Baltic Sea. ...
History The city was founded in 1604 by the Danish king Christian IV who at the time ruled over entire Terra Scania. The city arms depict the King's insignia, the number "4". Events January 14 – Hampton Court conference with James I of England, the Anglican bishops and representatives of Puritans September 20 - Capture of Ostend by Spanish forces under Ambrosio Spinola after a three year siege. ...
An image of Christian IV. Christian IV (1577–1648), king of Denmark and Norway, the son of Frederick II, king of Denmark and Norway, and Sophia of Mecklenburg, was born at Frederiksborg castle in 1577, and succeeded to the throne on the death of his father (April 4, 1588), attaining...
Terra Scania, or Skåneland, once constituted the eastern part of the Danish kingdom. ...
The city arms were only slightly modified at the hostile Swedish takeover consecrated at the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658 whereby entire Terra Scania came in the possession of Sweden. Ironically Kristianstad is thereby the only city in the world with the insignia of a foreign monarch. The Treaty of Roskilde was signed on February 26, 1658 in the Danish city Roskilde, whereby the king of Denmark-Norway sacrificed nearly half his territory to save the rest. ...
Industry Absolut Vodka, owned by V&S Group, is produced by the town of Åhus located in the municipality. Absolut Vodka 750 mL bottle Absolut Vodka is a Swedish brand of vodka, owned by V&S Group, and produced at their facilities near Ã…hus, Scania in southern Sweden. ...
V&S Group is a Swedish-government-owned producer and distributor of alcoholic beverages. ...
Ã…hus is a town in Scania in southernmost Sweden, incorporated into Kristianstad Municipality. ...
Kristianstad for a long time was the main military seat in Scania boosting military camps and trainings. After the reforms in 1990's much of it has been closed.
Resources - Parts of the article are translated and incorporated from sv:Kristianstad
Notable natives Count Johan Christopher Toll (1743-1817), Swedish statesman and soldier, was born at Mölleröd in Scania. ...
Frans Gunnar Bengtsson (October 4, 1894 - December 19, 1954) was a Swedish novelist, essayist, poet and biographer. ...
Bo Lundgren (born July 11, 1947) is a Swedish politician. ...
See also The University College of Kristianstad or Högskolan i Kristianstad is a university college in Kristianstad, Sweden. ...
Kristianstad County, or Kristianstads län, was a County of Sweden until 1997 when it was merged with Malmöhus County to create the county of Skåne. ...
1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
External links - Kristianstad - Official site
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