Skåne

	Flag Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 55°48′N 13°37′E / 55.800°N 13.617°ECoordinates: 55°48′N 13°37′E / 55.800°N 13.617°E
Country	Sweden
Land	Götaland
County	Skåne County
Area
• Total	10,939 km2 (4,224 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2013 )
• Total	1 274 069
Ethnicity
• Language	Swedish
• Dialect	Scanian
Culture
• Flower	Oxeye daisy
• Animal	Red deer
• Bird	Red Kite
• Fish	Eel
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Skåne (Scania) is a historical province in southern Sweden. Once part of Denmark, it became a part of Sweden in the 17th century.

Skåne Media

The official flag of Scania, one of Sweden's traditional provinces
The two counties of Scania from 1719 to 1996
Letter from Eric of Pomerania dated 1437, with a description of the arms granted to the city of Malmö.
The coat of arms of Scania in an engraving from 1712 in Erik Dahlbergh's Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna.
Ale's Stones, a stone ship (burial monument) from c. 500 AD on the coast at Kåseberga, around ten kilometres (6.2 miles) south east of Ystad.
Gerhard von Buhrman's map of Scania, 1684
hand drawn 17th century map of Scania
Map of Denmark in the Middle Ages, Scania was together with the provinces Blekinge and Halland a part of Denmark
Front page of the 1720 peace treaty between Denmark and Sweden, Swedish version

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Flag Coat of arms

Coordinates: 55°48′N 13°37′E / 55.800°N 13.617°E / 55.800; 13.617Coordinates: 55°48′N 13°37′E / 55.800°N 13.617°E / 55.800; 13.617
Country	Sweden
Land	Götaland
County	Skåne County
Area ^[1]
• Total	10,939 km² (4,224 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2013 ^[2])
• Total	1 274 069
Ethnicity
• Language	Swedish
• Dialect	Scanian
Culture
• Flower	Oxeye daisy
• Animal	Red deer
• Bird	Red Kite
• Fish	Eel
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)