Skåne

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

Flag of Flag Coat of arms of Coat of arms
File:Sverigekarta-Landskap Skåne.svg
Coordinates: 55°48′N 13°37′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 Media

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  The official Flag of Scania

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  The two counties of Scania from 1719 to 1996

• Malmo vapenbrev 1437.jpg

  Letter from Eric of Pomerania dated 1437, with a description of the arms granted to the city of Malmö.

• Suecia 3-103 ; Scaniae Insigne Ducatus 1712.jpg

  The coat of arms of Scania in an engraving from 1712 in Erik Dahlbergh's Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna.

• Ales stenar bred.jpg

  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.

• Kungsboken-karta-skane-1.jpg

  Gerhard von Buhrman's map of Scania, 1684

• Kungsboken-karta-skane-2.jpg

  hand drawn 17th century map of Scania

• Administrative division of denmark in medieval times.jpg

  Map of Denmark in the Middle Ages, Scania was together with the provinces Blekinge and Halland a part of Denmark

• MapSkane-1812-2623.jpg

  Detailed map of Skåne, 1805

Other websites

Media related to Skåne at Wikimedia Commons