Skåne facts for kids

Skåne
Quick facts for kids Skåne
Flag	Coat of arms
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)
Area codes	040–0418

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

Images for kids

Counties of Scania before 1997
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
Map of Denmark in the Middle Ages, Scania was together with the provinces Blekinge and Halland a part of Denmark
The motorway through western Scania, E6, here at motorway service Glumslöv, is the artery of the western part of the province.
Schematic railway map of Scania, showing train type and stations for the local Pågatågen trains,the inter-regional Øresund trains and Småland province local trains within Scania. These three train types shares fare zones and any tickets are valid on any train of these three operators within Scania. In all there are 66 train stations in Scania. In December 2016 was Marieholm station reopened. The line Helsingborg - Teckomatorp - Lund does now go over Eslöv, instead of Kävlinge
Land usage in Scania, showing hardwood forests (light green), pinewood forests (dark green) fields (yellow), garden and fruit (orange) and residential areas (red)
Pruned willows and rapefields are typical for this area of Sweden.
Typical dramatic Scanian coastline, here southern peak of Ven island in Øresund. The yellow colour indicates sand rather than chalk, while white colour at similar cliffs indicates chalk rather than sand
Map of the 33 municipalities of Scania. The western, yellow coloured municipalities, close to Øresund, have much higher population densities than the eastern ones
Eslöv church, built 1890 in Neo-Gothic style, sometimes known in Swedish as "Eslöv Gothic".
The Øresund Bridge
The Turning Torso in Malmö, the tallest building in Sweden.
Location of some SMHI temperature stations in Scania
Traditional half-timbered farm of the southern plains in Scania.
The house of magistrate Jacob Hansen in Helsingborg, Scania, built 1641.
The Old Church of Södra Åsum in Sjöbo Municipality — a typical example of a medieval Danish Scanian church.
Lund skyline, with the Cathedral towers.
Vittskövle Castle.
Traditional Scanian nuptial array in Auguste Racinet's Le costume historique.