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Former Swedish county
Malmohus County
(
Swedish
:
Malmohus lan
) was a
county
of
Sweden
from 1719 to 1996. On 1 January 1997 it was merged with
Kristianstad County
to form
Skane County
. It had been named after
Malmohus
, a castle in
Malmo
, which was also where the
governor
originally lived.
History
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Malmohus County was part of
Skane
province which was controlled by
Denmark
until 1658.
[1]
In 1657,
Denmark
declared war on
Sweden
, while Sweden was at war with
Russia
,
Poland
, and
Austria
. Swedish forces were sent immediately from Poland to Denmark. Denmark was defeated which required the transfer of
Skane
, Halland, Blekinge and Bohuslan provinces to Sweden
[2]
under the
Treaty of Roskilde
.
[3]
Denmark attempted to regain the lost provinces until 1710, but was unsuccessful.
[4]
Geography
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Malmohus County was part of
Scania
province situated on a peninsula that projects into the
Baltic Sea
[5]
on the northeast of the
Oresund
straits.
[6]
The geography differs in many aspects from the rest of
Sweden
. The coastal regions typically have flat sandy beaches, while inland areas have ridges of wooded hills and fields of rich fertile soil, which were left behind from the glacial age.
[7]
Skane
province is called the granary of
Sweden
due to its rich fertile soil.
[8]
Politics
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Until the
1991 election
, Malmohus County had two
Riksdag
constituencies, while the current area has been divided into three. In the Malmohus timeframe, the four cities of
Helsingborg
,
Landskrona
,
Lund
and
Malmo
formed a four-city constituency, while the rural areas formed the Malmohus constituency. In
1994
, the
Malmo constituency
was formed and the three other cities were divided into north-south redrawn boundaries. After the merger with Kristianstad County, these constituencies have been known as
Skane Southern
and
Skane Western
.
References
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- ^
Axel Palmgren,
Sweden A Guide For Tourists
(Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Forlag, 1952), 169.
- ^
Palmgren, 169
- ^
L Russell Muirhead, ed.
The Blue Guide Sweden
(London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1952), 35.
- ^
Palmgren, 169-170
- ^
Axel Palmgren,
Sweden A Guide for Tourists
(Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Forlag, 1929), 168.
- ^
L. Russell Muirhead ed.
The Blue Guide Sweden
(London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1952), 35.
- ^
Muirhead, 35.
- ^
Palmgren, 168.
See also
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55°40′N
13°20′E
/
55.667°N 13.333°E
/
55.667; 13.333
