History of Scania
The province of Scania, or Skåne, was historically a part of Terra Scania, which together with Jutland and Zealand constituted Denmark.
Adam of Bremen writes about Scania:
- "Scania, the most beautiful of provinces of Denmark. It is well equipped with men, fertile and wealthy with merchandise and spread with churches. It's twice as big as Zealand — it has 300 churches"
Scania had its height of influence in the Danish kingdom in the 11th century. At this time Scania had two dioceses; Lund and Dalby and Sweyn Estridson was king, with the Danish capital being Dalby. During his reign a monastery and the current church of Dalby were founded.
Following the Treaty of Roskilde Terra Scania became a possession of the Swedish Crown, retaining its old laws and Lantdag, but was soon to be split. Bornholm was returned to Denmark, and the other provinces were successively incorporated into Sweden. Skåne was in 1719 the last to become a province of Sweden.
Chartered towns before 1971:
