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Scania (Skåne) is the southernmost historical Province (landskap) of Sweden. It borders Hallandia, Smalandia and Blechingia. To the east, west and south it also borders the Baltic Sea and the Öresund/Øresund strait, also known as The Sound.
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For current affairs see: Skåne County
Skåne County has virtually the same boundaries as the province of Scania.
For politics see Skåne Regional CouncilRegion Skane County Skane County Seat Kristianstad Created 1999 Tax10. 39% (2004) Budget25. 9 billion SEK (2005) Employees31,950 (2004) The Skane Regional Council Region Skane is the evolved County Council of Skane County in Sweden. Its main responsibilit
Main article: History of ScaniaThe province of Scania or Skane was historically a part of Terra Scania, which together with Jutland and Zealand were constiting lands of Denmark. Adam of Bremen writes about Scania: : Scania, the most beautiful of provinces of Denmark. It is well equippe
Historically the province of Scania was a part of Terra Scania, which together with JutlandJutland ( Danish: Jylland German: Jutland is a peninsula in northern Europe that forms the continental part of Denmark and a northern part of Germany, dividing the North Sea from the Baltic Sea. Its terrain is relatively flat, with low hills and peat bogs and "the islands" constituted DenmarkKongeriget Danmark ( In Detail) Motto of the Queen: Guds hjaelp, Folkets kaerlighed, Danmarks styrke (English: God's help, the love of the people, Denmark's strength) Official language Danish Capital Copenhagen Kobenhavn Monarch Margrethe II Prime Ministe. Following the Treaty of RoskildeThe Treaty of Roskilde was signed on February 26, 1658 in the Danish city Roskilde, whereby the king of Denmark-Norway sacrificed nearly half his territory to save the rest. He was forced to cede the Danish provinces of Terra Scania and the Norwegian prov, Terra Scania became a possession of the Swedish CrownThe Crown is a term which is used to separate the government authority and property of the state in a kingdom, as opposed to any personal influence and private assets held by the current Monarch. In the United Kingdom (and by extension, most of the nation, retaining its old laws and DietIn politics, a Diet is a formal deliberative assembly. The term is derived from Medieval Latin dietas and ultimately comes from the Latin dies "day. The word came to be used in this sense because these assemblies met on a daily basis. Historic uses In thi, but was soon to be split. Bornholm rebelled and was returned to Denmark, and the other provinces were successively incorporated into Sweden. In 1719, Skåne was the last to become a province of Sweden.