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South Sweden is situated in the southern part of its country. It is close to Denmark and it borders with the riksområden of Småland and the islands and West Sweden . The most populous cities are Malmö , Helsingborg , Lund , Karlskrona , Kristianstad , Landskrona and Trelleborg .
The climate much like other parts of southern Sweden is a mix between oceanic and moderated continental. Summers highs are most often around 23 °C (73 °F), with lows around 12 °C (54 °F) inland and either near or above 14 °C (57 °F) on the coast due to the warm July sea surface temperatures. Winter highs differ between 0 °C (32 °F) and ...
During deglaciation in southern Sweden glacier ice was mostly warm-based with some lesser parts being cold-based. [23] At present various lakes in the South Swedish highlands contain planktonic crustacean species that are relics from the time the Weichselian Ice Sheet left the area about 12,000 years ago.
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The counties of Sweden (Swedish: Sveriges län) are the first-level administrative subdivisions of Sweden. There are twenty-one counties; however, the number of counties has varied over time, due to territorial changes and to divisions and/or mergers of existing existing counties.
Södertörn was long regarded as a peninsula, but since 2014 is classified as Sweden's third largest island (after Gotland and Öland) by the Statistics Sweden, SCB.The authority justified its decision by saying that Södertälje Canal counts as so-called "surface water" and that according to the new definition, Södertörn is therefore "unequivocally" an island, surrounded by Södertälje ...
A region (Swedish: region) is a self-governing local authority of Sweden. There are 21 regions (one of which is a municipality having the same responsibilities as a region), each corresponding roughly to a county.
Twin towns of Linköping in 2010 Map of Sweden. This is a list of municipalities of Sweden which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (Swedish: vänort) (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).