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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 .
Sweden has a population of 10.6 million, [10] and a low population density of 25.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (66/sq mi); 88% of Swedes reside in urban areas. [11] They are mostly in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden's urban areas together cover 1.5% of its land area.
Despite northerly locations, southern and central Sweden may have almost no snow in some winters. Most of Sweden is located in the rain shadow of the Scandinavian Mountains through Norway and north-west Sweden. The blocking of cool and wet air in summer, as well as the greater landmass, leads to warm and dry summers far north in the country ...
The motorway built between Malmö and Lund in 1953 was the first motorway in Sweden. With the opening of the Öresund Bridge between Malmö and Copenhagen (the longest combined road and rail bridge in Europe) in 2000, the Swedish motorways were linked with European route E20 in Denmark, and the two countries' railway systems were physically ...
Småland (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈsmǒːland] ⓘ) is a historical province (landskap) in southern Sweden.Småland borders Blekinge, Scania, Halland, Västergötland, Östergötland and the island Öland in the Baltic Sea.
Map of Sweden Stockholm, capital of Sweden Gothenburg Malmö. This is a list of cities in modern Sweden that once enjoyed city privileges, thus were entitled to call themselves town (Swedish: stad, plural städer). The year indicates the year they were established or when they were granted a royal charter.
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.
Scania, also known by its native name of Skåne [3] (Swedish: [ˈskôːnɛ] ⓘ), is the southernmost of the historical provinces (landskap) of Sweden.Located in the south tip of the geographical region of Götaland, the province is roughly conterminous with Skåne County, created in 1997.