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unusual facts about Viby, Kristianstad



Aarhus Cathedral

One day, as he and a few men from the town were felling trees to build the church at Viby near the sea, one of the men complained that he was thirsty.

Åke Ohlmarks

Åke Joel Ohlmarks (June 3, 1911 in Kristianstad, Sweden – 1984 in Crist di Niardo, Brescia, Italy) was a Swedish author, translator and scholar of religion.

Catherine Opalińska

In 1709, her spouse was deposed when the Swedish army lost the military upper hand in Poland, and the family was by Charles XII granted refuge in the Swedish city of Kristianstad in Scania.

Denmark–Norway

The great ransom paid by Sweden (called the Älvsborg Ransom) was used by Christian IV, amongst many other things, to found the cities of Glückstadt, Christiania (refounded after a fire), Christianshavn, Christianstad and Christianssand.

Gunnar Källén

Gunnar Källén (February 13, 1926 in Kristianstad, Sweden - October 13, 1968 in Hannover, Germany in a plane accident).

Håkan Karlsson

Jonas Klas Håkan Karlsson (born January 19, 1970 in Kristianstad, Skåne County) is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden.

Holgersson

Bengt Holgersson, the first Governor of Skåne County after a merger of Malmöhus County and Kristianstad County in 1997

Martin Wiberg

Martin Wiberg (September 4, 1826 - December 29, 1905) was born in Viby, Scania, Sweden, enrolled at Lund University in 1845 and became a Doctor of Philosophy in 1850.

Pågatågen

There are six (unnumbered) lines in the Pågatågen system, from Hyllie in southern Malmö to Helsingborg/Ängelholm (2 different paths), Höör and Ystad/Simrishamn, and from Helsingborg to Åstorp and Kristianstad.

Söderportgymnasiet

Söderportgymnasiet, an upper secondary school, was opened in 1875 in order to accommodate the increasing number of students in Kristianstad.


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