VEN, SWEDEN
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'Ven' (Danish and older Swedish spelling 'Hven') is a small Swedish island in the Öresund strait, between Scania and Zealand (Denmark). It is situated in Landskrona Municipality, Skåne County. The island has 371 inhabitants and an area of 7.5 km². During the 1930's, the population was at its peak, ca 1,300.
The island was historically under Danish rule, but it fell to Swedish hands in 1660, two years after the rest of Scania was ceded to Sweden by the Treaty of Roskilde. Astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546–1601) built two observatories here, Uraniborg and Stjerneborg.
There are three villages on the island: Bäckviken, Tuna By and Kyrkbacken.
Ven has ferries to Landskrona, Helsingborg and, in the summer only, to Copenhagen. The ferries land in Bäckviken. The island is a popular tourist place, especially in summer. It is sometimes called "The pearl of Öresund". As the earth is rich of moraine, it is good for agriculture. Durum and grapes are planted here.
Backafall on Ven is named in Gabriel Jönssons poem ''Vid vakten''.
★ Islands of Sweden
★ Allt om Ven - ''Swedish''
★ Backafallsbyn - ''Swedish/English''
★ Tycho Brahe's Hven - ''Danish''
★ ''Swedish/Danish/English'' page
Map of Hven from the Blaeu Atlas 1663
''Backafall'', the west coast of Hven
'Ven' (Danish and older Swedish spelling 'Hven') is a small Swedish island in the Öresund strait, between Scania and Zealand (Denmark). It is situated in Landskrona Municipality, Skåne County. The island has 371 inhabitants and an area of 7.5 km². During the 1930's, the population was at its peak, ca 1,300.
The island was historically under Danish rule, but it fell to Swedish hands in 1660, two years after the rest of Scania was ceded to Sweden by the Treaty of Roskilde. Astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546–1601) built two observatories here, Uraniborg and Stjerneborg.
There are three villages on the island: Bäckviken, Tuna By and Kyrkbacken.
Ven has ferries to Landskrona, Helsingborg and, in the summer only, to Copenhagen. The ferries land in Bäckviken. The island is a popular tourist place, especially in summer. It is sometimes called "The pearl of Öresund". As the earth is rich of moraine, it is good for agriculture. Durum and grapes are planted here.
Backafall on Ven is named in Gabriel Jönssons poem ''Vid vakten''.
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See also
★ Islands of Sweden
External links
★ Allt om Ven - ''Swedish''
★ Backafallsbyn - ''Swedish/English''
★ Tycho Brahe's Hven - ''Danish''
★ ''Swedish/Danish/English'' page
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