Kristianstads Lan

The coat of arms of the former province

The former provinces of Kristianstads län and Malmöhus län . In 1997 they were merged to form the new Skåne County .

Kristianstads län was a Swedish province ( län ) . Most of it was in northeast Skåne . The capital of the province was Kristianstad and the letter "L".

geography

In the north the province bordered on Hallands län and Kronobergs län , in the east it was bounded by Blekinge län and the Baltic Sea , which made up the southern border. Malmöhus län formed the border in the southwest and the Kattegat in the west . In 1911 the province had an area of ​​6,445 km². In the course of the Scandinavian land uplift on the one hand and land erosion on the other, the area was constantly exposed to changes.

history

After the conquest of Skåne by Sweden, the province was formed for the first time in 1669. Already in 1680 it was merged with Malmöhus län to form a common government , which was dissolved again in 1719. Since this year there have been no more administrative border changes in relation to other provinces. In 1997 Kristianstads län and Malmöhus län were merged again to form the common province of Skåne län . This classification still applies today (2019).

Administrative division

After the last municipal reform in 1974, the following municipalities belonged to the province:

• Bromölla
• Båstad
• Hässleholm
• Klippan
• Kristianstad
• Osby
• Perstorp
• Simrishamn
• Tomelilla
• Åstorp
• Ängelholm
• Örkelljunga
• Östra Göinge

literature

• Kristianstads Lan . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 14 : Kikarskten – Kroman . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1911, Sp. 1408 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).

Coordinates: 56 ° 1 ′ 50 ″  N , 14 ° 9 ′ 30 ″  E