Scania

The Scanian lands comprised Scania, Halland and Blekinge, with Lund as their chief city. In 1337 they belonged to Magnus Eriksson of Sweden, who had acquired them from Holstein’s counts in 1332.

Valdemar IV reconquered Scania for Denmark in 1360. The Treaty of Roskilde ceded the provinces to Sweden in 1658, and Sweden founded Lund University in 1666. Danish attempts to recover them failed, including the Scanian War of 1675 to 1679; Sweden then promoted assimilation through its law and worship.