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Guide to historical Lund and its cultural heritage

Guide to historical Lund and its cultural heritage

Lund Cathedral

Domkyrkan

Lund Cathedral is the largest and most beautiful example of Romanesque style architecture in Scandinavia. It has been awarded three stars by the Michelin Guide and nominated as one of the seven wonders of Sweden by the national radio. Each year, the cathedral, which is open daily, is visited by over half a million people. […]

Lund – a medieval ecclesiastical centre

Domkyrkan

The cathedral and its predecessorsDuring the Middle Ages, Lund held a special position in the Nordic countries as the city of churches, mainly represented by Lund Cathedral, which was the central sanctuary for the Danish archdiocese. This had been established by the pope in Rome in 1103 and included Norway in 1152 and Sweden in […]

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Lund University throughout the ages

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Medieval Lund was a city of churches and the needs of the cathedral led to Lund becoming the foremost centre of education within the Nordic region. As early as 1438, the Franciscan order had already established a centre for general studies. Located in the current Klostergatan, it provided a university level of education.Much of the […]

  Publicerad 10 September, 2023

Museum of Sketches for Public Art or Museum of Artistic Process and Public Art

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On 27 and 28 January 2017, the Museum of Sketches for Public Art was reopened on Finngatan 2. A new entrance, a museum shop and not least a restaurant have been added. The extension, designed by the architect duo Elding Oscarsson, is made of concrete and rust red Corten steel. Two anonymous donors account for […]

  Publicerad 2 September, 2023

Hill, Carl Fredrik (1849-1911), artist

Hill Carl Fredrik

Driven by an endless desire to paint and draw, 24-year-old Carl Fredrik Hill moved to Paris where he pursued a productive artistic life. However, he did so with a strong, guilt-ridden father complex and sadness due to not having the time to demonstrate to his father what he was capable of. Suffering from chronic schizophrenia […]

  Publicerad 29 January, 2022

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Charles XII (also Carl of Sweden) residence

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The so-called Charles XII residence was probably built between 1586 and 1589 by CorfitzViffert in the building style of that in the Netherlands. The façade is characteristic of this style. It is quite likely that parts of a medieval building are incorporated in the current building. At the end of the 16th century, it had […]

Krafts torg (Krafts Square)

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The name Kraft comes from the word crypt. Part of the site that occupies the square today was, during the Middle Ages, the cemetery of the Kraft Church, i.e. the crypt of the cathedral. The cemetery remained here until 1816 but was converted to an open site in 1832. In later times one of the […]

The mystery of the Sphinx

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Since 1978, in the northeast corner of the Botanical Gardens stands a remnant of the university building’s original ornamentation. In 1882, Helgo Zettervall had decorated his university creation with cement sculptures. At the main entrance stood four huge female figures intended to symbolise the different faculties of the university. These so-called faculty ladies were deemed “good […]