The small and prospering fishing village Södra Säby received its town charter in 1413 and the name Landskrona. Erik av Pommern king over Denmark, Sweden and Norway had big plans for Landskrona. He wanted Landskrona to be a trade centre in Skåne. Kristian III built Landskrona castle "Citadellet" 1549 and made Landskrona a fortified town. Landskrona castle is the centre in the fort "Citadellet".
Landskrona castle "Citadellet"
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Big surprise  The Swedish kings Karl X and Carl XI had great plans too in the 17th century. Town with a university, see and a Nordic stronghold but more about that later.
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When the castle Malmöhus was ready Kristian III wanted to strengthen the defence of Skåne.
He gave the assignment to Admiral Peder Skram to build Landskrona castle 1549.
On the site there was already a monastery.
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Landskrona castle "Citadellet"
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The old monastery built 1410 had to be demolated because they wanted to build the castle on the same spot. The castle was ready 1559. 1589 they built a 2 storey house. First floor was used by the county sheriff and the second floor was used by the king when he was on visit.
Jörgen Brahe (brother to Tycho Brahe) was the county sheriff.
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Peder Skram
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When they had a party on the castle Tycho's tame moose got shit faced.
Now imagine to keep track of 4 long legs when you are loaded with beer. Well to make a long story short:
The moose  felt down the stairs and broke 1 leg. They gave the moose the best treatment but in vain. The moose died from the injuries.
Well, Tychos moose ended his day with a hangover force 9,6 and a broken leg.
Landskrona was occupied 1644 by field marshal Gustaf Horn but was returned to the Danes 1645 at the peace in Brömsebro.
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The frigate Peder Skram
The Danish frigate Peder Skramel got the name from the Admiral. The keel was laid on 25th September 1964. She was launched on 20th May 1965 and joined the Danish fleet on 25th May 1966. The frigates Peder Skram were decommissioned on 4th January 1988. Peder Skram is preserved as a living museum alongside the pier Elefanten on Nyholm, Copenhagen.
On the 6th of September 1982 Peder Skram launched a HARPOON missile by accident. The missile hit a area with summer houses just south of Lumsås. Luckiley enough it was in the autumn and there was no people in the area.
Area of impact in Lumsås
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Knud Ulfeldt became county sheriff on Landskrona castle 1646. During Denmark's last year and Sweden's first year with supremacy the scraping of the old medieval area and streets continued in Landskrona to make place for the development of Landskrona castle.
As mentioned before, (I hope you have recovered from the surprise by now) the Swedish kings Karl X and Carl XI had great plans too. Town with a university, see and a Nordic stronghold. These plans were never realized. The university is still in Lund and Malmö kept its position as the county capital.
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Danish king Christian V captured Landskrona 1676. Landskrona became the most important base for the Danes because of the powerful fort. The Swedish army did not manage to recapture Landskrona and had to buy it back at the peace in Lund 1679.
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Landskrona town hall
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The Swedish parliament decided to make Landskrona to a strong naval defense fort 1747. They built a new fort in the island Gråen and new conurbation south of the old town. Now the rest of the medieval town disappeared. 1754 the church S:t Johannes Baptistae (built 1420) was demolished and the church Sofia Albertina was built.
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Island Gråen
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On the island Gråen just outside the port of Landskrona they built a fort. Today there are summer houses on the island.
King Karl XII used Citadellet as a prison for prisoner of war from Russia and Poland. During the 19th century and until 1940 they used it as a prison. Today there is a museum and on the outer rampart they built Sweden's first allotment-garden area 1995.
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The castle again???!!!
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Well, now when you properly are bored to death  with the Landskrona castle you understand that the history of Landskrona is mostly about the castle. Or anyway, the castle has had an important role in the history of Landskrona.
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The world famous coffee brand Zoega was founded 1881 by Carlos Zoega in Landskrona but moved to Helsingborg after a few years.
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Landskrona became an industrial- commercial- and a shipping town. Walfrid Weibull founded the company W Weibull 1870. He sold root-crops and he also pure cultivated root fruits and produced seed. He started with plant breeding 1898. |
Landskrona water tower
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1993 W Weibull AB merged with Svalöf AB to Svalöf Weibull AB and today Svalöf Weibull AB is one of the leading plant breeding and seed companies in Europe.
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Öresundsvarvet at the end of the 20th century.
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Öresundsvarvet established 1919 and built 260 ships until 1982 when they closed the shipyard. 1982 they decided to close down Öresundsvarvet and it was no bright future for the worker on the shipyard. But with new owners there are about
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500 workers working there today and they are still building ships. They built the hull to the biggest cruise ship in the world "The World". It's a floating condominium.
Öresundsvarvet AB built 2 ships for the famous Hurtigruten in Norway and the order books is full until 2003. I don't know what will happen after that.
Today Öresundsvarvet AB is owned by the Norwegian shipyard group Fosen Mek. Verksteder.
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Launching of "Midnatsol" 26th of April 2002.
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When I was on Tärnvind September - October 2002 I heard on the news that they should close down the shipyards in Landskrona. No one knows about the future for the shipyards in Landskrona. But 1 thing is for sure, they have built first class ships for many years.
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Dana Scarlett leaving Landskrona.
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The ferry traffic between Landskrona and Copenhagen started 9th of July 1951 with the ferry Uranienborg.
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Landskrona 2002
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