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Skåne
Please note that the current administrative county is described in Skåne County [Skåne] ([Media helphelp]·[info]) (also known as Scania in English) is the southernmost historical province (landskap) and County (Län) of Sweden. It borders Halland, Småland and Ble..

Skåneland
This region should not be confused with Skånland in Norway. Halland Blekinge Sweden, with the three Skåneland provinces in brown Skåneland is a denomination for the historical region in southern and southwestern Sweden, once making up the eastern part of Denmark. It was..

Skånevik
Skånevik is a former municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It was created in 1837 as Skånevik formannskapsdistrikt. On 1 January 1965 the districts situated south of the Skånevik-/Åkrafjord and east of Åkra became a part of Etne municipality. This area had 1.493 inhabitants, and the villa..

Skåne commuter rail
Skåne commuter rail or Pågatågen is the commuter rail system in Skåne County, Sweden. Every train set is named from a scaninan man, since Påg means boy in scanian dialect. However on set was named after the female writer Victoria Benedictsson but by her pseudonyme Ernst Ahlgren. Lines There a..

Skåne County
Skåne County, or Skåne län, is the southernmost County or län, of Sweden, basically corresponding to the historical province Skåne. It borders the counties of Halland, Kronoberg and Blekinge. Skåne County covers around 3% of Sweden's total area, but its population of 1,200,000 comprises 13%..

Skåne Party
The Skåne Party (Swedish: ) is a right-wing, anti-immigration political party in the Swedish province of Skåne, established in 1979 in Malmö. The party leader, and founder, is Carl P Herslow. The party has had continuous representation on the city council of Malmö since the breakthrough local..

Skåne Regional Council
Region Skåne CountySkåne County SeatKristianstad Created1999 Tax10.39% (2004) Budget25.9 billion SEK (2005) Employees31,950 (2004) The Skåne Regional Council (Region Skåne) is the evolved County Council of Skåne County in Sweden. Its main responsibilities are for the public healthcare syst..

Skånings hundred
Skånings härad, was a hundred of Västergötland in Sweden. ..

Skånland
This area should not be confused with Skåneland in Sweden. Skånland kommune County Troms District Hålogaland Municipality NO-1913]] Administrative centre Evenskjer Mayor (2003) Svein Berg (Ap) Official language form Bokmål Area - Total - Land - Perce..

Skänninge
Skänninge is a town in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden. It belongs to Mjölby Municipality and today has about 3,500 inhabitants. Geography The town is located on the Skena river. History Its history goes back to the 11th century, making it one of the oldest cities in Sweden..

Skënder Gjinushi
Skënder Gjinushi (was born 24 December 1949 in Vlorë). In 1973 graduated in Mathematics from Univeristy of Tirana. His researches in mathematics are known world wide. Now he is the leader of the social-democratic party of Albania. He has been a member of parliament since 1992 and since then some o..

Skínfaxi and Hrímfaxi
Nótt rides her horse in this 19th century painting by Peter Nicolai Arbo. In Norse mythology, Skínfaxi and Hrímfaxi are the horses of Dagr (day) and Nótt (night). The names Skínfaxi and Hrímfaxi are bahuvrihis, meaning "sheen mane" and "rime mane" (or "frost mane"), respectively. Skinfa..

Skniatino
Skniatino is a former village in the Tver Oblast of Russia, situated at the confluence of the Nerl River and the Volga, about halfway between Uglich and Tver. It is the site of the medieval town of Ksniatin, founded by Yuri Dolgoruki in 1134 and named after his son Constantine. Ksniatin was intend..

Sknyliv (Ukraine) airshow disaster
On 27 July 2002, 84 people were killed and over 100 injured at an airshow in Sknyliv (Скнилів) airport near Lviv, Ukraine. A Ukrainian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27 aircraft crashed during an aerobatics presentation. It was the world's worst airshow disaster to date. The aircraft, flown by two expe..

Skön Court District
Skön Court District, or Sköns tingslag, was a district of Medelpad in Sweden. The provinces in Norrland were never divided into hundreds and instead the court district (tingslag) served as the basic division of rural areas. ..

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