The town supported the deposed king Christian II of Denmark (1525),
and opposed the Reformation in Denmark (1535), and in both cases found
Along with Sigtuna, Lund is the oldest city in present-day
Sweden. Lund's origins are unclear. itself among the defeated. The
Reformist King Christian III of Denmark abstained however from
retaliation, and instead founded a castle to protect the harbour. The
castle, built where the monastery had been situated until the
Reformation, was completed by 1560.  Lund University, established in
1666, is Sweden's largest, with 42,000 full or part-time students,
although not all live in Lund.

The city of Landskrona was founded at the location of Scania's (at
that time a part of Denmark) best natural harbour, as a means of King
Eric of Pomerania's anti-Hanseatic policy, intended to compete with
Danish towns under Hanseatic control. A Carmelite monastery was
founded in 1410, English merchants were granted the privileges in a
royal charter in 1412, and the town itself was chartered in
1413. Landskrona was burned by the Hanseatic League in 1428.

Any further plans for Landskrona were however not realized, for
various reasons. The continued Swedish-Danish wars favoured King Sweyn
I Forkbeard moved Lund to its present Karlskrona, located at a safer
distance from Denmark, replacing Landskrona as a naval base, the
fortifications were discontinued, and Malmo remained the most
important commercial town - despite Malmo lacking a harbour until the
late 18th century. The fortifications at Landskrona were expanded
considerably between 1747 and 1788, but were condemned in 1822,
whereafter the garrison was abolished in 1869. The walls and moats of
the fortifications are today a beautiful recreational area, commonly
known as the Landskrona Citadel.

When Scania had been ceded to Sweden in 1658, the good harbour and the
The city was made a see in 1048 and united with Dalby in 1060,[7] and
in 1103 became the seat of the archbishop for Scandinavia.  This is
the oldest school in Scandinavia and one of the oldest in Northern
Europe. Many prominent people were educated there, among them the
actor Max von Sydow and several high-ranking politicians.  strong fort
were reasons for plans to make Landskrona a commercial center of the
acquired territory with extraordinary privileges for Compared with
many other Swedish cities, the urban heart of Lund is well
preserved. foreign trade. The castle was reinforced by bastions, the
area inside the moats extended to 400x400 meters, the castle was
considered the strongest and most modern in Scandinavia, but was
temporarily lost to the Danes after a comparably short siege July
8-August 2, 1676. The commandant Colonel Hieronymus Lindeberg was
consequently sentenced to death for high treason.
