Hven
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Image:Map of Hven from copper etching of Blaeu Atlas 1663.jpg Image:Ven.jpg Image:Allhelgonakyrkan.gif Hven or Ven is a small Swedish island in the Öresund strait, between Scania and Zealand.
The island was historically under Danish rule, but it fell to Swedish hands in 1660, two years after the Treaty of Roskilde. Astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) built two observatories here, Uraniborg and Stjerneborg.
Hven has ferries to Landskrona, Helsingborg and, in the summer only, to Copenhagen.
See also: Islands of Sweden.
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External links
- Allt om Ven - Swedish
- Backafallsbyn - Swedish/English
- Tycho Brahe's Hven - Danish
- Swedish/Danish/English page
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