Skane

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Reading Maxine 2009

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November 2008 Maxine 2008

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Sunday Salon: following Wallander's footsteps Maxine 2008

Here are some links for more information about Ystad, Skane and Sweden.

Sunday Salon: following Wallander's footsteps Maxine 2008

I focused on Skane, the region just across the strait from Denmark at the southern tip of Sweden, which is Sweden's premier golf area.

Sweden Swings: A Golf Paradise 2008

"We are just beginning to realize that we can create this Swedish golf destination, with first-class restaurants, nice hotels and golf," says Cecilia Hellke, the marketing manager for the Skane regional government, in Helsingborg.

Sweden Swings: A Golf Paradise 2008

But as the Scots never became English, so the people from Skane today do not consider themselves Swedes but only Swedish citizens.

Mail Call: Promising Prospects In Europe 2008

The Swedes lowered an iron curtain between the two countries, and the inhabitants of Skane became victims of "Swedification."

Mail Call: Promising Prospects In Europe 2008

Until 1658 the two countries had a long borderline in common, since Halland, Blekinge and Skane -- the southern parts of what is today Sweden -- were Danish.

Mail Call: Promising Prospects In Europe 2008

In Canada, Coastal British Columbia vs 200 km into the Interior, in France the Bordeaux wine districts vs the continental climate type Dordogne 200 km inland, in Sweden coastal Skane vs Smaland 200 km inland all come to mind as comparables.

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