Ängelholm

Place in Skåne, Sweden

Coat of arms

56°15′N 12°51′E / 56.250°N 12.850°E / 56.250; 12.850SkåneSwedenProvinceSkåneCountySkåne CountyMunicipalityÄngelholm MunicipalityArea

^[1]

• Total12.83 km² (4.95 sq mi)Population

(31 March 2017)^[1]

• Total42,131 • Density1,811/km² (4,690/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Ängelholm is a locality and the seat of Ängelholm Municipality in Skåne, Sweden with 42,131 inhabitants in 2017.^[1]

History

The old settlement Rynestad was mentioned around the year 1600.^{[clarification needed]}

The city was founded in 1516 as Engelholm by King Christian II of Denmark, who moved the settlement from Luntertun on the coast because it was difficult to defend. As a founder, King Christian II personally identified the boundaries of the new city, granting the city a charter in 1516. At Luntertun there is only a church garden left today.

The town remained small for centuries. Following the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658, Ängelholm, together with the rest of Skåne, was assigned by Denmark to Sweden. The town began to grow in the 19th century due to industrialization. It was also a garrison town until 1883 and had a Swedish Air Force base between 1941 and 2009. The older spelling Engelholm was retained until 1912, when the city council decided to adopt a more modern spelling in line with the Swedish spelling reform of 1906. The high-performance car manufacturer Koenigsegg Automotive is based on the premises of the decommissioned Scania Wing (F 10).

Contemporary

Tourism is an important industry for the city. There is a 6-kilometer long sandy beach right outside the town. The winds in Skälder Bay make the beach a popular place for sailors, wave surfers and wind surfers.

There is also an ice cream manufacturer, Engelholms Glass which produces about 1.2 million litres of ice-cream every year.

A special sight of Ängelholm is the UFO-Memorial Ängelholm.

The city is known for its clay cuckoos — a special kind of ocarina. This is however a dying tradition as there is now only one producer of clay cuckoos, Sofia Nilsson. Ängelholm has the only orchestra of clay cuckoos in the whole world with which performed at the "Allsång på Skansen" in 2007.^{[citation needed]}

Ängelholm is also the home of hockey team Rögle BK that competes in the SHL.^[2]

Notable people

Emma Andersson, singer, model, chef, and TV personality
Sebastian Andersson, Footballer
Sofie Andersson, golfer
Malik Bendjelloul, Academy Award winning filmmaker
Frans G. Bengtsson, author
Gösta Carlsson, road racing cyclist
Jörgen Elofsson, songwriter
Anna Fiske, illustrator and writer
Roger Hansson, ice hockey player
Jill Johnson, singer
Jörgen Jönsson, ice hockey player
Kenny Jönsson, ice hockey player
Christian von Koenigsegg, automotive mogul
Jarl Kulle, actor and director
Timothy Liljegren, ice hockey player
Christopher Liljewall, ice hockey player
Robert Mirosavic, footballer
Rikard Nilsson, chef
Gustav Olhaver, ice hockey player
Maria Rooth, ice hockey player
Sven Rydenfelt, economist
Anton Santesson (born 1994), ice hockey defenceman
Jenny Silver, singer
Peter Svensson, tennis player
Peter Wichers, musician

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
^ "SHL.se". SHL.se. Archived from the original on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.

External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Ängelholm.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ängelholm.

Ängelholm' municipality
Ängelholm's tourist web page

Localities in Ängelholm Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden

Ängelholm (seat, part of)
Åstorp (part of)
Havsbaden
Hjärnarp
Lerbäckshult
Margretetorp
Munka-Ljungby
Össjö
Strövelstorp
Svenstorp
Tåstarp

v t e Municipalities and seats of Skåne County
Municipalities	Ängelholm Åstorp Båstad Bjuv Bromölla Burlöv Eslöv Hässleholm Helsingborg Höganäs Höör Hörby Kävlinge Klippan Kristianstad Landskrona Lomma Lund Malmö Örkelljunga Osby Östra Göinge Perstorp Simrishamn Sjöbo Skurup Staffanstorp Svalöv Svedala Tomelilla Trelleborg Vellinge Ystad
Municipal seats	Ängelholm Arlöv Åstorp Båstad Bjuv Broby Bromölla Eslöv Hässleholm Helsingborg Höganäs Höör Hörby Kävlinge Klippan Kristianstad Landskrona Lomma Lund Malmö Örkelljunga Osby Perstorp Simrishamn Sjöbo Skurup Staffanstorp Svalöv Svedala Tomelilla Trelleborg Vellinge Ystad
Counties of Sweden Sweden

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