Kristianstad

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Kristianstad

Total population

35,711

Land area2244 km²

Coordinates56.03°, 14.16°

Demographic figures from Statistics Sweden (SCB). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Kristianstad is a city and the seat of Kristianstad Municipality, Scania County, Sweden with 41,198 inhabitants in 2023. Since the 1990s, the city has gone from being a garrison town to a developed commercial city, focusing on nature preservation and a food profile.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Mikael Nilsson

Swedish footballer (born 1978)

Gottfrid Billing

Swedish priest and theologian (1841-1925)

Herluf Trolle

Danish admiral

Marcus Ahlm

Team handball

Gustaf Wilhelm Palm

Swedish landscape painter (1810-1890)

Gustav Fridolin

Swedish politician, writer, teacher and journalist

Edith Liljedahl

Swedish politician (1901-1960)

J

Jörgen Andersson

Swedish actor

Herman Billing

Emanuel Björck

Swedish politician (1879–1937)

H

Hans Samuel Collin

G

Göran Holmquist

John Jeppsson

Swedish politician (1854–1920)

Nils Jönsson i Kvarnberga

Fredrik Lagerroth

Johan Nilsson

politician and Member of the parliament of Sweden

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Skåne

• Hammarslund
  1.6 mi away
• Hammar
  1.9 mi away
• Norra Åsum
  2.5 mi away
• Viby
  2.9 mi away
• Vinnö
  3.2 mi away
• Balsby
  3.8 mi away
• Färlöv
  4 mi away
• Fjälkinge
  4.7 mi away
• Torsebro
  5.2 mi away
• Ovesholm
  5.3 mi away
• Önnestad
  5.5 mi away
• Rinkaby
  5.6 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Kristianstad

Upper Cretaceous belemnites from the Kristianstad area in Scania

Walter Kegel Christensen · 1962

Undsättningen

Persson, Stefan (Writer on history) · 2014

Kongl. Hofrätten öfver Skåne och Blekinge, 1821-1900

Axel Borgstroem · 1901

Järnets roll

Bertil Helgesson · 2009

Search results from Open Library.

Events

Notable, recurring, and historical events associated with Kristianstad, sourced from Wikidata.

• Q10549192

  recurring event

Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Gallery

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