Dalby () is a locality and short-lived (11th century) former Latin Catholic diocese situated in

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with 6732 inhabitants in 2019. It is located about 10 km East-southeast of

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, and about 20 km East-northeast of Malmö. Dalby was a municipality up until 1974, when it became part of

Lund municipality Lund Municipality ( sv, Lunds kommun) is a municipality in Scania County, southern Sweden. Its seat is the city of Lund. As most municipalities in Sweden, the territory of municipality consists of many former local government units, united in a ...

. Between 1941 and 1954, Dalby was also a municipal urban area ("''municipalsamhälle''"). The

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is situated just northwest of Dalby. The old quarry ''Stenbrottet'' is located a couple of kilometres east of Dalby. It's a popular place for swimming and fishing and for couples to become engaged.

Bishopric

Dalby Church is one of the oldest stone churches in Scandinavia, for which the cathedral in Hildesheim served as a model. In 1060 the Danish King

Svend Estridsen Sweyn Estridsson Ulfsson ( on, Sveinn Ástríðarson, da, Svend Estridsen; – 28 April 1076) was King of Denmark (being Sweyn II) from 1047 until his death in 1076. He was the son of Ulf Thorgilsson and Estrid Svendsdatter, and the grandson o ...

initiated the creation of a religious centre in Dalby, and possibly also constructed his royal residence there. From 1060, Dalby was a bishopric, on territory split off from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Roskilde, under the bishop

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, appointed by the German Archbishop Adalbert of Bremen. But as early as 1066 the English anti-bishop Henrik was enthroned in Lund, probably elected by the people and the clergy. In 1085

Canute the Saint Canute IV ( – 10 July 1086), later known as Canute the Holy ( da, Knud IV den Hellige) or Saint Canute (''Sankt Knud''), was King of Denmark from 1080 until 1086. Canute was an ambitious king who sought to strengthen the Danish monarchy, ...

decided to build a new cathedral in Lund and in 1104 Lund became the archbishopric over Scandinavia. Another source holds the diocese was established in 1048 and suppressed in 1060. Until the Protestant Reformation in Denmark in 1536, Dalby retained some importance as the site of an Augustinian monastery and a

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of the Danish Crown.

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Gallery

File:Dalby (church).JPG, The entrance to the Holy Cross Church File:Dalby Norreskog Nature Reserve, Dalby, Lund, Scania, Sweden - May 2015.jpg, Dalby Norreskog Nature Reserve File:Windmill in Dalby, Sweden.JPG, Windmill in Dalby

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Populated places in Skåne County Dalby Former municipalities of Sweden Populated places in Lund Municipality {{Skåne-geo-stub