Kvidinge is a
locality
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* Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England
* Locality (linguistics)
* Locality (settlement)
* Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...
situated in
Åstorp Municipality,
Skåne County,
Sweden with 1,854 inhabitants in 2010.
It is famous as the death site of
Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden
Charles August or Carl August (9 July 1768 – 28 May 1810) was a Danish prince. He is best known for serving as Crown Prince of Sweden briefly in 1810, adopted by Charles XIII, before his sudden death from a stroke. Earlier, he had been a gener ...
in 1810.
Crown Prince was inspecting the
Scanian Hussar Regiment
The Scanian Hussar Regiment ( sv, Skånska husarregementet, K 5) was a Swedish Army cavalry unit which operated in various forms the years 1658–1709 and 1709–1927.
Commanding officers
Regimental commanders from 1658 to 1927.
*1658–1659: ...
troops on its training ground Kvidinge Heath at Kvidinge when a dizzy spell caused him to fall from his horse, where he died of a heart attack.
Crown Prince Charles John (later King
Karl XIV Johan
sv, Karl Johan Baptist Julius
, spouse =
, issue = Oscar I of Sweden
, house = Bernadotte
, father = Henri Bernadotte
, mother = Jeanne de Saint-Jean
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Pau, ...
) proposed that a memorial to the incident would be raised. City architect
Carl Christoffer Gjörwell
Carl Christoffer Gjörwell (the younger; 19 January 1766 – 14 November 1837) was a Swedish architect.
He was a city architect in Stockholm, Sweden, between 1804 and 1837.
Biography
Gjörwell was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He was the son o ...
was commissioned to design the monument, which was completed in 1826.
References
Populated places in Åstorp Municipality
Populated places in Skåne County
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