Kävlinge River (''Kävlingeån'' in

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, but also known as ''Lödde å'' between the town of

Kävlinge Kävlinge () is a locality and the seat of Kävlinge Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 32,341 inhabitants in 2021. In 1996, a train containing large amounts of ammonia derailed and around 9,000 people had to be evacuated from the area. Thi ...

and the mouth near Löddeköpinge) is the name of a small river on the flat lands of

Scania Scania, also known by its native name of Skåne (, ), is the southernmost of the historical provinces of Sweden, provinces (''landskap'') of Sweden. Located in the south tip of the geographical region of Götaland, the province is roughly conte ...

in southern

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. It starts at the lake Vombsjön and ends in the Öresund strait. The river is only 50 km long but played an important role in the

Battle of Lund The Battle of Lund, part of the Scanian War, was fought on December 4, 1676, in an area north of the city of Lund in Scania in southern Sweden, between the invading Danish army and the army of Charles XI of Sweden. The Danish had an army of abo ...

in 1676.

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Scania Rivers of Skåne County {{Sweden-river-stub