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Smygehuk is a harbour and
fishing village A fishing village is a village, usually located near a fishing ground, with an economy based on catching fish and harvesting seafood. The continents and islands around the world have coastlines totalling around 356,000 kilometres (221,000  ...
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Smygehamn Smygehamn is the southernmost locality situated in Trelleborg Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden (and thus Sweden's southernmost locality) with 1,278 inhabitants in 2010. Between 1887–1957 Smygehamn had Sweden's southernmost railway station (c ...
in Skåne, Sweden. It is most known for being the southernmost point of Sweden, and the entire Scandinavian Peninsula (55° 20' N). To the west of the harbour are
Smygehuk Lighthouse Smygehuk Lighthouse ( sv, Smygehuks fyr) is a lighthouse in Trelleborg Municipality in Sweden. It is situated approximately west of Smygehamn, and is high and constructed of iron. It was completed in 1883, and taken out of service in 1975 in f ...
and Smygehuk Hostel. A statue of a nude woman stands in the harbour. It was made by artist Axel Ebbe and installed in 1930. It is named ''Famntaget'' ("The Embrace"). The model for the statue was Birgit Holmquist, mother of the model
Nena von Schlebrügge Birgitte Caroline "Nena" von Schlebrügge (born January 8, 1941) is a Mexican-born Swedish and American fashion model from the 1950s and 1960s. She started her high-fashion modelling career in London in 1957 and continued in New York City in 1 ...
and grandmother of actress
Uma Thurman Uma Karuna Thurman (born April 29, 1970) is an American actress and former model. She has performed in a variety of films, from romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction and action films. Following her appearances on the December 1985 an ...
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Extreme points of Sweden Ports and harbours of Sweden Fishing communities Populated coastal places in Sweden Populated places in Skåne County {{Skåne-geo-stub