swan Swans are birds of the family (biology), family Anatidae within the genus ''Cygnus''. The swans' closest relatives include the goose, geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form t ...

is a bird of the genus ''Cygnus'' (true swans) or ''Coscoroba'' (coscoroba swans). Swan, swans, or The Swan may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Film and television

* ''The Swan'' (1925 film), a 1925 silent film * ''The Swan'' (1956 film), a 1956 remake of a 1925 film of the same title *

Swan (1976 film) ''Swan'' (Bulgarian language, Bulgarian: ''"Ле́бед"'', Transliteration, translit.: ''"Lébed"'') is a 1976 Bulgarian Drama (film and television), drama film, directed by Rumen Surdzhiyski. Screenwriter, Screenplay writer is Vladimir Ganev. B ...

, a Bulgarian drama film * ''Swan'', a television ident for BBC Two first aired in early 1998, see BBC Two '1991–2001' idents * ''The Swan'' (TV series), a U.S. reality TV series from 2004 * ''Swan'' (2011 film), a Portuguese film directed by Teresa Villaverde

Literature

* ''Swan'' (manga), a shōjo manga by Ariyoshi Kyoko * "The Swan" (Baudelaire), a poem by Baudelaire * ''The Swan'' (newspaper), a student newspaper of St. Hugh's College, Oxford * ''The Swan'' (novel), an English translation edition of 1991 novel by Guðbergur Bergsson * "The Swan" (short story), a 1977 story by Roald Dahl * ''The Swan'', a 1920 play by Ferenc Molnár * ''The Swan'', a 1993 play by Elizabeth Egloff *

Trumpet of the Swan ''The Trumpet of the Swan'' is a children's novel by E. B. White published in 1970. It tells the story of Louis (pronounced "LOO-ee" by the author in the audiobook, a reference to trumpeter Louis Armstrong, a point that is made explicit in the ...

by EB White

Music and dance

* Swans (band), an experimental rock group ** ''Swans'' (EP), an 1982 EP by the band Swans * ''Swan'' (album), a 2011 album by Unwritten Law * ''The Swan'' (ballet), better known as ''The Dying Swan'' * ''Le Cygne'' (Saint-Saëns), a movement of the musical suite ''The Carnival of the Animals''

Organisations

* Swan (rolling papers), a subsidiary of Swedish Match * Swans (eyewear), a Japanese eyewear brand * Swan Electronics, a radio gear manufacturer * Swan Records (jazz label) * Swan Records, a pop record label * Shuang Wen Academy Network, of Shuang Wen School, New York City, US; see Association of Chinese Schools

People

Howard E. Johnson Howard William "Swan" Johnson (January 1, 1908 – December 28, 1991) was an American swing alto saxophonist.Jan Evensmo "JazzArcheology.com", 2015 In New York City Johnson was a member of bands led by Billy Cato, James P. Johnson, and Fes ...

(1908–1991), American swing alto saxophonist, nicknamed Swan * Joseph Swan (1828—1914), English physicist, chemist, and inventor (most notably of the filament lightbulb) * Howard Swan (1906–1995), American choral conductor and music educator *

Swan (surname) Swan is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: Academics * Daniel C. Swan, American cultural anthropologist and museum curator * Donald A. Swan (1935–1981), American anthropologist * Janis Swan, American-New Zealand food ...

, a list of people with the name *

Swan Hennessy Edward Swan Hennessy (24 November 1866 – 26 October 1929) was an Irish-American composer and pianist who lived much of his life in Paris. In his pre-War piano music, he excelled as a miniaturist in descriptive, programmatic music. After joining ...

(1866–1929), Irish-American composer based in Paris * Swan King (1845–1886), nickname for Ludwig II of Bavaria * Swan of Stowe, nickname for the Catholic saint Hugh of Lincoln * Bunny Swan, Chinese character on Madtv played by

Alex Borstein Alexandrea Borstein (born February 15, 1971) is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer. Borstein voices Lois Griffin on the animated comedy television series '' Family Guy'' (1999–present), and won a Primetime Emmy Award for the rol ...

Places

* Swan River (disambiguation) *

Swan Township (disambiguation) Swan Township may refer to: * Swan Township, Warren County, Illinois * Swan Township, Noble County, Indiana * Swan Township, Taney County, Missouri * Swan Township, Holt County, Nebraska * Swan Township, Vinton County, Ohio See also * Swan (di ...

* Swan Valley (disambiguation)

Australia

* City of Swan, Perth ** Division of Swan, an electoral district based on the surrounding area * Swan Bay, Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia * Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia

United States

Swan, Indiana Swan is an unincorporated community in Swan Township, Noble County, in the U.S. state of Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. I ...

Swan, Iowa Swan is a city in Marion County, Iowa, United States. The population was 76 at the time of the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. Demographics 2010 census As o ...

Swan, Missouri Swan is an unincorporated community in north central Taney County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Swan is located on Missouri Route AA A supplemental route is a state secondary road in the U.S. state of Missouri, designated with letters. Supplem ...

* Swan Range, a mountain range in Montana *

Swan, Texas Swan is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in central Smith County, Texas, Smith County, Texas, United States. It is located on U.S. Route 69 in Texas, U.S. Highway 69, three miles north of Tyler, Texas, Tyler. According to the ''Han ...

* Swan, Wisconsin *

Swan Township, Holt County, Nebraska Swan Township is one of thirty-seven townships in Holt County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 39 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 39. See also *County government in Nebraska County governmen ...

Swan's Island, Maine Swan's Island is an island town in Hancock County, Maine. It is named after Colonel James Swan of Fife, Scotland, who purchased the island and some surrounding areas and organized their colonization in the eighteenth century. The population was ...

In space

Comet SWAN (disambiguation) Comet SWAN most often refers to: * C/2020 F8 (SWAN), a comet visible from Earth in 2020 It may also refer to other comets named for the SWAN (instrument), SWAN instrument: * C/2006 M4 (SWAN) * C/2009 F6, Comet Yi-SWAN * C/2012 E2 (SWAN), C ...

, the name of several comets *

Cygnus (constellation) Cygnus is a northern constellation on the plane of the Milky Way, deriving its name from the Latinized Greek word for swan. Cygnus is one of the most recognizable constellations of the northern summer and autumn, and it features a prominent as ...

, a constellation also known as the Swan

Elsewhere

* The Swan, County Laois, Ireland * Erasmusbrug, a bridge nicknamed "The Swan" in Rotterdam, Netherlands *

Swans, Punjab Sawans is a village and union council of Mianwali District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan.Swan's theorem, a concept in mathematics * Solar Wind Anisotropies, an instrument of the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory spacecraft * Syndrome without a name, a term indicating an unknown idiopathic disease * Swan (nuclear primary), a prototype thermonuclear primary

Computing

Scottish Wide Area Network The Scottish Wide Area Network (SWAN) is the secure network for Scotland’s public services. More than 6,000 sites are connected by the network. After the tendering process concluded in March 2013, one of the parties launched a legal challenge, ...

(SWAN), the secure network for Scotland’s public services * State Wide Area Network, in the National e-Governance Plan of India

Ships and boats

* HMAS ''Swan'', several Royal Australian Navy ships * HMS ''Swan'', several British Royal Navy ships * Nautor's Swan, a line of Finnish luxury sailing yachts * Swan boat (racing), a long and narrow human-powered boat *

Swan Boats (Boston, Massachusetts) The Swan Boats are a fleet of pontoon pleasure boats which operate in a pond in the Public Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The Swan Boats have been in operation since 1877, and have since become a cultural icon for the city. They operate begi ...

, a fleet of pleasure boats * Swan Boats (Magic Kingdom), a ride at the Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, (1973–1983) *

Swan Hellenic Swan Hellenic is a British cruise line specialising in expedition tours of historical or cultural interest aimed at the upper end of the cruise market. Swan Hellenic was first established as Swan's Tours in the 1950s as a tour operator carryin ...

, a cruise line * Swan (sternwheeler), a stern-wheel steamboat * USS ''Swan'', several United States Navy ships

Sports

Swan Districts Football Club The Swan Districts Football Club, nicknamed the Swans, is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW). The club is based at Bassendean Oval, in Bassendean, an eastern suburb ...

, an Australian rules football club based in Bassendean, Australia *

Swan Racing Swan Racing was a stock car racing team that competed in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series until the 2014 season. The team was founded as Inception Motorsports which fielded a single No. 30 team in the Cup Series in 2011 and 2012 before being purchase ...

, a NASCAR racing team * Swan United FC, a football club based in Swan Valley, Australia *

Sydney Swans The Sydney Swans are a professional Australian rules football club based in Sydney, New South Wales. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW). The Swans also field a reser ...

, an Australian rules football club

Venues

England

* Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, a theatre belonging to the Royal Shakespeare Company *

Wycombe Swan Wycombe Swan is a theatre in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the ...

, a theatre in High Wycombe * The Swan (theatre), in London * The Swan, Hammersmith, a public house in London * The Swan, Little Totham, a pub in Little Totham, Essex, England * The Swan, West Wycombe, a public house in Buckinghamshire *

The Swan, York The Swan is a Grade II listed historic pub, immediately south-west of the city centre of York, in England. It was built as a beer house and grocery in 1861, at the end of a terrace on Bishopgate Street, the northern extension of Bishopthorpe ...

, a pub in York * The Swan (Tetsworth inn), an historic Elizabethan coaching inn in Tetsworth

Other venues

Walt Disney World Swan The Walt Disney World Swan is a resort hotel located between Epcot and Disney's Hollywood Studios in the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, and across from its sister resort, the Walt Disney World Dolphin. Both hotels were designe ...

, a US resort hotel

Other uses

Swan (beer) Swan is a beer brand owned by Lion Nathan. It was originally brewed by the Swan Brewery in Western Australia, but brewing was moved to South Australia in 2013 and to New South Wales in 2021. On 4 August 2022, it was announced that some of the bre ...

, a beer label, Western Australia * Swan (chair), designed in 1958 by Arne jacobsen * Swan (''Dungeons & Dragons'') * Swan (Exalted), a role-playing game published by White Wolf Publishing *

Swan (Fabergé egg) The Swan egg is a Fabergé egg, one in a series of fifty-two jewelled eggs made under the supervision of Peter Carl Fabergé. Commissioned in 1906 by Tsar Nicholas II, the egg was presented to the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna on Easter that ...

, commissioned in 1906 by Tsar Nicholas II *

Swan Bells The Swan Bells are a set of 18 bells hanging in a specially built copper and glass campanile in Perth, Western Australia. The tower is commonly known as The Bell Tower or the Swan Bell Tower. Taking their name from the Swan River, which thei ...

, a set of bells in Perth, Australia *

Swan diagram The Swan Diagram, 233x233px In economics, a Swan Diagram, also known as the Australian model (because it was originally published by Australian economist Trevor Swan in 1956 to model the Australian economy during the Great Depression), represents ...

, an economics model *

Swan Soap Swan was a brand of soap introduced by the Lever Brothers Company in 1941 to compete with Ivory. Swan may have been advertised as a soap that could be used in the kitchen as a hand soap or in the bathroom to bathe the baby. Actually, during the r ...

, a brand of soap introduced by the Lever Brothers Company *

SwanCon SwanCon is a science fiction convention held in Perth, Western Australia. It is Australia's longest-running science fiction convention, and probably the longest-running in the southern hemisphere. It was founded in 1975 by Grant Stone, with th ...

, a science fiction convention