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), a Bulgarian drama film * ''Swan'', a television ident for BBC Two first aired in early 1998, see

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* ''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 Ferenc Molnár ( , ; born Ferenc Neumann; 12 January 18781 April 1952), often anglicized as Franz Molnar, was a Hungarian-born author, stage-director, dramatist, and poet, widely regarded as Hungary’s most celebrated and controversial playw ...

* ''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 ...

EB White Elwyn Brooks White (July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985) was an American writer. He was the author of several highly popular books for children, including ''Stuart Little'' (1945), '' Charlotte's Web'' (1952), and ''The Trumpet of the Swan'' ...

Music and dance

Swans (band) Swans is an American experimental rock band formed in 1982 by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira. One of the few acts to emerge from the New York City-based no wave scene and stay intact into the next decade, Swans have be ...

, 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) is the brandname of the Japanese eyewear manufacturer located in Osaka, Japan. Founded in 1911, the company produces and sells optical lenses, sunglasses, goggles, as well as safety glasses. The sports eyewear brand Swans includes sunglass ...

, a Japanese eyewear brand * Swan Electronics, a radio gear manufacturer *

Swan Records (jazz label) Swan Records (aka Swan Recording Co. Inc.) was an American record company and label that was founded in 1946 and closed the same year. Sometime before 1959, Swan went out of business. In 1950, Mercury acquired 16 masters once owned by Swan, al ...

Swan Records Swan Records was a mid-20th century United States-based record label, founded in 1957 and based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It had a subsidiary label called Lawn Records. History Swan Records had enjoyed chart success with several U.S. arti ...

, a pop record label *

Shuang Wen Academy Network Shuang may refer to: Given name *Cao Shuang (died 249), military general, politician and regent of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period *Cheng Shuang (born 1987), Chinese female aerial skier who competed at the 2010 Winter Olympic ...

, of Shuang Wen School, New York City, US; see

Association of Chinese Schools Association of Chinese Schools was founded by Prof. Peter P.C. Chou and six schools in Philadelphia in 1974. The goals are to provide a forum for Chinese language and culture schools to share their common interests, to exchange views and ideas, to ...

People

* Howard E. Johnson (1908–1991), American swing alto saxophonist, nicknamed Swan *

Joseph Swan Sir Joseph Wilson Swan FRS (31 October 1828 – 27 May 1914) was an English physicist, chemist, and inventor. He is known as an independent early developer of a successful incandescent light bulb, and is the person responsible for develop ...

(1828—1914), English physicist, chemist, and inventor (most notably of the filament lightbulb) *

Howard Swan Howard Shelton Swan (March 19, 1906 – September 19, 1995) was an American choral conductor, tenor, music educator, and writer on music. A highly influential figure in American choral music during the 20th century, Swan was sometimes referred to ...

(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 Valley (disambiguation)

Australia

City of Swan The City of Swan is a local government area of Western Australia. It is in the eastern metropolitan region of Perth and includes the Swan Valley and 42 suburbs. It is centred approximately 20 km north-east of the Perth central business d ...

, Perth **

Division of Swan The Division of Swan is an Australian electoral division located in Western Australia. Swan is a marginal electorate that has swung between both major political parties in the past two decades. It extends across the Swan River from central P ...

, an electoral district based on the surrounding area *

Swan Bay Swans are birds of the family Anatidae within the genus ''Cygnus''. The swans' closest relatives include the geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe Cygnini. Sometim ...

, Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia *

Swan Hill Swan Hill is a city in the northwest of Victoria, Australia on the Murray Valley Highway and on the south bank of the Murray River, downstream from the junction of the Loddon River. At , Swan Hill had a population of 11,508. Indigenous Peopl ...

, Victoria, Australia

United States

* Swan, Indiana *

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 Range The Swan Range is a mountain range in western Montana in the United States. Its peaks typically rise to around . The range is bounded by the South Fork Flathead River to the east, the Flathead River to the north and northwest, the Swan River to ...

, a mountain range in Montana * Swan, Texas *

Swan, Wisconsin The Town of Frankfort is a town in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the Wausau, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 670 at the 2010 census. The unincorporated community of Swan is located in the town ...

* Swan Township, Holt County, Nebraska * Swan's Island, Maine

In space

* Comet SWAN (disambiguation), 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 Swan or The Swan () is a small village in County Laois, Ireland. Around 20 km south-east of Portlaoise, it lies near the County Kilkenny border where the R430 regional road crosses the R426. The village lies within the townland of Slatt (Lowe ...

, Ireland *

Erasmusbrug The Erasmusbrug (English: "Erasmus Bridge") is a combined cable-stayed and bascule bridge, construction began in 1986 and was completed in 1996. It crosses the Nieuwe Maas in the centre of Rotterdam, connecting the north and south parts of this ci ...

, a bridge nicknamed "The Swan" in Rotterdam, Netherlands * Swans, Punjab, Pakistan

Science and technology

* Swan's theorem, a concept in mathematics * Solar Wind Anisotropies, an instrument of the

Solar and Heliospheric Observatory The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) is a European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft built by a European industrial consortium led by Matra Marconi Space (now Airbus Defence and Space) that was launched on a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIAS l ...

spacecraft * Syndrome without a name, a term indicating an unknown

idiopathic disease An idiopathic disease is any disease with an unknown cause or mechanism of apparent spontaneous origin. From Greek ἴδιος ''idios'' "one's own" and πάθος ''pathos'' "suffering", ''idiopathy'' means approximately "a disease of its own kin ...

Swan (nuclear primary) Swan was a United States test nuclear explosive, which was developed into the XW-45 warhead.http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Tests/Redwing.html "Inca .. Yield: 15.2 kt. UCRL test of a multi-application boosted tactical nuclear warhead prototype ...

, 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 Oy Nautor AB is a Finnish producer of luxury sailing yachts, based in Jakobstad. It is known for its ''Nautor's Swan'' range of yachts models. The company was founded in 1966 by Pekka Koskenkylä. The designers Nautor has worked with four nav ...

, a line of Finnish luxury sailing yachts *

Swan boat (racing) A swan boat is a very long and narrow human-powered boat used in the team paddling sport of swan boat racing. It is similar to dragon boat and is mainly practiced in Thailand. Swan boats are round-bottomed boats. They come in several lengths tha ...

, a long and narrow human-powered boat * Swan Boats (Boston, Massachusetts), a fleet of pleasure boats *

Swan Boats (Magic Kingdom) Swan Boats were an attraction at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. It was in operation between May 20, 1973 till August 1983. It originally took a D ticket. The Swan Boats officially opened in 1973 and quickly became a popular attraction a ...

, a ride at the Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, (1973–1983) * Swan Hellenic, a cruise line *

Swan (sternwheeler) ''Wenat'' was a stern-wheel steamboat that, under the name ''Swan'', was built and operated, briefly, on the Tualatin River, in the state of Oregon. In 1858, ''Swan'' was sold, moved to the lower Willamette River, renamed ''Cowlitz'', and placed ...

, 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 Swan United Football Club is an Australian Football Club based in the Swan Valley region, in Perth. The club will compete in 2022 in the Football West State League Division 2. History The Swan IC United Soccer Club was formed in 1984 by member ...

, 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 The Swan Theatre is a theatre belonging to the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. It is built on to the side of the larger Royal Shakespeare Theatre, occupying the Victorian Gothic structure that formerly housed the Sh ...

, England, a theatre belonging to the Royal Shakespeare Company * Wycombe Swan, a theatre in High Wycombe *

The Swan (theatre) The Swan was a theatre in Southwark, London, England, built in 1595 on top of a previously standing structure, during the first half of William Shakespeare's career. It was the fifth in the series of large public playhouses of London, af ...

, in London *

The Swan, Hammersmith The Swan is a Grade II listed public house A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in ...

, a public house in London *

The Swan, Little Totham The Swan is a Grade II listed pub in Little Totham, Essex, England. It was CAMRA's National Pub of the Year The National Pub of the Year is an annual competition held by CAMRA, the winner of which is announced in the February of the year fo ...

, a pub in Little Totham, Essex, England * The Swan, West Wycombe, a public house in Buckinghamshire * The Swan, York, 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), a beer label, Western Australia *

Swan (chair) The Swan is a lounge chair and sofa designed by Arne Jacobsen in the Danish modern style in 1958 for the Radisson SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen. It is manufactured by Danish furniture manufacturer Republic of Fritz Hansen. Along with the Swan, J ...

, designed in 1958 by Arne jacobsen * Swan (''Dungeons & Dragons'') * Swan (Exalted), a role-playing game published by White Wolf Publishing * Swan (Fabergé egg), commissioned in 1906 by Tsar Nicholas II * Swan Bells, a set of bells in Perth, Australia * Swan diagram, 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, a science fiction convention