Ängelholm is a locality and the seat of Ängelholm Municipality in

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with 42,131 inhabitants in 2017.

History

The city was founded in 1516 as Engelholm by King

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, who moved the settlement from Luntertun on the coast because it was difficult to defend. As a founder, King Christian II personally identified the boundaries of the new city, granting the city a charter in 1516. At Luntertun there is only a church garden left today. The town remained small for centuries. Following the

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in 1658, Ängelholm, together with the rest of Skåne, was assigned by Denmark to Sweden. The town began to grow in the 19th century due to industrialization. It was also a

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town until 1883 and had a

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base between 1941 and 2009. The older spelling ''Engelholm'' was retained until 1912, when the city council decided to adopt a more modern spelling in line with the Swedish

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of 1906. The high-performance car manufacturer

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Automotive is based on the premises of the decommissioned Scania Wing (F 10).

Contemporary

Tourism is an important industry for the city. There is a 6-kilometer long sandy beach right outside the town. The winds in Skälder Bay make the beach a popular place for

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, wave surfers and wind surfers. There is also an ice cream manufacturer, Engelholms Glass which produces about 1.2 million litres of ice-cream every year. A special sight of Ängelholm is the UFO-Memorial Ängelholm. The city is known for its

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s — a special kind of

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. This is however a dying tradition as there is now only one producer of clay cuckoos, Sofia Nilsson. Ängelholm has the only orchestra of clay cuckoos in the whole world with which performed at the "

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" in 2007. Ängelholm is also the home of hockey team

Rögle BK Rögle BK (Rögle Bandyklubb) is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Ängelholm that has been playing in the SHL since the 2015–16 season. Rögle has previously played in the SHL (previously named Elitserien) in 1992–1996, 2008–20 ...

that competes in the SHL.

Notable people

* Emma Andersson, singer, model, chef, and TV personality * Sebastian Andersson, Footballer * Sofie Andersson, golfer * Malik Bendjelloul,

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winning filmmaker * Frans G. Bengtsson, author * Gösta Carlsson, road racing cyclist * Jörgen Elofsson, songwriter * Anna Fiske, illustrator and writer * Roger Hansson, ice hockey player *

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, singer * Jörgen Jönsson, ice hockey player *

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, ice hockey player * Christian von Koenigsegg, automotive mogul * Jarl Kulle, actor and director * Timothy Liljegren, ice hockey player * Christopher Liljewall, ice hockey player * Robert Mirosavic, footballer *

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, chef *

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, ice hockey player * Maria Rooth, ice hockey player * Sven Rydenfelt, economist * Anton Santesson (born 1994), ice hockey defenceman * Jenny Silver, singer * Peter Svensson, tennis player * Peter Wichers, musician * Maja Francis, singer

References

External links

Ängelholm' municipality

Ängelholm's tourist web page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Angelholm Municipal seats of Skåne County Swedish municipal seats Populated places in Ängelholm Municipality Coastal cities and towns in Sweden Populated places established in 1516 16th-century establishments in Scania Cities in Sweden

History

Contemporary

Notable people

See also

References

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