Dalby () is a

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and short-lived (11th century) former Latin Catholic diocese situated in

Lund Municipality Lund Municipality ( sv, Lunds kommun) is a municipality in Scania County, southern Sweden. Its seat is the city of Lund. As most municipalities in Sweden, the territory of municipality consists of many former local government units, united in a ...

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with 6732 inhabitants in 2019. It is located about 10 km East-southeast of

Lund Lund (, , ) is a city in the southern Swedish provinces of Sweden, province of Scania, across the Øresund, Öresund strait from Copenhagen. The town had 91,940 inhabitants out of a municipal total of 121,510 . It is the seat of Lund Municipali ...

, and about 20 km East-northeast of

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal populat ...

. Dalby was a

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up until 1974, when it became part of

Lund municipality Lund Municipality ( sv, Lunds kommun) is a municipality in Scania County, southern Sweden. Its seat is the city of Lund. As most municipalities in Sweden, the territory of municipality consists of many former local government units, united in a ...

. Between 1941 and 1954, Dalby was also a municipal urban area ("''municipalsamhälle''"). The Dalby Söderskog

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is situated just northwest of Dalby. The old quarry ''Stenbrottet'' is located a couple of kilometres east of Dalby. It's a popular place for swimming and fishing and for couples to become engaged.

Bishopric

Dalby Church Dalby Church ( sv, Dalby kyrka), sometimes also called the Church of the Holy Cross in Dalby (''Helgakorskyrkan i Dalby'') is a church in Dalby, Lund Municipality in the Swedish province of Scania. It is one of the oldest churches in Sweden. When ...

is one of the oldest stone churches in

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, for which the cathedral in Hildesheim served as a model. In 1060 the Danish King

Svend Estridsen Sweyn Estridsson Ulfsson ( on, Sveinn Ástríðarson, da, Svend Estridsen; – 28 April 1076) was King of Denmark (being Sweyn II) from 1047 until his death in 1076. He was the son of Ulf Thorgilsson and Estrid Svendsdatter, and the grandson o ...

initiated the creation of a religious centre in Dalby, and possibly also constructed his royal residence there. From 1060, Dalby was a

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, on territory split off from the

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, under the bishop Egino, appointed by the German Archbishop Adalbert of Bremen. But as early as 1066 the English anti-bishop Henrik was enthroned in Lund, probably elected by the people and the clergy. In 1085 Canute the Saint decided to build a new cathedral in Lund and in 1104 Lund became the

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over Scandinavia. Another source holds the diocese was established in 1048 and suppressed in 1060. Until the

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Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark ...

in 1536, Dalby retained some importance as the site of an

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and a

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of the Danish Crown.

Famous people

Nils Grandelius Nils Axel Grandelius (born 3 June 1993 in Lund, Sweden) is a Swedish chess grandmaster. He is the top ranked player of Sweden. Chess career FIDE awarded him the titles FIDE Master, in 2007, International Master, in 2008, and Grandmaster in 20 ...

, chess grandmaster * Fredrik Önnevall, journalist.

Gallery

File:Dalby (church).JPG, The entrance to the Holy Cross Church File:Dalby Norreskog Nature Reserve, Dalby, Lund, Scania, Sweden - May 2015.jpg, Dalby Norreskog Nature Reserve File:Windmill in Dalby, Sweden.JPG, Windmill in Dalby

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Sources and external links

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Populated places in Skåne County Dalby Former municipalities of Sweden Populated places in Lund Municipality {{Skåne-geo-stub