Hven

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Hven, or Ven, is a small Swedish island in the Öresund strait, between Scania and Zealand.

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The island was historically under Danish rule, but it fell to Swedish hands in 1660, two years after the Treaty of Roskilde. Astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) built two observatories here, Uraniborg and Stjerneborg.

Hven has ferries to Landskrona, Helsingborg and, in the summer only, to Copenhagen.

See also: Islands of Sweden.

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