Kävlinge

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox settlement Kävlinge (Template:IPA)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> is a locality and the seat of Kävlinge Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 32,341 inhabitants in 2021.<ref name=scb3>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 1996, a train containing large amounts of ammonia derailed and around 9,000 people had to be evacuated from the area. This was the biggest evacuation operation in Swedish history.<ref>Template:Cite web </ref>

Near Kävlinge is the site of the Hög passage grave, a Bronze Age barrow covering a Neolithic burial chamber. Hög means mound from the Old Norse word haugr for hill. The finds from the excavations are in the Lund University Historic Museum.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Battle of Lund

Kävlinge is located north of Lund and has a river passing through called Kävlingeån (translated Kävlinge River). The river played an important role at the events leading up to the Battle of Lund, during the Scanian War.

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