Episode 2 of 2
Post-Roskilde Integration
- When
- 1666
- Where
- Lund, Scania
- Part of
- Founding of Lund University
After Sweden won Scania in 1658, the Crown founded the university in 1666 to culturally integrate the region by educating teachers in Swedish.
The 1658 Treaty of Roskilde transferred Scanian lands to the Swedish Crown. The subsequent 1666 founding was a strategic measure to make Scania Swedish through education and cultural integration.
Sources
- Lund University Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-08
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