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Helsingborg city overview
Helsingborg is one of Skane's key Oresund cities, facing Helsingor across the narrowest part of the strait. The city is shaped by medieval fortifications, ferry traffic, port industry, Danish-Swedish border history, coastal parks and a compact centre around Karnan, Norra Hamnen and the waterfront.
City facts
Known forKarnan, Sofiero Palace, Dunkers kulturhus, Oresund ferries
Population~116kcity context
RegionSwedenSweden
Time zoneEurope/Stockholmlocal time
Founded1085historical origin
City history
It has been the site of permanent settlement officially since 21 May 1085.
From 1429 Eric of Pomerania introduced the Sound Dues, a levy on all trading vessels passing through the sound between Helsingør and Helsingborg.
King Charles X Gustav of Sweden landed here on 5 March 1658 to take personal possession of the Scanian lands and was met by a delegation led by the bishop of the Diocese of.
The last Danish attempt to regain Scania was in 1710, when 14,000 men landed on the shores near Helsingborg.
It took a long time to recover; even in 1770 the city had only 1,321 inhabitants and was still growing slowly.
On 20 October 1811, Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France and crown prince-elect of Sweden (later King Charles XIV John) took his first step on Swedish soil in Helsingborg on his journey from Paris to.
A tramway network was inaugurated in 1903 and closed down in 1967.
Following the Swedish orthography reform of 1906, the spelling of many place names in Sweden was modernized.
In 1912, it was decided to use the form Hälsingborg.
Adolf Hitler had ordered that all Danish Jews were to be arrested and deported to the concentration camps on Rosh HaShanah, the Jewish New Year which fell on 2 October 1943.
In preparation for the local government reform in 1971, Hälsingborg city council proposed that the new, enlarged municipality should be spelled Helsingborg; this form was adopted by the government of Sweden from 1 January.
In the span of three nights, Danes had smuggled over 7200 Jews and 680 non-Jews (gentile family members of Jews or political activists) across the Øresund, to safety in Sweden, with one of the.
Helsingborg's geographical position at the narrowest part of Øresund made it very important for Denmark, at that time controlling both sides of that strait.
In World War II, Helsingborg was among the most important drop-off points for the rescue of Denmark's Jewish population during the Holocaust.
Worth seeing
Karnan
Karnan is a practical Helsingborg planning anchor: compare its location, transfer time, nearby hotel bases and event timing before you lock the day plan.
Sofiero Palace
Sofiero Palace is a practical Helsingborg planning anchor: compare its location, transfer time, nearby hotel bases and event timing before you lock the day plan.
Dunkers kulturhus
Dunkers kulturhus is a practical Helsingborg planning anchor: compare its location, transfer time, nearby hotel bases and event timing before you lock the day plan.
Oresund ferries
Oresund ferries is a practical Helsingborg planning anchor: compare its location, transfer time, nearby hotel bases and event timing before you lock the day plan.
Tropical Beach
Tropical Beach is a practical Helsingborg planning anchor: compare its location, transfer time, nearby hotel bases and event timing before you lock the day plan.
Ramlosa spring park
Ramlosa spring park is a practical Helsingborg planning anchor: compare its location, transfer time, nearby hotel bases and event timing before you lock the day plan.
Stay overview
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Hotels & areas
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