Scanian
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The term Scanian can refer to:
- A person born or living in the province of Scania properScaniaScania is the southernmost of the 25 traditional non-administrative provinces of Sweden, constituting a peninsula on the southern tip of the Scandinavian peninsula, and some adjacent islands. The modern administrative subdivision Skåne County is almost, but not totally, congruent with the...
(Skåne) - The people and language of the historical provinces of ScaniaSkånelandSkåneland or Skånelandene are terms used in historical contexts in Scandinavia to describe the area on the southern and south-western part of the Scandinavian peninsula, which under the Treaty of Roskilde was transferred from Denmark to Sweden. It corresponds to the provinces of Blekinge,...
(Terrae Scaniae, Skånelandene (Danish), Skåneland (Swedish) - Scanian dialects, the dialects spoken in Scania
- Scanian LawScanian LawScanian law is the oldest Danish provincial law and one of the first Nordic provincial laws to be written down. It was used in the geographic region of Danish Skåneland, which at the time included Scania, Halland, Blekinge and the island of Bornholm. It was also used for a short period on the...
, the law of the historical provinces of Scania