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Kvidinge is a locality situated in Åstorp Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 1,854 inhabitants in 2010.[1]

Monument to Charles August
Monument to Charles August
Kvidinge
Kvidinge Church
Kvidinge
Kvidinge
Coordinates: 56°08′N 13°04′E
CountrySweden
ProvinceSkåne
CountySkåne County
MunicipalityÅstorp Municipality
Area
[1]
 • Total1.53 km2 (0.59 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2010)[1]
 • Total1,854
 • Density1,211/km2 (3,140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

It is famous as the death site of Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden in 1810.[2] Crown Prince was inspecting the Scanian Hussar Regiment troops on its training ground Kvidinge Heath at Kvidinge when a dizzy spell caused him to fall from his horse, where he died of a heart attack.[3] Crown Prince Charles John (later King Karl XIV Johan) proposed that a memorial to the incident would be raised. City architect Carl Christoffer Gjörwell was commissioned to design the monument, which was completed in 1826.


References


  1. "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  2. Mykland, Knut. "Christian August". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 June 2009.
  3. C. Jorgensen (31 Mar 2004). The Anglo-Swedish Alliance Against Napoleonic France. Springer. p. 181. ISBN 9780230287747.


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