War and Peace The present solidarity and dynamics of the Sound
region is not a matter of course. For almost a thousand years
Sweden and Denmark has fought over the borders between the two
states and over the reign of the Baltic. In the 17th and 18th
century it was particularly the nationality of the Scanian
countries, which was the cause of conflict. Countless wars,
peace treaties and diplomatic efforts, where the big powers of
that time interfered and created the borders, we know today.
|The Sound region has for centuries been the arena for a number
of bloody wars between Denmark and Sweden. However the period
after 1720 has been marked by a peaceful development between the
two sister countries. Via the text icon a mini guide to the
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the title of the theme. However, the 20th centuries´ decision to
form the Europe of regions has in many ways made a rigid
perception of these borders