LundArticle Free Pass Lund, city, Skåne län (county), southern
Sweden, northeast of Malmö. It was founded about 990 and became
the seat of a bishopric in 1060 and the seat of the archbishop
of all Scandinavia in 1103; today it is the seat of a Lutheran
bishopric. After Sigtuna, Lund is Sweden’s second oldest town.
During the Middle Ages it played an important part in Danish
affairs. It was reduced in importance after the Reformation and
the Swedish conquest in 1658 but developed rapidly after 1850.
The city centre is dominated by the 12th-century Romanesque
cathedral, and several examples of medieval streets and
architecture have survived. Among the city’s museums are the
Cultural History Museum, the Archives of Decorative Art, and the
Art Exhibition Hall. Known as the cultural centre of southern
Sweden, Lund has the second oldest university in Sweden, founded
in 1666 by Charles XI. The various educational institutions and
hospitals of the city employ a considerable part of the
population, but there are also