Dalby, Skåne, Sweden
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Dalby is a small Scanian town, locally referred to as a village, about 10 kilometres east-south-east of Lund, and about 20 kilometres east-north-east of Malmö, and the site for the oldest stone church in Scandinavia.
In 1060 the Danish King Svend Estridsen initiated the creation of a religious centre in Dalby, and also constructed his King's Residence here. Svend Estridsen was later buried in Dalby. From 1060 Dalby was a bishopric under the bishop Egino, however already in 1066 de facto combined with Lund, and in the 1080s formally abolished.
Until the Protestant Reformation in Denmark in 1536, Dalby retained some importance as the site of an Augustinian monastery and a demesne of the Crown.
Since 1974, Dalby is incorporated into the municipality of Lund. Dalby now functions as a suburb within the South-Western Scania metropolitan area.
As of 2000, the town's population is 5,500 with a population density of 1,800/km².
The national park Dalby Söderskog is situated just northwest of Dalby.
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