Swedish Island of Ven in Oresund
by Catherine Sherman
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Swedish Island of Ven in Oresund
Artist
Catherine Sherman
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Photograph - Photography
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"Swedish Island of Ven" by Catherine Sherman.
Ven (Danish and older Swedish spelling Hven) is a small Swedish island in the Oresund strait, between Scania and Zealand (Denmark). It is part of Landskrona Municipality, Skane County.
The island has 371 inhabitants and an area of 7.5 km2 (2.9 sq mi). During the 1930s, the population was at its peak, with approximately 1,300 inhabitants. There are four villages on the island: Bäckviken, Tuna By, Norreborg and Kyrkbacken.
Unlike the relatively flat islands Amager and Saltholm, Ven rises from the Oresund with steep and dramatic coastlines. This makes the island easily visible from both Zealand and Scania, as well as from all ships that sail in and out of the Baltic Sea. Its southern coastline resembles the White Cliffs of Dover, Mons Klint and Kap Arkona, but due to a higher degree of sand and lower of chalk, the 50 meter high cliffs are more yellow than white. Almost the entire island consists of a flat agricultural landscape, but elevated like a plateau. Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546–1601) built two observatories here, Uraniborg and Stjerneborg, built during 1576–1596. It is not known if his apprentice Johannes Kepler also spent time at the island. There are two churches on the island of Ven. The older one, St Ibb's Church, is located at the top of a hill in the churchyard close to the west coast of the island, overlooking the Danish town of Rungsted. It was built in the 1200s and is a popular church for weddings. The younger church, called New Church, which has been converted into a museum, is located in the middle of the island, near Uraniborg, one of the two observatories built by the astronomer Tycho Brahe.
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