Helsingborg

Helsingborg (, ; ) is a city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Scania (Skåne), Sweden. It is the second-largest city in Scania (after Malmö) and ninth-largest in Sweden, with a population of 151,404 (2024). Helsingborg is the central urban area of northwestern Scania and Sweden's closest point to Denmark: the Danish city Helsingør is clearly visible about to the west on the other side of the Øresund.

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Helsingborg is Sweden's ninth-largest city and the second-largest in the Scania region, located in the northwestern part of the province with a population of about 151,400 people. It holds strategic importance as Sweden's closest point to Denmark, situated directly across from the Danish city of Helsingør on the other side of the Øresund strait.

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Settlement.official_name: Helsingborg
Settlement.nickname: Pearl of the strait
Settlement.pushpin_map: Sweden Skåne#Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Helsingborg Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Skåne County
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Scania
Settlement.established_title3: Charter
Settlement.established_date3: 1085
Settlement.area_total_km2: 38.41
Settlement.population_as_of: 2020-12-31
Settlement.population_total: 113,816
Settlement.population_density_km2: 2,529
Settlement.timezone: CET
Settlement.utc_offset: +1

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Helsingborg
Population: 116029
Area: 4171
Elevation: 13
Official website: helsingborg.se
Image: Helsingborg, Inre hamnen.jpg
Dialing code: 042

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Commons category: Helsingborg
Commons gallery: Helsingborg
postal code: 25X XX
inception: 1085-00-00
IPA transcription: [hɛlsɪŋˈbɔrj]
post town: Råå
P8168: telekinesis

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History
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Economy
Industry
Cuisine
Sports
Notable people
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Historic Helsingborg, with its many old buildings, is a scenic coastal city. The buildings are a blend of old-style stone-built churches and a 600-year-old medieval fortress (Kärnan) in the city centre, and more modern commercial buildings. The streets vary from wide avenues to small alley-ways. Kullagatan, the main pedestrian shopping street in the city, was the first pedestrian shopping street in Sweden.