{{Infobox settlement |official_name = Kvidinge |image_skyline = WH 20110909 125146.jpg |image_caption = Kvidinge Church |pushpin_map = Sweden Skåne#Sweden |pushpin_label_position = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Sweden |subdivision_type3 = Municipality |subdivision_name3 = Åstorp Municipality |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Skåne County |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Skåne |area_footnotes = <ref name=scb>{{cite web |url=http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km<sup>2</sup> 2005 och 2010 |date=14 December 2011 |publisher=Statistics Sweden |language=Swedish |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |archivedate=27 January 2012 |url-status=live |accessdate=10 January 2012 }}</ref> |area_total_km2 = 1.53 |population_as_of = 31 December 2010 |population_footnotes = <ref name=scb /> |population_total = 1,854 <!-- This is the official figure from Statistics Sweden (Statistiska centralbyrån). --> |population_density_km2 = 1211 |timezone = CET |utc_offset = +1 |timezone_DST = CEST |utc_offset_DST = +2 |coordinates = {{coord|56|08|N|13|04|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}} |website = }} '''Kvidinge''' is a locality situated in Åstorp Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 1,854 inhabitants in 2010.<ref name=scb />
left|thumb|150px|Monument to Charles August It is famous as the death site of Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden in 1810.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Christian August|encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Knut|last=Mykland|authorlink=Knut Mykland|volume=|editor=Helle, Knut|editor-link=Knut Helle|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Christian_August/utdypning|language=Norwegian|accessdate=24 June 2009}}</ref> Crown Prince was inspecting the Scanian Hussar Regiment troops on its training ground Kvidinge Heath at Kvidinge when a dizzy spell caused him to fall from his horse, where he died of a heart attack.<ref name="Jorgensen">{{cite book|page=181|title=The Anglo-Swedish Alliance Against Napoleonic France|author=C. Jorgensen|publisher=Springer|date=31 Mar 2004|isbn=9780230287747}}</ref> Crown Prince Charles John (later King Karl XIV Johan) proposed that a memorial to the incident would be raised. City architect Carl Christoffer Gjörwell was commissioned to design the monument, which was completed in 1826. The monument was destroyed by a lightning strike on 23 June 2025. <ref>{{cite web|year=2025|title=Prince Monument in Kvidinge Destroyed by Lightning Strike|publisher=SVT|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/helsingborg/prinsmonument-i-kvidinge-forstort-av-blixt|language=Swedish|accessdate=24 June 2025}}</ref> {{clear left}}
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