# Kvidinge

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{{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](/source/Country)
|subdivision_name       = [Sweden](/source/Sweden)
|subdivision_type3      = [Municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Sweden)
|subdivision_name3      = [Åstorp Municipality](/source/%C3%85storp_Municipality)
|subdivision_type2      = [County](/source/Counties_of_Sweden)
|subdivision_name2      = [Skåne County](/source/Sk%C3%A5ne_County)
|subdivision_type1      = [Province](/source/Provinces_of_Sweden)
|subdivision_name1      = [Skåne](/source/Sk%C3%A5ne)
|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](/source/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](/source/Central_European_Time)
|utc_offset             = +1
|timezone_DST           = [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time)
|utc_offset_DST         = +2
|coordinates            = {{coord|56|08|N|13|04|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}
|website                = 
}}
'''Kvidinge''' is a [locality](/source/urban_areas_of_Sweden) situated in [Åstorp Municipality](/source/%C3%85storp_Municipality), [Skåne County](/source/Sk%C3%A5ne_County), [Sweden](/source/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](/source/Charles_August%2C_Crown_Prince_of_Sweden) in 1810.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Christian August|encyclopedia=[Norsk biografisk leksikon](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Karl_XIV_Johan)) proposed that a memorial to the incident would be raised. City architect [Carl Christoffer Gjörwell](/source/Carl_Christoffer_Gj%C3%B6rwell) 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}} 

== References ==
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{{Localities in Åstorp Municipality}}

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Category:Populated places in Åstorp Municipality
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