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På svenska:Scania Aktiebolag, kort Scania AB, tidigare Aktiebolaget Scania-Vabis, kort AB Scania-Vabis, är en svensk lastbils- och busstillverkare som ägs av tyska Volkswagen AG genom dess dotterbolag Traton SE. Företaget har huvudkontor i Södertälje, Stockholms län, där även Scaniagruppens huvudkontor finns. Förutom lastbilar och bussar tillverkar man också industri- och marinmotorer. En växande del av företagets verksamhet utgörs av olika servicetjänster för deras produkter.Lär dig mer på WikipediaIn English:Scania ( SKAN-ee-ə), also known by its native name of Skåne (Swedish: [ˈskôːnɛ] ), is the southernmost of the historical provinces (landskap) of Sweden. Located in the south tip of the geographical region of Götaland, the province is roughly conterminous with Skåne County, created in 1997. Like the other historical provinces of Sweden, Scania still features in colloquial speech and in cultural references, and can therefore not be regarded as an archaic concept. Within Scania there are 33 municipalities that are autonomous within the Skåne Regional Council. Scania's largest city, Malmö, is the third-largest city in Sweden, as well as the fifth-largest in Scandinavia.
To the north, Scania borders the former provinces of Halland and Småland, to the northeast Blekinge, to the east and south the Baltic Sea, and to the west Öresund. Since 2000, a road and railway bridge, the Öresund Bridge, bridges the Sound and connects Scania with Denmark. Scania forms part of the transnational Øresund Region.From north to south Scania is around 130 km; it covers less than 3% of Sweden's total area. The population of over 1,340,000 represents 13% of the country's population. With 121 inhabitants per square kilometre (310/sq mi) Scania is the second-most densely populated province of Sweden.
Historically, Scania formed part of the kingdom of Denmark until the signing of the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658 when all Danish lands east of Öresund were ceded to Sweden. Denmark regained control of the province (1676–1679) during the Scanian War and again briefly in 1711 during the Great Northern War. In July 1720, a peace treaty between Sweden and Denmark again confirmed the status of Scania as part of Sweden.Learn more at Wikipedia