Hven - Definition

Hven, or Ven, is a small Swedish island in the Öresund strait, between Scania and Zealand.

Map of Hven from the Blaeu Atlas 1663

The island was historically under Danish rule, but it fell to Swedish hands 1660, two years after the Treaty of Roskilde. Astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) built two observatories here, Uraniborg and Stjerneborg.

See also: Islands of Sweden

External links

• Allt om Ven (http://www.alltomven.se/) - Swedish
• Backafallsbyn (http://www.backafallsbyn.se/) - Swedish/English
• Tycho Brahe's Hven (http://www.udstillinger.dnlb.dk/Astroweb/Observatorier/Hven.html) - Danish