Baltic Pearl

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The Danish island Bornholm has many things in common with the southeastern part of Skåne, the so-called Österlen region. Skåne, Sweden's southernmost province, together with [Bornholm] were for 700 years part of Denmark. In 1658, under the treaty of Roskilde, both were ceded to Sweden, but two years later the 225-square-mile-island was given back to Denmark and has been Danish ever since. Ironically though, Bornholm lies only 25 miles from Sweden but 85 miles from Denmark.

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Baltic Pearl

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