Complex sentence: The present county was created in 1997 when Kristianstad County and Malmöhus County were merged, and it covers around 3% of Sweden's total area, but its population of 1,250,000 comprises 13% of Sweden's total population.
Split into simpler sentences: The present county was created in 1997 when Kristianstad County and Malmöhus County were merged. Skåne County covers around 3% of Sweden's total area, but its population of 1,250,000 comprises 13% of Sweden's total population.