Helsingborg

**Helsingborg** (, ) is a ceety an the seat o Helsingborg Municipality, Scanie Coonty, Swaden. It haed 97,122 indwallers in 2010. Helsingborg is the centre o an aurie in the Øresund region o aboot 320,000 indwallers in north-wast Scanie, an is Swaden's closest pynt tae Denmark, wi the Dens ceety Helsingør clearly visible on the ither side o the Øresund aboot 4&nbsp;km tae the wast.

Atween 1912 an 1971 the name o the toun wis offeecially spelled **Hälsingborg** (rather lik Hälsingland but unlik Helsingør an Helsingfors (Helsinki)).

Historic Helsingborg, wi its mony auld biggins, is a scenic coastal ceety. The biggins are a blend o auld-style stane-biggit kirks an a medieval fortress (Kärnan) in the ceety centre, which haes stuid guard in Helsingborg for ower 600 years, an mair modren commercial biggins. The streets vary frae wide avenues tae sma alley-wis. *Kullagatan*, the main pedestrian shoppin street in the ceety, wis the first pedestrian shoppin street in Swaden.

## History
Helsingborg is ane o the auldest ceeties o Sweden. It haes been the steid o permanent dounset offeecially syne 21 Mey 1085. Helsingborg's geographical poseetion at the narraeest pairt o The Soond made it vera important for Denmark, at that time controllin baith sides o that strait. Frae 1429 the Danes introducit the Sound Duty (Soond Dues), a levy on aw tradin vessels passin throu the soond atween Elsinore an Helsingborg. This wis ane o the main incomes for the Dens Croun.

Follaein the Dano-Swadish War (1657-1658) an the Treaty o Roskilde Denmark haed tae gie up aw territory on the soothren Scandinavie peninsulae, an Helsingborg became a Swadish ceety. King Charles X Gustav o Swaden landit here on the 5t o Mairch 1658 tae tak possession o the Scanie lands an wis met bi a delegation led bi the bishop o the Diocese o Lund, Peder Winstrup. At that time the toun haed a population o barely 1,000 fowk.

The new situation, bein a mairch toun, caused problems for the ceety. The days o conflict wur no ower. The Danes made mony attempts te regain the lost provinces. The last time wis in 1710, when 14,000 invaders landit on the shores near Helsingborg. The Battle o Helsingborg wis focht on the 28t o Februar juist ootside the ceety, which wis badly affectit. It teuk lang time tae recover an in 1770 the ceety haed 1321 indwallers an wis juist slowly growin.

On the 20t o October 1811 Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Mairshal o France an croun prince-elect o Swaden (later king Charles XIV John) teuk his first step on Swadish soil in Helsingborg on his journey frae Paris tae Stockholm.

Frae the middle o the 19t century onwards, housomeivver, Helsingborg wis ane o the fastest growin ceeties o Swaden, increasin its population frae 4,000 in 1850 tae 20,000 in 1890 an 56,000 in 1930 due tae industrialization. Frae 1892 a train ferry wis put in service, connectin Helsingborg wi its Dens sister ceety Helsingør. A tramwa netwirk wis inauguratit in 1903 an closed doun in 1967. Plans are unnerwa tae reintroduce trams in the ceety.

## Industry
Helsingborg is a major regional centre o tred, transport an business. In 2001 Campus Helsingborg, a branch o University o Lund, opened in the umwhile Tretorn rubber factory buildings, oreeginally foondit bi Henry Dunker.
Three ferry companies tak fowk an cargo tae an frae Denmark aroond the clock. The route is popular wi day-trippers goin tae Elsinore or Copenhagen, or simply enjoyin the views frae the ferries.
IKEA, the retailer o furnitur an hame interiors, haes its internaitional corporate heidquairters in Helsingborg.
Nicorette the nicotine chewin gum, haes a manufacturin plant thare. Ramlösa is a mineral watter frae Ramlösa Brunn, a soothren suburb o the ceety. Mobile phone developer Spectronic is situatit in Helsingborg an aw.

## Sports
The follaein sports clubs are locatit in Helsingborg:

* Helsingborgs IF
* Hittarps IK 
* Högaborgs BK
* Ramlösa Södra FF

## Notable natives

## Subdiveesions
The Ceety o Helsingborg is subdividit intae 32 destricts. 

## Sichts

Image:Helsingborg-300px.jpg|Helsingborg watterfront
Image:Helsingborg_port.jpg|The northren harbour for yachts in Helsingborg
Image:Helsingborg Tropical Beach 2.jpg|Seasonally plantit palm trees at "Tropical Beach".
Image:Helsingborg_Stairs_to_Fortress.jpg|Steps leadin tae Kärnan, central Helsingborg, close bi the watter front.
Image:Sankta_Maria_kyrka_(Helsingborg,_Sweden).jpg|The Kirk o Saunt Mary, central Helsingborg
Image:bphotell.jpg|Brunnsparkshotellet, Ramlösa
Image:ramlosaspring.jpg|Ramlösa mineral watter, auld spring frae 1707
Image:hamletferry.jpg|The ferry Hamlet on the Öresund atween Helsingborg an Helsingør
Image:Kärnan.jpg|Kärnan, the medieval touer
Image:Helsingborg street.jpg|View ower Helsingborg frae Kärnan
Image:Helsingborg view.jpg|View ower Helsingborg frae Kärnan
File:Utzon elineberg helsingborg 05 (1954-66).jpg|Jørn Utzon's Elineberg Housing development 


## See an aw
*Helsingborgs Dagblad
*European route E4
*Sofiero, a nearbi castle
*Helsingør

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Helsingborg Municipality (Swadish)
*Helsingborg Municipality  (Inglis)
*Oresundstid (Swadish, Dens, Inglis)