Talk:Helsingborg

Twin city

 * Helsingborg is twinned with several cities around the world. One of these Sister Cities is Alexandria, Virginia in the USA.

Two questions. First, why is it so notable it is twinned with several cities in the world that it is one of the first paragraphs? Second, what makes being a twin city with Alexandria so notable that it is being separately pointed out? KSiimson (talk) 07:28, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Funny, I was going to comment on that too. I don't believe it's that significant at all and should be deleted. If you check List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Europe perhaps then all the cities should be listed that HBG is twinned with.Orrefors (talk) 19:20, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

History check Adam of Bremen

 * I had a look for the information about Adam of Bremen mentioning HBG in 1070s and found a reference to him. Helle, Knut. (2003) The Cambridge History of Scandinavia: Prehistory to 1520. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521472997, However on the specific Page (238) [] it doesn't mention at all that in the 1070's he mentioned HBG, instead there is a reference to 1085. I have removed the line regarding Adam of Bremen. Hope this doesn't put anyone out.Orrefors (talk) 05:41, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Helsingborg is mentioned by Adam of Bremen in chapter 40 of the second book and chapter 7 of fourth book of Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum in the Leidenfragments. (Bååth, L.M.: Helsingborgs historia I: Forntiden och den äldre medeltiden (1925) Helsingborg). The books were written between 1070 and 1076, and it covers the time from 788 until the death of archbishop Adalbert in 1072. The year 1085 mentioned in your reference is the year of the St. Knud's charter, the oldest evidence of Helsingborg's status as a town. -- Jsdo1980 (talk) 22:55, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Metropolitan area?
The following is said in the article: "Helsingborg is the centre of an area in the Øresund region of about 320 000 inhabitants in north-west Scania" This raises the questions: What is this area? What defines it? Is it a metropolitan area? I am from Sweden and I've never heard of other official metrpolitan areas than the ones of Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö. In the same way it could be said in the article about Sundsvall, that it is the centre of an area in Scandinavia of about 9,4 million inhabitant. These facts are quite irrelevant if this area isn't defined.

Therefore I suggest to erase this sentence. Regards Nirro (talk) 22:09, 4 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes, indeed. --Muniswede (talk) 05:41, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

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Climate table
I don't know who changed the climate table from the data that was there before, but the current data is way off. Literally check any source and you'll find that Helsingborg's winter temperatures are a lot colder than what it says here. Yes, they are mild by Swedish standards, but nowhere near this mild. I don't know where this person has gotten this data, but it sure isn't SMHI. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Timothy2b (talk • contribs) 20:46, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
 * , thanks for pointing this out. Looking at the data, it seems that what they've done is replaced the previous thirteen-year average with the average values for 2020 – of course, 2020 being one of the warmest years on record, those are rather higher.  I've reverted the change for now; though I can't find the original data on the url in the reference so this probably needs some more work.  I also suspect that similar changes have been made on lots of other Scanian settlement articles – I've noticed them go by on my watchlist but never paid them much attention – so there may be quite a bit of work to do... Wham2001 (talk) 07:50, 11 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Yeah, that would make sense, 2020 was extremely mild in the winter. I'll try to find the past data, but SMHI is also adding new reference data soon I think, because the previous data period was 1981-2010, the new one will be 1991-2020. I'll also have a look around for similar inaccurate data changes on articles about Scanian towns. Timothy2b (talk) 10:30, 11 February 2021 (UTC)