Kvidinge is a

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situated in

Åstorp Municipality Åstorp Municipality () is a municipality in Scania County in South Sweden in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Åstorp. In 1974 "old" ''Åstorp'' (a market town (''köping'') since 1946) was amalgamated with Kvidinge to form ...

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with 1,854 inhabitants in 2010. It is famous as the death site of Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden in 1810. Crown Prince was inspecting the Scanian Hussar Regiment troops on its training ground Kvidinge Heath at Kvidinge when a dizzy spell caused him to fall from his horse, where he died of a heart attack. Crown Prince Charles John (later King Karl XIV Johan) proposed that a memorial to the incident would be raised. City architect

Carl Christoffer Gjörwell Carl Christoffer Gjörwell (the younger; 19 January 1766 – 14 November 1837) was a Swedish architect. He was a city architect in Stockholm, Sweden, between 1804 and 1837. Biography Gjörwell was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He was the son of ar ...

was commissioned to design the monument, which was completed in 1826. The monument was destroyed by a lightning strike on 23 June 2025.

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Populated places in Åstorp Municipality {{Skåne-geo-stub