Skövde

Skövde is a locality and urban centre in and , in the in central southern . Skövde is situated around 150 km northeast of , between Sweden's two largest lakes, and .
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  • Type: Town with 34,500 residents
  • Description: urban area in Skövde Municipality, Sweden
  • Also known as: Sköfde” and “Skövd

Places of Interest

Highlights include Skövde Central Station and Kulturfabriken.

Railway station
Skövde railway station is located in the city of Skövde, , along the Western Main Line. It is the main city of the Skaraborg region. Fast long-distance trains stop here, and there are regional trains and buses to other cities and villages in the region.

Town hall
Photo: DegaZ, CC BY 3.0.
is a town hall.

Skövde

Latitude
58.3896° or 58° 23′ 23″ north
Longitude
13.8456° or 13° 50′ 44″ east
Population
34,500
Elevation
152 metres (499 feet)
IATA airport code
KVB
United Nations Location Code
SE SKV
Open location code
9FCM9RQW+V7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 25508588
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2677234
Wiki­data ID
Q21166
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Skövde” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Skövde
  • Arabic: خوفدة
  • Aragonese: Skövde
  • Armenian: Շյովդե
  • Asturian: Skövde
  • Belarusian: Шоўдэ
  • Belarusian: Шэўдэ
  • Bengali: স্কোডি
  • Bulgarian: Шьовде
  • Catalan: Skövde
  • Cebuano: Skövde
  • Chinese: Skövde
  • Chinese: 舍夫德
  • Croatian: Skövde
  • Czech: Skövde
  • Danish: Skövde
  • Dutch: Skovde
  • Dutch: Skövde
  • Esperanto: Skövde
  • Estonian: Skövde
  • Faroese: Skövde
  • Finnish: Skövde
  • French: Skovde
  • French: Skövde
  • Galician: Skövde
  • Georgian: შევდე
  • German: Skövde
  • Greek: Σκόβντε
  • Gujarati: સ્કોવ્ડે
  • Hebrew: סקובדה
  • Hindi: स्कॉवडे
  • Hungarian: Skövde
  • Icelandic: Skövde
  • Indonesian: Skovde
  • Indonesian: Skövde
  • Irish: Skövde
  • Italian: Skoevde
  • Italian: Skovde
  • Italian: Skövde
  • Japanese: シェーブデ
  • Japanese: シェウヴデ
  • Japanese: シェヴデ
  • Japanese: フエヴデ
  • Kalaallisut: Skövde
  • Kannada: ಸ್ಕೊವಡೆ
  • Kazakh: Шёвде
  • Korean: 셰브데
  • Ladin: Skövde
  • Latin: Schednia
  • Latin: Schedvia
  • Latvian: Ševde
  • Lithuanian: Šiovdė
  • Macedonian: Шевде
  • Malay: Skovde
  • Marathi: स्क्वॉड
  • Min Nan Chinese: Skövde
  • Minangkabau: Skövde
  • Moksha: Шёвдэ
  • Northern Frisian: Skövde
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Skövde
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Skøvde
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Skövde
  • Norwegian: Skövde
  • Norwegian: Skøvde
  • Occitan (post 1500): Skövde
  • Ossetian: Шёвде
  • Persian: کوده
  • Polish: Skovde
  • Polish: Skövde
  • Portuguese: Skövde
  • Romanian: Skovde
  • Romanian: Skövde
  • Russian: Шёвде
  • Scots: Skövde
  • Serbian: Skövde
  • Serbian: Шевде
  • Serbo-Croatian: Skövde
  • Sinhala: ස්කොව්ඩෙ
  • Slovak: Skövde
  • Slovenian: Skövde
  • Spanish: Skovde
  • Spanish: Skövde
  • Swahili: Skövde
  • Swedish: Skövde
  • Tamil: ஸ்க்காவ்ட்
  • Telugu: స్కౌడి
  • Thai: สโกเปีย
  • Turkish: Skovde
  • Turkish: Skövde
  • Ukrainian: Шевде
  • Urdu: سکوڈی
  • Vietnamese: Skövde
  • Volapük: Skövde
  • Welsh: Skövde
  • Western Panjabi: سکاووڈے

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