Ven (Sweden)

Ven

Ven
Ven seen from the east
Geography
Location	Öresund strait
Coordinates	55°54′28″N 12°41′48″E / 55.90778°N 12.69667°E / 55.90778; 12.69667
Area	7.5 km2 (2.9 sq mi)
Administration
Sweden
Demographics
Population	371

Ven (older Swedish spelling Hven), is a Swedish island in the Öresund strait laying between Skåne, Sweden and Zealand, Denmark. A part of Landskrona Municipality, Skåne County, the island has an area of 7.5 km² (2.9 sq mi) and 371 inhabitants as of 2020. During the 1930s, the population was at its peak, with approximately 1,300 inhabitants. There are four villages on the island: Bäckviken, Tuna By, Norreborg and Kyrkbacken. The island is best known as the location of Danish Renaissance astronomer Tycho Brahe's observatories Uraniborg and Stjerneborg.