a town of South Sweden, situated in an extensive plain in the laen of Malmö, 8 miles from the Sound, and 24 miles E. from Copenhagen. The town is of high antiquity, and in pagan times is said to have had a population of 80,000. It is now chiefly remarkable for its university, founded by Christian I. of Denmark in 1479. It has faculties of philosophy, law, medicine, and theology, and is attended by about 600 students. The library contains upwards of 70,000 vols., and about 2000 MSS. There are also collections of natural history, coins, antiquities, &c. Puffendorf was professor of the law of nature and nations here; and Linnaeus was for some time a pupil. The present building was erected in 1666. The cathedral is a large irregular structure, said to have been founded about the eleventh or twelfth century, but since then has been frequently altered. Lund, at present the seat of a bishop, was in the middle ages the seat of an archbishop, who was considered the primate of the north. On a hill about half a mile from the town, the Scandinavian monarchs were elected sovereigns of Scania. The chief manufactures of the town are woollen cloth, leather, and tobacco. Pop. about 5000.