Vik, Sweden

Vik
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Coordinates: 55°37′N 14°17′E / 55.617°N 14.283°E / 55.617; 14.283Coordinates: 55°37′N 14°17′E / 55.617°N 14.283°E / 55.617; 14.283
Country	Sweden
Province	Skåne
County	Skåne County
Municipality	Simrishamn Municipality
Area^[1]
• Total	0.61 km² (0.24 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2010)^[1]
• Total	319
• Density	526/km² (1,360/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Vik is a locality situated in Simrishamn Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 319 inhabitants in 2010.^[1]

It is the birthplace of the winner of the 1903 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Svante Arrhenius, known for creating a mathematical model for the greenhouse effect, for the Arrhenius equation, and for Arrhenius acids/bases.

References

1 2 3 "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.

Localities in Simrishamn Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden

Localities	Borrby Brantevik Gärsnäs Hammenhög Kivik Östra Tommarp Sankt Olof Simris Simrishamn (seat) Skillinge Vik Vitaby

Minor localities	Baskemölla Gladsax Gröstorp Gyllebo Järrestad Ljunglyckorna Örnahusen Östra Hoby Östra Vemmerlöv Raskarum Ravlunda Sandby Skräddaröd Södra Mellby Vallby Vitemölla

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