Lund is a city in southern Sweden, 12 miles (20 kilometers) northwest of Malmo. The municipality of Lund has a population of 101,423. A municipality may include rural areas as well as the urban center. Lund is an important educational and cultural center for southern Sweden, with museums of art and cultural history and a major university, founded in 1671. Lund is also a center for light industries. It was founded by the Danish king Canute in 1020 and was for about 600 years an important part of Denmark. It has a Romanesque cathedral built in the 1100's.