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The island was historically under Danish rule, but it fell to Swedish hands 1660, two years after the Treaty of Roskilde. Astronomer Tycho Brahe ( 1546- 1601) built two observatories here, Uraniborg and Stjerneborg.
See also: Islands of Sweden