rule and was the diocese was integrated into the Church of Sweden, subordinate to the Archbishop of Uppsala. The Scanian Provinces had been ceded to Sweden, though Bornholm was perminently restored to Denmark in 1660, and the provinces were reclaimed for a short interval during the Scanian War by Denmark. The Catholic church became highly suppressed within Scandinavia during the reformation. The majority of the nordic region was then administered by the Apostolic Vicariate of Nordic Missions, which had little fixed presence. In 1783, the Apostolic Prefecture of Sweden was formed later becoming the Apostolic Vicariate of Sweden. In 1953, the Vicariate was promoted to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Stockholm which has jurisdiction over the whole of Sweden. See also List of bishops of Lund Lund Cathedral References Sources and external links article Lunds stift from Nordisk Familjebok, in Swedish GCatholic with incumbent bio links Diocese of Lund Lund Lund 1060 establishments in Europe Scania Lund Lund Dioceses established in the 11th century