After the time of Absalon, Bishop of Roskilde and Archbishop of Lund, peace was brought to the area in the 11th century, fishing families settled at the mouth of the river Vassa as herring fishing became the main … See more

In his novel Inferno (1897), August Strindberg describes Ystad like so:
The little town to which I now betook myself lies in the extreme south of Sweden, on the seacoast. It is an old pirates' and smugglers' haunt, in which exotic traces of all … See more

• Richard Andersson (born 1972), musician and songwriter
• Malik Bendjelloul (1977–2014), documentary filmmaker
• Axel Fredrik Bjurström (1846–1890) newspaper publisher, … See more

In 1658, Ystad's population was about 1,600 and, by 1850 it had reached 5,000. The increased importance brought by the railway and the garrison in the 1890s drove the … See more

Economy
Some of the main industries of the town are trade, handicraft and tourism, derived from being one of the best-preserved medieval towns in the Scania province and its association with the Wallander detective novels. See more

• The Municipality´s official site
• Ystads Allehanda's site
• "Ystad" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911. See more