A swan is a bird of the genus Cygnus (true swans) or Coscoroba (coscoroba swans).

Swan, swans, or The Swan may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Film and television

• The Swan (1925 film), a 1925 silent film

• The Swan (1956 film), a 1956 remake of a 1925 film of the same title

• Swan (1976 film), a Bulgarian drama film

• Swan, a television ident for BBC Two first aired in early 1998, see BBC Two '1991–2001' idents

• The Swan (TV series), a U.S. reality TV series from 2004

• Swan (2011 film), a Portuguese film directed by Teresa Villaverde

Literature

• Swan (manga), a shōjo manga by Ariyoshi Kyoko

• "The Swan" (Baudelaire), a poem by Baudelaire

• The Swan (newspaper), a student newspaper of St. Hugh's College, Oxford

• The Swan (novel), an English translation edition of 1991 novel by Guðbergur Bergsson

• "The Swan" (short story), a 1977 story by Roald Dahl

• The Swan, a 1920 play by Ferenc Molnár

• The Swan, a 1993 play by Elizabeth Egloff

Music and dance

Swans (band), an experimental rock group

• Swans (EP), a 1982 EP by the band Swans

• Swan (album), a 2011 album by Unwritten Law

• "The Swan", a song by Jay Chou from the 2007 album Secret

• The Swan (ballet), better known as The Dying Swan

• Le Cygne (Saint-Saëns), a movement of the musical suite The Carnival of the Animals

Organisations

• Swan (rolling papers), a subsidiary of Swedish Match

• Swans (eyewear), a Japanese eyewear brand

• Swan Electronics, a radio gear manufacturer

• Swan Records (jazz label)

• Swan Records, a pop record label

People

• Howard E. Johnson (musician) (1908–1991), American swing alto saxophonist, nicknamed Swan

• Joseph Swan (1828—1914), English physicist, chemist, and inventor (most notably of the filament lightbulb)

• Howard Swan (1906–1995), American choral conductor and music educator

• Swan (surname), a list of people with the name

• Swan Hennessy (1866–1929), Irish-American composer based in Paris

• Swan King (1845–1886), nickname for Ludwig II of Bavaria

• Swan of Stowe, nickname for the Catholic saint Hugh of Lincoln

• Bunny Swan, Chinese character on Madtv played by Alex Borstein

Places

• The Swan, County Laois, Ireland

• Swan River (disambiguation)

• Swan Township (disambiguation)

• Swan Valley (disambiguation)

Australia

City of Swan, Perth

• Division of Swan, an electoral district based on the surrounding area

• Swan Bay, Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia

• Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia

United States

• Swan, Indiana

• Swan, Iowa

• Swan, Missouri

• Swan Range, a mountain range in Montana

• Swan, Texas

• Swan, Wisconsin

• Swan Township, Holt County, Nebraska

• Swan's Island, Maine

In space

• Comet SWAN (disambiguation), the name of several comets

• Cygnus (constellation), a constellation also known as the Swan

Elsewhere

• The Swan, County Laois, Ireland

• Erasmusbrug, a bridge nicknamed "The Swan" in Rotterdam, Netherlands

• Swans, Punjab, Pakistan

Science and technology

• Swan's theorem, a concept in mathematics

• Solar Wind Anisotropies, an instrument of the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory spacecraft

• Syndrome without a name, a term indicating an unknown idiopathic disease

• Swan (nuclear primary), a prototype thermonuclear primary

Computing

• Scottish Wide Area Network (SWAN), the secure network for Scotland’s public services

• State Wide Area Network, in the National e-Governance Plan of India

Ships and boats

• HMAS Swan, several Royal Australian Navy ships

• HMS Swan, several British Royal Navy ships

• Nautor's Swan, a line of Finnish luxury sailing yachts

• Swan boat (racing), a long and narrow human-powered boat

• Swan Boats (Boston, Massachusetts), a fleet of pleasure boats

• Swan Boats (Magic Kingdom), a ride at the Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, (1973–1983)

• Swan Hellenic, a cruise line

• Swan (sternwheeler), a stern-wheel steamboat

• USS Swan, several United States Navy ships

Sports

• Swan Districts Football Club, an Australian rules football club based in Bassendean, Australia

• Swan Racing, a NASCAR racing team

• Swan United FC, a football club based in Swan Valley, Australia

• Sydney Swans, an Australian rules football club

Venues

England

• Swan Hotel, Bedford, a pub in Bedfordshire

• Swan Inn, Dobcross, a pub in Saddleworth, Greater Manchester

• The Swan Inn, Ruislip, former pub in the London Borough of Hillingdon

• Swan Inn, Westminster, a pub in London

• The Swan Inn, Worlingworth, a pub in Suffolk

• Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, a theatre belonging to the Royal Shakespeare Company

• The Swan (theatre), in London

• The Swan, Hammersmith, a pub in London

• The Swan, Little Totham, a pub in Essex

• The Swan, Tetsworth, a former inn in Oxfordshire

• The Swan, West Wycombe, a pub in Buckinghamshire

• The Swan, York, a pub in Yorkshire

• Wycombe Swan, a theatre in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Other venues

• Walt Disney World Swan, a US resort hotel

Other uses

• Swan (beer), a beer label, Western Australia

• Swan (chair), designed in 1958 by Arne jacobsen

• Swan (Dungeons & Dragons)

• Swan (Exalted), a role-playing game published by White Wolf Publishing

• Swan (Fabergé egg), commissioned in 1906 by Tsar Nicholas II

• Swan Bells, a set of bells in Perth, Australia

• Swan diagram, an economics model

• Swan Soap, a brand of soap introduced by the Lever Brothers Company

• SwanCon, a science fiction convention

See also

• Coscoroba swan, a relative of true swans

• Swan goose, a type of goose

• Swan mussel, a type of mollusk

• The Swans (disambiguation)

• Swann (disambiguation)

• Wild Swans (disambiguation)

• Cygnus (disambiguation)