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Malmö

Also known as Malmo

Malmö is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the seventh-largest city in the Nordic region. Located on the Öresund strait on the southwestern coast of Sweden, it is the largest city in Scania, with a municipal population of 365,644 in 2024, and is the gubernatorial seat of Skåne County. Malmö received its city privileges in 1353, and today Malmö's metropolitan region is home to over 700,000 people.

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Malmö is Sweden's third-largest city, located on the southwestern coast and serving as the main hub for the surrounding Scania region with a metropolitan population of over 700,000 people. The city has been an important settlement since receiving its city privileges in 1353 and remains a significant urban center in the Nordic region today.

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Settlement.official_name: Malmö
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Malmö.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Malmö fulla vapen.svg
Settlement.motto: ("Diversity, Meetings, Possibilities")
Settlement.map_caption: Location within Skåne County##Location within Sweden
Settlement.pushpin_map: Sweden Skåne#Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Scania
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Skåne County
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Malmö Municipality andBurlöv Municipality
Settlement.established_title3: Charter
Settlement.established_date3: 13th century
Settlement.leader_party: S
Settlement.leader_title: Chair of the City Administration

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Malmö
Population: 326860
Area: 7461
Elevation: 12
Official website: www.malmo.se
Image: Centrala Malmö.jpg
Dialing code: 040

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Commons gallery: Malmö
inception: 1353-00-00
Commons category: Malmö
postal code: 21X XX
P12749: Bastennes
native label: Malmö
time of earliest written record: 1170-00-00

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History
1275–1658 (Denmark)
1658 onwards (Sweden)
1900–1969
1970–1999
2000s and later
Geography
Climate
Transport
Air
Rail
Long distance and regional trains
Local trains
Proposed metro
Road network
Buses
Ports
Municipality
Demographics
Religion
Economy
Education
Culture
Film and television
Theatre
Music
Museums
Architecture
Other sights
Annual events
Media
Sports
Football
Other sports
Ice hockey
Handball
Rugby
Gaelic football
Other team and individual sports
Twin towns and sister cities
Notable events
Notable people
See also
Notes
References
Citations
Further reading
External links

Malmö is the site of Sweden's only fixed direct link to continental Europe, the Öresund Bridge, completed in 2000. The bridge connects Sweden to Denmark, and carries both road and rail traffic. The Öresund Region, which includes Malmö and Copenhagen, is home to four million people.