Malmö Municipality
Malmö Municipality | |
|---|---|
| Malmö kommun Malmö stad | |
| Coordinates: 55°35′N 13°2′E / 55.583°N 13.033°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Skåne |
| Seat | Malmö |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh (S) |
| Area | |
• Total | 332.64 km2 (128.43 sq mi) |
| • Land | 156.87 km2 (60.57 sq mi) |
| • Water | 175.77 km2 (67.87 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (31 December 2024) | |
• Total | 365,644 |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Scania |
| Municipal code | 1280 |
| Website | www |
Malmö Municipality (Swedish: Malmö kommun), or City of Malmö (Malmö stad), is a Swedish municipality in Skåne County, the southernmost of the counties of Sweden (and conterminous with the historical province (landskap) of Scania). The central city is Malmö. The municipality is part of Metropolitan Malmö and constitutes its own constituency in parliamentary elections in Sweden.
When the first Swedish local government acts were implemented in 1863, the Old City of Malmö was made one of the country's 88 city municipalities and the first city council was elected. The municipal territory has been augmented through mergers in 1911, 1915, 1931, 1935, 1952, 1967 and finally in 1971.
The landscape of the municipality is one of Sweden's most urbanized. For a long time, the municipality was one of Sweden's most important industrial municipalities, but this era is over. Major sectors are instead trade and business services, but above all the public sector.
After the formation of the municipality in 1971, the population was declining, but the trend reversed in the early 2000s and has continued to rise since then. The municipality is a stronghold of the Social Democrats, who have been in power since 1994. For the 2018-2022 term, they govern in coalition with the Liberals.