Malmö Municipality ( sv, Malmö kommun), or City of Malmö (''Malmö stad''), is a

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in Skåne County, the southernmost of the

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(and conterminous with the historical

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(''landskap'') of

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). When the first Swedish local government acts were implemented in 1863, the Old City of Malmö was made one of the country's 88

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municipalities and the first

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was elected. The municipal territory has been augmented through mergers in 1911, 1915, 1931, 1935, 1952, 1967 and finally in 1971. In 1971, the city was also converted into a municipality of unitary type, like all others in Sweden. Malmö Municipality, however, styles itself ''Malmö stad'' (City of Malmö) in all cases when it is legally possible. This is a decision taken by the municipal assembly. It is purely nominal and has no effect on the legal status of the municipality.

Geography

Localities

As of 2015, there were six

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( or locality) and six smaller settlements () in the municipality. The localities are listed in the table according to the size of the population in 2018. Note that a small part of Malmö (

Arlöv Arlöv () is the seat of Burlöv Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden. It is statistically not defined as a locality of its own, but forms part of the contiguous city of Malmö, 5 km northeast of downtown Malmö. Out of Malmö's 344,000 inh ...

) is situated in Burlöv Municipality.

City districts

After a reform on 1 July 2013, Malmö Municipality is divided into five city districts ( sv, stadsområde). They manage public kindergartens, schools, and geriatric care within their geographical areas, and provide funds for local cultural and recreational activities. There are 136 neighbourhoods. Malmö_stadsdelar_2009

Before the reform in July 2013, Malmö Municipality was divided into ten city districts ( sv, stadsdel) after the 1996 City District Reform ( sv, stadsdelsreformen). Turbinkanalen and Ribersborgsstranden

Local government

The municipal

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body of the municipality is the 61-member municipal assembly (''

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''), elected by proportional representation for a four-year term. The assembly appoints the municipality's main governing bodies, the 11-member executive committee (''kommunstyrelsen'') and the 8 governing commissioners. The executive committee and the commissioners are headed by a municipal commissioner (''kommunstyrelsens ordförande'') or "mayor". The mayor is Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh of the Social Democratic Party. There are seven political parties represented in the council elected in 2018: Social Democratic Party (20 seats),

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(13), Sweden Democrats (11), Left Party (7), Liberals (4), Green Party (3) and Centre Party (3).

International cooperation

Twin towns — Sister cities

, Malmö has

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treaties or treaties of co-operation signed with 11 cities. Of these, cooperation is closest with Newcastle and Tallinn. The complete list of cities is the following (twinning year in parenthesis):

References

External links

''Malmö stad'' - official website

''Malmostadwebbvideo''
- official

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