Malmö

city in Skåne County, Sweden

9 dated entries naming Malmö, drawn from 9 separate years between 1437 CE and 2024 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Malmø in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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15th century

1437April 23 – Malmö, at this time in Denmark, receives its current coat of arms.source

16th century

1534June 23 – Copenhagen opens its gates to Count Christopher of Oldenburg, leading the army of Lübeck (and the Hanseatic League), nominally in the interests of the deposed King Christian II of Denmark. The surrenders of Copenhagen and, a few days later, of Malmö represent the high point of the Count's War for the forces of the League. These victories presumably lead the Danish nobility to recognize Christian III as King on July 4.source
1536April 6 – Count's Feud: Malmø surrenders to King Christian III of Denmark.source

17th century

1658April 16 – In Skåneland, a region recently ceded by Denmark to the Swedish Empire, representatives of the nobility of the provinces of Blekinge, Halland and Scania gather at the Scanian city of Malmö to swear their allegiance to King Charles X Gustav of Sweden.source

19th century

1809Inauguration of the Malmö Teater in Malmö.source
1887Global construction and real estate development company Skanska is founded in Malmö, Sweden.source

20th century

1908July 11–12 – The steamship Amalthea, housing 80 British strikebreakers in Malmö harbour, Sweden, is bombed by Anton Nilson; 1 is killed, 20 injured.source

21st century

2013May 14–18 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2013 takes place in Malmö, Sweden, and is won by Danish entrant Emmelie de Forest with the song "Only Teardrops".source
2024May 7–11 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is held in Malmö, Sweden. Swiss contestant Nemo wins with the song "The Code".source