MALMO, mill'me. A seaport of Sweden. the capital of the Lila of Malmans, and the third largest city in the country. It is situated on the Sound, opposite Copenhagen. with which it is connected by ferry (Map: Sweden. E 9). The old part of the city is entirely surrounded by canals, inside of which the old fortifications have been razed, and their sites converted into beautiful parks and boulevards. Among the most prominent buildings are the fine city hall, built in 1546 in the Dutch Renaissance style. the old Gothic Church of Saint Peter, begun in 1319, and the Governor's residence. The Mal ni;;Inis, an old fortified castle of the fifteenth century, is now used as a prison. MaluM is an important industrial centre, and has some of the largest iron works and foundries in the country. besides manufactures of railroad and train cars. textiles, shoes and gloves. tobacco, brandy, and
chocolate. It is the terminus of eight railroad lines, and has the largest artificial harbor in Scandinavia, with regular steamship connection with many foreign cities besides Swedish coast towns. 'Its population has more than trebled since 1860. and in 1901 was 60,857. is first mentioned in the early part of the twelfth century, when its name was or Mahnhauge, which means 'sandbank.' It was then a fishing village. but by the beginning of the sixteenth century it was, next to Copenhagen, the largest and most important city of the Dan ish possessions. During the wars of the following period it declined until the opening of its har bor in 1775, when its prosperity began to return. In 1658 it came into the possession of Sweden together with the district of the SkAne.