Malmö is the third largest city in Sweden and sixth largest in the Nordic countries. As the most populated city in Scania, Malmö is the cultural and economic center of southern Sweden. Along with Copenhagen, Malmö forms the transnational Øresund Region, the most densely inhabited region in Scandinavia and one of the most innovative and bicycle-friendly cities globally.

1. Malmö (Swedish pronunciation: ['mal? 'mø? ] ( listen closely); Danish: Malmø) is the third most
significant town in Sweden as well as the sixth biggest from the Nordic Countries. Malmö is also
probably the most populated town in Scania and it is the cultural and economical middle of South
Sweden. Along with Copenhagen (in Denmark), it constitutes the transnational Øresund Region, the
most densely inhabited region in Scandinavia. Malmö is classified as a global city, placed in the gamma-
category by the GaWC,[4] ranked 5th in Scandinavia by the Global Cities Index in 2012.[5] It is ranked
the fourth-most inventive city in the world based on the number of patent applications per 10,000
residents[6] and the 6th-most bicycle friendly city in the world, according to the Copenhagenize Index in
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