Malmöhus County
| Malmöhus County Malmöhus län | |||||||
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| County of Sweden | |||||||
| 1719–1996 | |||||||
| Capital | Malmö | ||||||
| History | |||||||
• Established | 1719 | ||||||
• Disestablished | 1996 | ||||||
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Malmöhus County (Swedish: Malmöhus län) was a county of Sweden from 1719 to 1996. On 1 January 1997 it was merged with Kristianstad County to form Skåne County. It had been named after Malmöhus, a castle in Malmö, which was also where the governor originally lived.