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Malmöhus, former lĂ€n (county) of extreme southern Sweden, bounded by the Baltic Sea, The Sound (Öresund), and the Kattegat (strait). Founded as a county in 1719, it was merged with the county of Kristianstad in 1997 to form SkĂ„ne county.

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