Malmö

Malmö is a young city

and the most typical

Malmö resident is a 29

year old woman or a 30

year old man.

29.5 years

The young city

The young city of Malmö

A growing city

• Sweden's third largest city

• The city's population has grown 29 years in a row

• In 2013, the population increased by 5,200 people

• Out of just over 318 000 inhabitants, half are under 35

and 20 % under 18 years

• In the year 2021 Malmö is expected to pass 350 000

inhabitants

• In the year 2025 Malmö is expected to pass 375 000

inhabitants.

The young city

A global meeting place

• 31 % of the city's inhabitants are foreign born

• 45 % has a foreign origin – parents born abroad

• 177 nationalities are represented

• Over 150 different languages are spoken in the city

• We teach mother tounge to more than14 000 students

in 50 different langauges.

The young city

The Compulsory school board’s

most important task is to create

equality across educational

institutions in order to make

high goal attainment possible

for all of Malmö’s pupils

(regardless of gender).

From the internal budgets of 2014, 2015 and 2016

Administration of

Compulsory Education

• 70 municipal compulsory schools

(+ approx. 20 smaller establishments)

• compulsory schools for pupils with learning

disabilities

• preschool classes

• remedial classes

• Approx. 28,800 pupils (Aug 2016)

• Around 100 leisure time centres, leisure time centres

for pupils in schools for pupils with learning

disabilities and open leisure activities

• approx. 14,000 students (Aug 2016)

• 6 Education District

• 5000 employees

• approx. SEK 3.7 billion/year

Our challenges:

equality across educational

institutions to enable all of

the pupils in Malmö to

achieve their goals.

• school expansion

• skills maintenance

• teaching for new arrivals

Foreign background - (%) Academic background(%)

71

50

44

39 38 38

37 36

35 34 34 34

30 30 30 30 28

26 25 25

24 23

19 19 19 18 18 18

17 16

13 12

11 11 9

8 8 8 7

5 4 4 4

3 3 3 2 2 2

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

0

20

40

60

80

Newly arrived students 7-16 years

Migration 1850-2014

Immigration to Sweden in 2016