Baltiska Hallen (The Baltic Hall) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the Stadionområdet area of

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal populat ...

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. It opened in 1964 in memory of the 50th anniversary of the Baltic Exhibition in 1914. The arena has a capacity of 4.000 people and is the home of

HK Malmö HK Malmö is a handball club based in Malmö, Sweden. The club was formed in May 2007 and plays in the highest handball division in Sweden. The club has quickly established itself at the top of Swedish handball on the men's side The club has a ...

Events

It has served as host to numerous of events such as the 1964 Table Tennis European Championships, 1967 IHF World Men's Handball Championships,

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and

2006 European Women's Handball Championship The 2006 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in Sweden from 7 to 17 December. It was won by Norway women's national handball team, Norway after beating Russia women's national handball team, Russia 27–24 in the final match. This ...

s. Over the years, it played host to

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, Ulf Lundell and Gilbert O'Sullivan.

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* {{Malmö Sports venues completed in 1964 Sports venues in Malmö Sport in Malmö