Bulltofta Airport was, from 1923 to 1972, the main airport serving the city of Malmö

Malmö

Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County...

, Sweden

Sweden

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, until it was replaced by Sturup Airport. The former airport area, in the district of Kirseberg

Kirseberg

Kirseberg is a city district in the north-east of Malmö Municipality in Scania, southern Sweden.A true "Kirsebergare" identifies himself first and foremost as being from Backarna, or "The Hills," and then as being from Malmö. Kirseberg is an authentic working class neighbourhood, with both single...

, has been converted into, in part, a major park, in part a commercial area.

The route Malmö

Malmö

Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County...

-Copenhagen

Copenhagen

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, started in 1924, was the world's shortest. During the 1930s Bulltofta came to be an important European airport, with connections to England

England

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, France

France

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 and the Netherlands

Netherlands

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. However, the runways were not paved until 1952.

During World War II

World War II

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, the airfield served as the base for the F 10 fighter wing

F 10 Ängelholm

F 10 Ängelholm, Skånska Flygflottiljen, Scania Air Force Wing, or simply "F 10", is a former Swedish Air Force wing with the main base located in southernmost Sweden.- History of the airbase :...

, whose main task was to intercept German and Allied aircraft violating Swedish airspace. Because of the close distance between Malmö and the German coast, Sweden's declared neutrality, and an agreement between the American Bomber Command and the Swedish government, many heavily damaged Allied bomber aircraft came to land at Bulltofta (instead of trying to make the longer trip back to their own airfields in England); these forced landings occurred mostly during the Spring and Summer of 1944.