A cikin karni na 15, Malmö ya zama ɗaya daga cikin biranen Denmark mafi girma da kuma mafi yawan ziyarar da aka ziyarta, wanda ya kai kimanin mutane 5,000. Ya zama birni mafi muhimmanci a kusa da Øresund, tare da Jamusanci Hanseatic League ya ziyarci shi a matsayin kasuwa, kuma ya kasance sananne ne ga kamun kifi. A shekara ta 1437, Sarki Eric na Pomerania (Sarkin Denmark daga 1396 zuwa 1439) ya ba da makamai na birnin: argent tare da gules griffin, bisa ga makamai na Eric daga Pomerania.
Ƙungiyar Hanseatic ta Jamus