Absorbent article

The invention concerns a folded absorbent article comprising an absorbent core comprising at least two core layers located between a top sheet and a back sheet, a first core layer being located between the top sheet and the second core layer, the core in its longitudinal direction having a front portion, a rear portion and an intermediate portion located between the front portion and the rear portion, a transversal width of a transition between the front portion and the intermediate portion of the core being narrower than the transversal width of the rest of the core, a first end portion of the article being folded about a first transversal fold line over a central area of the article, the first fold line coinciding with or being adjacent the narrow transversal portion of the core, the first core layer extending over the intermediate portion and at least a part of the front portion of the absorbent core and the second core layer extending over the front, intermediate and rear portions of the absorbent core, and a second end portion of the article being folded about a second and rear transversal fold line and over a central area of the, the second fold line being adjacent a rear transversal edge of the first absorbent core layer and (i) the first end portion is folded onto the central area and the second end portion is folded onto the first end portion or (ii) the second end portion is folded onto the central area and the first end portion is folded onto the second end portion.