Köping, Sweden

Köping in Suecia antiqua et hodierna.

Köping means merchant place. It was mentioned for the first time in the 13th century. It was probably given such a name as it did not yet have a charter. The central location of Köping deems it appropriate for merchancy for people from different parts of the country.

Köping, with central and southern Sweden was Christianised in the 11th century. A church built around the year 1300, the Köping Church, still remains from the early days.

Köping got its charter on January 19, 1474.

In the 17th century Köping municipality produced large amounts of iron that was transported to other countries.

In the 19th century Köping established itself as an industrial city, with a large mechanical workshop and a prosperous harbor. A fire in 1889 destroyed large parts of Köping, whereafter it was rebuilt using stone material under supervision of architect Theodor Dahl.

In the 20th century all kinds of companies have established themselves in Köping. Volvo built a large industry there in the 1920s; the arguably most known bed manufacturer in Sweden, Hästens, in 1924; and a number of gold groceries between 1940-1960.

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  The Town Hall in Köping
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  Köping church
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  Köping railway station

The following sports clubs are located in Köping:

• Forsby FF, association football club
• IBK Köping, floorball club
• IK Westmannia Frisk, athletics and ski club
• IKW/Köping BK, bowling club
• Köping FF, association football club (youth club)
• Köping HC, ice hockey club
• Köping UBBK, basketball club
• Köpings IS, association club, bandy and handball
• Köping/Kolsva OK, orienteering club
• MD FF Köping, football club, former Köping FF (senior club)

• Carl Wilhelm Scheele - 18th century Chemist who discovered the functions of oxygen.
• Richard Dybeck - One of the writers of the Swedish national anthem.
• Henrik Sjögren - Ophthalmologist best known for the eponymous condition Sjögren's syndrome.
• Emir Bajrami - Plays in the Swedish national football team.
• Charta 77 (band) - Swedish punk rock band.
• Johan Gustafsson - Plays professional ice hockey, drafted by Minnesota Wild, plays in Iowa Wild.
• Agda Östlund (1870-1942) suffragist and social democrat