Malmköping

Malmköping is a locality situated in Flen Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 1,977 inhabitants in 2010.[1]

Malmköping
A heritage tram in Malmköping
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Malmköping
Malmköping
Coordinates: 59°08′N 16°44′E
CountrySweden
ProvinceSödermanland
CountySödermanland County
MunicipalityFlen Municipality
Area
 • Total1.31 km2 (0.51 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2010)[1]
 • Total1,977
 • Density1,514/km2 (3,920/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Malmköping is located about 15 kilometers north of the municipal seat Flen. It is a tourist attraction due to its many annual markets.[2] The traditions of markets in Malmköping goes back more than two centuries, as Malmköping got market town rights (köping) in 1785.

There is also a museum tramway in Malmköping, the Museispårvägen Malmköping, which runs heritage trams from most of the Swedish tramway systems. Olympian Helge Meuller was born here.[3]

In literature

Jonas Jonasson's 2009 novel The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared opens in Malmköping. The movie, however, is recorded in Munkedal, Bohuslän.[4]

References
  1. "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  2. "Välkommen till Malmköping". www.malmkoping.nu. Archived from the original on 2016-04-18. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  3. "Helge Meuller". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  4. "Inspelning av Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann". www.munkedal.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2016-04-07.

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