Malmköping
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Malmköping is a locality situated in Flen Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 1,977 inhabitants in 2010.[1]
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Malmköping | |
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Coordinates: 59°08′N 16°44′E | |
Country | Sweden |
Province | Södermanland |
County | Södermanland County |
Municipality | Flen Municipality |
Area | |
• Total | 1.31 km2 (0.51 sq mi) |
Population (31 December 2020)[2] | |
• Total | 2,180 |
• Density | 1,700/km2 (4,300/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
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Malmköping is located about 15 kilometers north of the municipal seat Flen. It is a tourist attraction due to its many annual markets.[3] 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 [sv], which runs heritage trams from most of the Swedish tramway systems. Olympian Helge Meuller was born here.[4]