Malmköping
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| Malmköping | |
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  Malmköping | |
| Coordinates: 59°08′N 16°44′E / 59.133°N 16.733°ECoordinates: 59°08′N 16°44′E / 59.133°N 16.733°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Södermanland |
| County | Södermanland County |
| Municipality | Flen Municipality |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 1.31 km2 (0.51 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,977 |
| • Density | 1,514/km2 (3,920/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Malmköping is a locality situated in Flen Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 1,977 inhabitants in 2010.[1]
Malmköping is located about 15 kilometers north of the municipal seat Flen. It is a tourist attraction due to its two annual markets.[citation needed] 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, running heritage trams from most of the Swedish tramway systems.
In literature
Jonas Jonasson's 2009 novel The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared opens in Malmköping.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "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.
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