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Malmköping

Malmköping is a locality situated in Flen Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 2 180 inhabitants in 2020.

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A heritage tram in Malmköping
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Coordinates: 59°08′N 16°44′E / 59.133°N 16.733°E / 59.133; 16.733
CountrySweden
ProvinceSödermanland
CountySödermanland County
MunicipalityFlen Municipality
Area
1
 • Total
1.31 km2 (0.51 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2020)2
 • Total
2,180
 • Density1,660/km2 (4,310/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Malmköping is a locality situated in Flen Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 2 180 inhabitants in 2020.1

Malmköping is located about 15 kilometers north-east 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.

In the center of Malmköping there is a ski slope located, also known as Malmabacken which was established in 1965.4

There is also a museum tramway in Malmköping, the Museispårvägen Malmköping, which runs heritage trams from most of the Swedish tramway systems.5

Olympian Helge Meuller was born here.6

Riksdag elections

Year % Votes V S MP C L KD M SD NyD Left Right
19737 92.5 2,106 2.6 41.5 31.1 10.1 1.8 12.9 44.1 54.1
19768 92.1 2,144 2.1 41.0 31.4 9.5 1.9 14.0 43.1 54.9
19799 92.3 1,709 2.4 44.2 22.7 9.8 1.8 18.6 46.6 51.1
198210 91.0 1,723 2.6 47.6 2.1 18.6 5.6 1.8 21.4 50.3 45.6
198511 90.0 1,707 2.9 46.7 2.9 14.6 13.4 19.3 49.6 48.4
198812 84.8 1,635 2.9 43.7 7.4 14.0 11.1 2.8 15.1 56.8 40.2
199113 84.8 1,704 2.2 41.0 3.4 11.2 7.2 9.0 18.2 7.9 43.2 45.5
199414 86.3 1,742 4.6 47.2 6.5 9.3 6.4 4.8 19.7 0.6 58.4 40.3
199815 78.9 1,552 11.4 39.9 5.9 7.0 3.2 11.8 19.6 57.3 41.6
200216 77.3 1,974 6.6 41.4 6.4 8.7 10.9 10.3 13.6 0.9 54.5 43.6
200617 80.8 2,035 4.7 38.2 5.2 11.8 5.2 6.0 24.2 3.1 48.1 47.3
201018 81.0 2,020 5.2 31.1 6.9 12.6 5.0 5.6 24.8 8.1 43.2 48.0
201419 84.0 2,005 4.6 31.1 5.8 10.7 4.3 3.3 20.6 16.6 41.5 39.0
201820 84.7 2,017 5.2 26.8 4.2 10.8 4.1 5.5 20.3 21.7 47.0 51.6

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.21

References

References

  1. "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  2. "Statistiska tätorter 2020, befolkning, landareal, befolkningstäthet". Statistics Sweden. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  3. "Välkommen till Malmköping". www.malmkoping.nu. Archived from the original on 2016-04-18. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  4. "Om". Malmabacken. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
  5. "Museum Tramway Malmköping (MUMA)". Tram Travels. Retrieved 2025-09-10.
  6. "Helge Meuller". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  7. "Allmänna valen 1973" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  8. "Allmänna valen 1976" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  9. "Allmänna valen 1979" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  10. "Allmänna valen 1982" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  11. "Allmänna valen 1985" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  12. "Allmänna valen 1988" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  13. "Allmänna valen 1991" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  14. "Allmänna valen 1994" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  15. "Allmänna valen 1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  16. "Flen - summering" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Archived from the original on 2021-09-28. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  17. "Allmänna val 17 september 2006 - Flen" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  18. "Flen - Röster Val 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  19. "Flen - Röster Val 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Archived from the original on 2021-10-26. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  20. "Flen - Röster Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Archived from the original on 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  21. "Inspelning av Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann". www.munkedal.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2016-04-07.
External links

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