Malmköping
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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°ECoordinates: 59°08′N 16°44′E / 59.133°N 16.733°E | ||
| Country | Sweden | |
| Province | Södermanland | |
| County | Södermanland County | |
| Municipality | Flen Municipality | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 1.31 km2 (0.51 sq mi) | |
| Population (31 December 2010) | ||
| • 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.
Malmköping is located about 15 kilometers north of the municipal seat Flen. It is a tourist attraction due to its many annual markets. 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. Olympian Helge Meuller was born here.
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.
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