Malmköping is a locality situated in Flen Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 2 180 inhabitants in 2020.[1]

Malmköping
A heritage tram in Malmköping
A heritage tram in Malmköping
Coat of arms of Malmköping
Malmköping is located in Södermanland
Malmköping
Malmköping
Malmköping is located in Sweden
Malmköping
Malmköping
Coordinates: 59°08′N 16°44′E / 59.133°N 16.733°E / 59.133; 16.733
CountrySweden
ProvinceSödermanland
CountySödermanland County
MunicipalityFlen Municipality
Area
 • Total
1.31 km2 (0.51 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2020)[2]
 • Total
2,180
 • Density1,700/km2 (4,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

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 [sv], which runs heritage trams from most of the Swedish tramway systems. Olympian Helge Meuller was born here.[5]

Riksdag elections

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Year % Votes V S MP C L KD M SD NyD Left Right
1973[6] 92.5 2,106 2.6 41.5 31.1 10.1 1.8 12.9 44.1 54.1
1976[7] 92.1 2,144 2.1 41.0 31.4 9.5 1.9 14.0 43.1 54.9
1979[8] 92.3 1,709 2.4 44.2 22.7 9.8 1.8 18.6 46.6 51.1
1982[9] 91.0 1,723 2.6 47.6 2.1 18.6 5.6 1.8 21.4 50.3 45.6
1985[10] 90.0 1,707 2.9 46.7 2.9 14.6 13.4 19.3 49.6 48.4
1988[11] 84.8 1,635 2.9 43.7 7.4 14.0 11.1 2.8 15.1 56.8 40.2
1991[12] 84.8 1,704 2.2 41.0 3.4 11.2 7.2 9.0 18.2 7.9 43.2 45.5
1994[13] 86.3 1,742 4.6 47.2 6.5 9.3 6.4 4.8 19.7 0.6 58.4 40.3
1998[14] 78.9 1,552 11.4 39.9 5.9 7.0 3.2 11.8 19.6 57.3 41.6
2002[15] 77.3 1,974 6.6 41.4 6.4 8.7 10.9 10.3 13.6 0.9 54.5 43.6
2006[16] 80.8 2,035 4.7 38.2 5.2 11.8 5.2 6.0 24.2 3.1 48.1 47.3
2010[17] 81.0 2,020 5.2 31.1 6.9 12.6 5.0 5.6 24.8 8.1 43.2 48.0
2014[18] 84.0 2,005 4.6 31.1 5.8 10.7 4.3 3.3 20.6 16.6 41.5 39.0
2018[19] 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

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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.[20]

References

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ "Helge Meuller". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Allmänna valen 1973" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  7. ^ "Allmänna valen 1976" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  8. ^ "Allmänna valen 1979" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  9. ^ "Allmänna valen 1982" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  10. ^ "Allmänna valen 1985" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  11. ^ "Allmänna valen 1988" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  12. ^ "Allmänna valen 1991" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  13. ^ "Allmänna valen 1994" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  14. ^ "Allmänna valen 1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  15. ^ "Flen - summering" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  16. ^ "Allmänna val 17 september 2006 - Flen" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  17. ^ "Flen - Röster Val 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  18. ^ "Flen - Röster Val 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  19. ^ "Flen - Röster Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  20. ^ "Inspelning av Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann". www.munkedal.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2016-04-07.
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