Malmköping
Malmköping | |
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A heritage tram in Malmköping | |
| Coordinates: 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 2020) | |
• Total | 2,180 |
| • Density | 1,700/km2 (4,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Malmköping is a locality situated in Flen Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 2 180 inhabitants in 2020.
Malmköping is located about 15 kilometers north-east 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.
In the center of Malmköping there is a ski slope located, also known as Malmabacken which was established in 1965.
There is also a museum tramway in Malmköping, the Museispårvägen Malmköping, which runs heritage trams from most of the Swedish tramway systems. Olympian Helge Meuller was born here.