Malmköping

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

Malmköping
A heritage tram in Malmköping
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Coordinates: 59°08′N 16°44′E
Country	Sweden
Province	Södermanland
County	Södermanland County
Municipality	Flen Municipality
Area [1]
• Total	1.31 km2 (0.51 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2020)[2]
• Total	2,180
• Density	1,700/km2 (4,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+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

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

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]