Enköping is a
locality
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and the seat of
Enköping Municipality,
Uppsala County
Uppsala County ( sv, Uppsala län) is a county or ''län'' on the eastern coast of Sweden, whose capital is the city of Uppsala. It borders the counties of Dalarna, Stockholm, Södermanland, Västmanland, Gävleborg, and the Baltic Sea.
Prov ...
,
Sweden with 30,000 inhabitants in 2018.
Geography
Enköping is situated near Lake
Mälaren, about 78 km west of
Stockholm.
A comparably large number of
Swedish cities are located in the vicinity of Enköping. The municipal slogan is therefore "Sweden's Closest City". This expression was created in 1965 when it was discovered by a local business that within a
radius
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of 120 kilometers, one finds 38 Swedish cities and a third of Sweden's population.
History
Near Enköping, there is some of the best preserved
rock art from the Bronze Age present in central Sweden. The city of Enköping itself dates its history back to the 13th century but the city itself did not emerge until about 1250. Enköping was then as now situated by the rich farmlands close to lake
Mälaren, leading to a wealthy rural population. The city has also always been a major crossroads for commerce, and excellent communications signify the city even today: The Mälar Railline (''Mälarbanan'') and the E18
highway
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provide ample means of travelling to the nearby major cities of
Stockholm and
Västerås
Västerås ( , , ) is a city in central Sweden on the shore of Lake Mälaren in the province of Västmanland, west of Stockholm. The city had a population of 127,799 at the end of 2019, out of the municipal total of 154,049.
Västerås is the se ...
. The city has several manufacturing industries, a hospital and the Swedish Armed Forces command and control an army electronic warfare centre
Ledningsregementet (''LedR'').
Notable people
*
Amelia Andersdotter
*
Snoh Aalegra, singer
*
Elin Lanto
Elin Lanto (born 22 July 1984) is a Swedish singer who has had several hits in her home country, including the number one " I Won't Cry." Lanto came to further prominence after her performance of her song "Money" in Melodifestivalen 2007. She al ...
, singer
[Jeffrey de Hart, 'Crying Fame', in '' Billboard'' dated 20 November 2004, Vol. 116, No. 47, p. 77]
*
Lars (archbishop) is buried in the monastery there.
Sports
The following sports clubs are located in Enköping:
*
Enköpings SK
*
Enköpings RK
Twin towns – sister cities
Enköping is
twinned with:
*
Santa Rosa, Laguna
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, Philippines
References
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Municipal seats of Uppsala County
Swedish municipal seats
Populated places in Uppsala County
Populated places in Enköping Municipality
Market towns in Sweden