Köping is a locality and the seat of

Köping Municipality Köping Municipality ( sv, Köpings kommun) is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Köping. The municipality was created in 1971, when the former ''City of Köping'' was merged with the mun ...

in Västmanland County,

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. It had 17,743 inhabitants in 2010. It is known for the television series '' I en annan del av Köping''.

Etymology

''Köping'' means merchant place. It was mentioned for the first time in the 13th century. It was probably given such a name as it did not yet have a

charter A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified. It is implicit that the granter retains superiority (or sovereignty), and that the rec ...

. The central location of Köping deems it appropriate for merchancy for people from different parts of the country.

History

People have lived on the site for a long time, which is evident not least from the Viking-age boat burial ground at Norsa. An old trading post has been located near Köping. It is first mentioned in a document from the year 1257, when a bishops' meeting was held on the site. Köping, with central and southern Sweden was сhristianised in the 11th century. A church built around the year 1300, the Köping Church, still remains from the early days. Köping has been known as a city since 1349 when its city seal was invoked in a letter. At Köping was the bailiff's stronghold Köpingshus, mentioned for the first time in 1375 and destroyed by Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson's revolt in 1434. Köping got its

on January 19, 1474. Köpingshus was rebuilt in the 1580s during Johan III's reign. Charles IX continued the work but later the work ceased and the bail had to lapse. In the 1660s, only ruins remained. Remains remained until the railway was built. Even in the 15th century, the name Laglösa kiöping still appears, which probably means that the trading post had no privileges. The city's oldest church is probably a church dedicated to St. Olof, which was located after the current Mullgatan. The church appears to have been in poor condition in the early 15th century and then fell into disrepair and was demolished in the 1440s. After the current Köping church was ravaged by fire in 1437, it was given a size sufficient after the rebuilding to suffice for both the county and city parish.''Det medeltida Dalarna och Västmanland - En arkeologisk guidebok'', Jonas M. Nordin s. 117 In 1641, Queen Kristina Prästgärdet was donated east of the river to plots, and gradually the "new city" grew here with its own square, Hökartorget or Lilla torget. In the 17th century Köping municipality produced large amounts of iron that was transported to other countries. In the 19th century Köping established itself as an industrial city, with a large mechanical workshop and a prosperous harbor. A fire in 1889 destroyed large parts of Köping, whereafter it was rebuilt using stone material under supervision of architect Theodor Dahl. In the 20th century all kinds of companies have established themselves in Köping. Volvo built a large industry there in the 1920s; the arguably most known bed manufacturer in Sweden, Hästens, in 1924; and a number of gold groceries between 1940 — 1960.

Gallery

File:Rådhuset köping.jpg, The Town Hall in Köping File:Church in Köping in Sweden.JPG, Köping church File:Kopingtrainstation06280011.jpg, Köping railway station

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Köping: * Forsby FF, association football club * IBK Köping, floorball club * IK Westmannia Frisk, athletics and ski club * IKW/Köping BK, bowling club * Köping FF, association football club * Köping HC, ice hockey club * Köping UBBK, basketball club * Köpings BTK, table tennis club * Köpings GF, gymnastics and cheerleading club * Köpings IS, association club, bandy and football * Köpings RK, riding club * Köpings SS, swimming club * Köpings TK, tennis and padel club * Köping/Kolsva OK, orienteering club

Notable natives

* Carl Wilhelm Scheele — 18th century chemist who discovered the functions of oxygen. *

Richard Dybeck Richard Dybeck (1 September 1811 – 28 July 1877) was a Swedish jurist, antiquarian, and lyricist. He is mainly remembered as the author of the lyrics to what is now the de facto Swedish national anthem, '' Du gamla, Du fria''. Biography Dybeck ...

— One of the writers of the Swedish national

anthem An anthem is a musical composition of celebration, usually used as a symbol for a distinct group, particularly the national anthems of countries. Originally, and in music theory and religious contexts, it also refers more particularly to short ...

. *

Henrik Sjögren Henrik Samuel Conrad Sjögren (, , ; 23 July 1899, Köping, Sweden, Köping – 17 September 1986, Lund) was a Sweden, Swedish ophthalmologist best known for describing the eponymous condition Sjögren syndrome. Sjögren received his medical degr ...

—

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best known for the eponymous condition Sjögren's syndrome. *

Emir Bajrami Emir Bajrami (born 7 March 1988) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a winger. Starting off his professional career with IF Elfsborg in 2006, he went on to represent FC Twente, AS Monaco, and Panathinaikos before retiring ...

— Plays in the Swedish national football team. *

Charta 77 (band) Charta 77 (named after Charter 77) is a Swedish punk band formed in 1983 in the Swedish town Köping ''Köping'' was a Swedish denomination for a market town since the Middle Ages, derived from the Old Norse word ''kaupang''. The designation ...

— Swedish punk rock band. *

Johan Gustafsson Johan Gustafsson (born 28 February 1992) is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for Rögle BK of the Swedish Hockey League (DEL). Playing career Johan played for Västerås HK in the 2010–11 season, with Luleå HF ...

— Plays professional ice hockey, drafted by Minnesota Wild, plays in Iowa Wild. *

Agda Östlund Agda Maria Östlund, née Lundgren (3 April 1870 – 26 June 1942) was a Swedish Politician of the Social Democrats. She was one of the first four women to be elected to the Swedish parliament after the introduction of women suffrage. Life ...

(1870-1942) suffragist and social democrat

References

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