Köping (place)

	Köping
	Köping
State :	Sweden
Province (län):	Västmanland County
Historical Province (landskap):	Vastmanland
Municipality :	Köping
Coordinates :	59 ° 31 ′ N , 16 ° 0 ′ E Coordinates: 59 ° 31 ′ N , 16 ° 0 ′ E
SCB code :	6268
Status:	Crime scene
Residents :	18,355 (December 31, 2015)
Area :	10.15 km²
Population density :	1808 inhabitants / km²
	List of perpetrators in Västmanland County

Köping around 1700

Köping is a place ( Tatort ) in the Swedish province of Västmanland County and in the historical province of Västmanland . The place is also the main town of the municipality of the same name .

In 1474, Köping was granted city rights. The Swedish national anthem Du gamla, Du fria was written by Richard Dybeck just outside the village . Today Köping is an industrial city where u. a. Volvo , Hästens Sängar , Getrag and GKN Driveline have production facilities.

In Köping, tungstic acid was isolated for the first time by Carl Wilhelm Scheele in 1781 .

sons and daughters of the town

Gunilla Bandolin (* 1954), sculptor, ceramicist and garden and landscape architect
Leif Bergson (1927–1999), classical philologist
Ronnie Båthman (* 1959), tennis player
Leif Eriksson (* 1942), soccer and bandy player
Johan Gustafsson (* 1992), ice hockey goalkeeper
Karl Gustafsson (1888–1960), football player
Anna Jönsson Haag (* 1986), cross-country skier
Peter Popovic (* 1968), ice hockey player and coach
Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742–1786), German-Swedish pharmacist and chemist
Henrik Sjögren (1899–1986), ophthalmologist
Tobias Robert Thalén (1827–1905), professor of physics at the University of Stockholm