Municipalköping was a type of local government (municipality) in Sweden. Mostly these were minor trade towns with very limited city rights (market rights), which were delegated from larger cities in the same region.
In 1863, the first local government acts were implemented in Sweden. Officially, the term municipalköping disappeared with this reform. There were two acts in the 1863 reform, one for towns and one for rural areas. But under the "rural" act there were also eight market towns, which were instituted as municipalities. This third category included köping, municipalköping and municipalsamhälle. Most of the 95 köpingar became municipalities. The last municipalköping was incorporated into a large municipality in 1956.
Those market towns that did not develop into a municipality are now occasionally referred to as municipalköping, which is more a cultural term in the present-day language.
Settlements that were municipalköpingar
Settlement County (1971) County (2009) Inhabitants (2000) Remarks Present-day municipality Bergkvara Kalmar län Kalmar län 1,008 terminated as municipalköping in the 1890s municipalsamhälle from 1921 to 1955 Torsås Båstad Kristianstads län Skåne län 4,683 became köping Jan. 1st 1937 and municipality in 1971 Båstad Figeholm Kalmar län Kalmar län 839 became köping Jan. 1st 1878 Oskarshamn Gamleby Kalmar län Kalmar län 2,976 merged with Gamleby (landskommun) Jan 1st 1956 Västervik Kristianopel Blekinge län Blekinge län 80 incorporated in Jämjö municipality Jan 1st 1952 Karlskrona Ljungby Kronobergs län Kronobergs län 14,485 became stad Jan 1st 1936 Ljungby Mörbylånga Kalmar län Kalmar län 1,788 became köping Jan. 1st 1881 Mörbylånga Nybro Kalmar län Kalmar län 12,322 municipalköping Febr. 3rd 1865became köping April 25, 1879 Nybro Pataholm Kalmar län Kalmar län 20 incorporated in Ålem municipality Jan. 1st 1954 Mönsterås Påskallavik Kalmar län Kalmar län 1,144 incorporated in Döderhult municipality Jan. 1st 1952 Oskarshamn Trelleborg Malmöhus län Skåne län 24,850 became köping Jan. 1st 1843became stad Jan 1st 1866 Trelleborg Valdemarsvik Östergötlands län Östergötlands län 2,954 became köping Jan. 1st 1914 Valdemarsvik
See also Köping Municipalities of Sweden List of cities in Sweden Stad (Sweden)
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