Vingåker Municipality is a municipality

Municipalities of Sweden

The municipalities of Sweden are the local government entities of Sweden. The current 290 municipalities are organized into 21 counties...

 in Södermanland County

Södermanland County

Södermanland County is a county or län on the south east coast of Sweden. It borders the counties of Östergötland, Örebro, Västmanland, Uppsala, Stockholm and to the Baltic sea....

 in central Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. Its seat is located in the town of Vingåker

Vingåker

Vingåker is a locality and the seat of Vingåker Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 4,362 inhabitants in 2005.It was partly built in the English garden of Säfstaholm, a large estate which up until 1855 was home to philanthropist and art collector Gustaf Trolle-Bonde...

.

The municipality has its present size since the local government reform of 1971.

Localities (population)

• Baggetorp
  Baggetorp
  Baggetorp is a bimunicipal locality situated in Katrineholm Municipality and Vingåker Municipality in Södermanland County, Sweden with 519 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...
  
   (500)
• Högsjö
  Högsjö
  Högsjö is a locality situated in Vingåker Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 779 inhabitants in 2005....
  
   (760)
• Läppe (600)
• Vingåker
  Vingåker
  Vingåker is a locality and the seat of Vingåker Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 4,362 inhabitants in 2005.It was partly built in the English garden of Säfstaholm, a large estate which up until 1855 was home to philanthropist and art collector Gustaf Trolle-Bonde...
  
   (seat) (4,300)

Coat of arms

The creation of the arms has a peculiar and somewhat romantic story attached to it. It was the first arms created by a parish in the Södermanland

Södermanland

', sometimes referred to under its Latin form Sudermannia or Sudermania, is a historical province or landskap on the south eastern coast of Sweden. It borders Östergötland, Närke, Västmanland and Uppland. It is also bounded by lake Mälaren and the Baltic sea.In Swedish, the province name is...

 province in 1941. It was inspired by a hop

Hops

Hops are the female flower clusters , of a hop species, Humulus lupulus. They are used primarily as a flavoring and stability agent in beer, to which they impart a bitter, tangy flavor, though hops are also used for various purposes in other beverages and herbal medicine...

 plant that some locals had seen on a farm. The left part of the arms, an oak tree, is the inisgnia for the historical Oppunda Hundred, stretching through the municipality.

Sights

The renowned Säfstaholm Castle (slott) was bought by the municipality in 1968. It is used for exhibitions and other cultural events.

External links

• Vingåker Municipality - Official site