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Norrköping Municipality

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**Norrköping Municipality (*Kommun*)**
See also:Municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms (Symbol)
	Seat	Norrköping
	County	Östergötland County
	Province	Ostrogothia
	Area Rank	1,503.61 km² 62nd of 290
	Population Rank	124,410 (2003) 8th of 290
	Density	83/km²

Drottninggatan, a street in central Norrköping

Norrköping [ˈˈnɔrʃøːpɪŋ] (population 123 971), is a City and is a Municipality in Östergötland County, in southeast Sweden. The city is situated where the river Motala ström drains into Bråviken, a gulf of the Baltic Sea. The city has two nicknames: Sweden's Manchester, and Peking.

Water power from the Motala and the good harbour were the foundation of this once industrial city, known for its textile industry. In the latter decades of the 20th century, Norrköping suffered hard from closing down of several big industries, causing unemployment in large numbers.

As of 2002, Norrköping is coming back strong, now as a center of culture and education. The city has a famous public library, a campus of Linköping University, its own symphonic orchestra, a small airport called Kungsängen, a Museum of Labour (Arbetets museum), and a high-tech industry park called Pronova.

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