Post code: S-58...
Telephone code: 013
Linköping, chief town of the province of Östergötland, the see of a bishop and a university town, lies on the west bank of the Stångå, which flows into Lake Roxen just to the north of the town, on the road from Stockholm to Göteborg. Linköping is noted for its Cathedral with a tower,
added in the 19th century, that stands out in the city's skyline. The oldest portion of the Cathedral dates back to the 12th century.
The name of the town first appears in the records in 1120 in connection with the foundation of Vreta Abbey. At a church council held in Linköping in 1152 it was decided that Sweden should become a province of the Church of Rome. Here in 1598, on the banks of the Stångå, Duke Charles of Södermanland (later King Charles IX), a supporter of the Reformation, defeated the Roman Catholic King Sigismund of Poland. Sigismund's followers were executed in the market square of Linköping in 1600, in what became known as the "Linköping massacre".
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