NYKOPING, a province of the west of Sweden, which extends in north latitude from 58. 36. to 59. 30., and in east longitude from 15. 28. to 17. 33., and contains 2977 square miles. It comprises seven cities or towns, and 3327 detached settlements, with 98,500 inhabitants. It is a district of mountains and lakes, intermingled with extensive woods, but barely produces corn sufficient for its scanty population. The chief occupation consists in copper and iron mines, and in the fishery. The capital is a city of the same name, situated on a bay in the Baltic Sea.
It is a well-built town, and has a market-place, surrounded with houses of stone, but most of the others are of wood. It contains two churches, and 520 dwellings, with 2490 inhabitants, who make cutlery and bar iron, and export large quantities of dears and other wood. Long. 16. 57. 10. E. Lat. 58. 45. 30. N.