Vingåker

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Vingåker


image_caption = Vingåker railway station
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Sweden
subdivision_type1 = Municipality
subdivision_name1 = Vingåker Municipality
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Södermanland County
subdivision_type3 = Province
subdivision_name3 = Södermanland
area_footnotes = cite web |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2000 och 2005 |publisher=Statistics Sweden |url=http://www.scb.se/statistik/MI/MI0810/2005A01B/T%E4torternami0810tab1.xls |format=xls |language=Swedish |accessdate=2008-05-15]
area_total_km2 = 3.90
population_as_of = 2005-12-31
population_footnotes =
population_total = 4,362
population_density_km2 = 1120
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd=59 |latm=02 |lats= |latNS=N
longd=15 |longm=52 |longs= |longEW=E
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Vingåker is a town (pop. 4,300) in Södermanland, Sweden, and the seat of Vingåker Municipality, Södermanland County.

The town's expansion began in 1862 when a railway station was opened along the western main line ("Västra Stambanan", which runs from Stockholm to Gothenburg). The station remained in operation up until 1971, but reopened in 2003.

The town is the birth place of former Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson.

A transit center for refugees from Norway during World War II was located in the manor of Kjesäter, now a folk high school.

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