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LinkOping[lin´chO´´ping] Pronunciation Key, city (1990 pop. 82,450), capital of OstergOtland co., S Sweden, near Lake Roxen. It is a commercial, industrial, and transportation center. Manufactures include motor vehicles, railroad cars, airplanes, electrical appliances, and processed food. An episcopal see since 1120, LinkOping flourished in the Middle Ages as an intellectual and religious center. In 1598, Sigismund III, king of Sweden, was defeated by the future Charles IX at nearby Stangebru and soon thereafter was formally deposed. LinkOping has a splendid Romanesque cathedral (12th cent.; rebuilt 1230s), which has a 344-ft (105-m) spire. The city also has a 13th-century castle (restored 1931–32), a large library, and a university.
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