Flen is a town in Södermanland County which 6,200 people call home. Flen municipality, Flens kommun, contains the surrounding countryside, with a total of 16,000 inhabitants.

Settlements

• Flen
• Malmköping
• Hälleforsnäs
• Sparreholm
• Mellösa
• Bettna

Understand

Flen grew during the early 20th century, where the Stockholm – Gothenburg rail line crossed the line between Grängesberg and Oxelösund.

Get in

Flen lies some 100 km west of Stockholm, 35 km south of Eskilstuna.

By train

Flen is on the main line between Stockholm and Gothenburg, but most trains only call at nearby Katrineholm.

Get around

Sörmlandstrafiken runs an extensive bus network that covers all settlements.

See

• 1 Swedish Urban Transport Museum (in Malmköping, north of Flen). Surprisingly enough, though Malmköping is barely a town, it has a museum for urban rail, with trams from most Swedish cities with such. (updated Sep 2022)
• 2 Sparreholm Palace (Sparreholms slott). A palace with some unusual museum collections, such as an exhibition of jukeboxes.  

Do

• Prinsens araber. A stable which offers horse riding. 
• Malmabacken. A slope for downhill skiing. 
• Flens Golfklubb. A golf course. 

Drink

• Blaxsta Vineyard (Blaxsta Vingård). Sweden's first winery, and one of the northernmost in the world.