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Mildly interesting: The Swedish city Norrköping is nicknamed Peking by locals. Apparently, this is because the two names have similar meanings (Peking = "northern capital", Norrköping = "northern town").
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Peking is also the form of Beijing in the following countries:
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peking (in Bosnian)
• Croatia: https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peking (in Croatian)
• Finland: https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peking (in Finnish)
• Luxembourg: https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peking (in Luxembourgish)
• Serbia: https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3 (in Serbian)
• Slovakia: https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peking (in Slovak)
• Slovenia: https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peking (in Slovenian)
• Sweden: https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peking (in Swedish) [noted -ed]
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• Bosnia and Herzegovina: https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peking (in Bosnian)
• Croatia: https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peking (in Croatian)
• Finland: https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peking (in Finnish)
• Luxembourg: https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peking (in Luxembourgish)
• Serbia: https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3 (in Serbian)
• Slovakia: https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peking (in Slovak)
• Slovenia: https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peking (in Slovenian)
• Sweden: https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peking (in Swedish) [noted -ed]
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