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List of the most populous municipalities in the Nordic countries

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This is a list of the most populous municipalities in the Nordic countries, with only municipalities of at least 100,000 inhabitants. Of the five Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden), every country has at least one city above 100,000 inhabitants.

List

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Municipality Country Population Area
(km2) 		Density
(/km2)
Stockholm  Sweden 990,261[1] 187.16[2] 5,291
Oslo  Norway 716,272[3] 426.4[4] 1,680
Helsinki  Finland 674,500[5] 214.42[6] 3,148
Copenhagen  Denmark 653,664[7] 86.4[8] 7,566
Gothenburg  Sweden 604,325[1] 447.76[2] 1,350
Malmö  Sweden 361,974[1] 156.87[2] 2,307
Aarhus  Denmark 361,544[7] 467.70[8] 773
Espoo  Finland 314,024[5] 312.35[6] 1,006
Bergen  Norway 291,189[3] 445.14[4] 654
Tampere  Finland 255,050[5] 524.89[6] 486
Vantaa  Finland 247,443[5] 238.38[6] 1,038
Uppsala  Sweden 245,663[1] 2,182.80[2] 113
Aalborg  Denmark 222,571[7] 1,137.30[8] 196
Oulu  Finland 214,633[5] 2,972.44[6] 72
Trondheim  Norway 214,093[3] 323.01[4] 663
Odense  Denmark 207,762[7] 305.60[8] 680
Turku  Finland 201,863[5] 245.63[6] 822
Linköping  Sweden 167,578[1] 1,427.44[2] 117
Västerås  Sweden 159,663[1] 957.89[2] 167
Örebro  Sweden 159,437[1] 1,373.15[2] 116
Helsingborg  Sweden 151,403[1] 344.01[2] 440
Stavanger  Norway 148,682[3] 68.01[4] 2,186
Jyväskylä  Finland 147,746[5] 1,171.03[6] 126
Jönköping  Sweden 146,330[1] 1,480.36[2] 99
Norrköping  Sweden 145,222[1] 1,495.05[2] 97
Reykjavík  Iceland 142,740[9] 274.00[10] 521
Umeå  Sweden 133,112[1] 2,316.61[2] 57
Bærum  Norway 130,772[3] 189.28[4] 691
Lund  Sweden 130,506[1] 427.23[11] 305
Kuopio  Finland 124,021[5] 3,241.74[6] 38
Vejle  Denmark 120,949[7] 1,062.00[8] 114
Lahti  Finland 120,693[5] 459.5[6] 263
Kristiansand  Norway 116,735[3] 428.21[4] 273
Esbjerg  Denmark 115,758[7] 794.50[8] 146
Borås  Sweden 114,747[1] 909.901[2] 126
Huddinge  Sweden 114,118[1] 131.01[12] 871
Nacka  Sweden 110,529[1] 95.12[2] 1162
Eskilstuna  Sweden 107,713[1] 1,250.49[2] 86
Halmstad  Sweden 105,838[1] 1014.13[2] 104
Frederiksberg  Denmark 104,664[7] 8.70[8] 12,030
Drammen  Norway 104,109[3] 135[4] 771
Gävle  Sweden 103,581[1] 1,613.37[2] 64
Södertälje  Sweden 102,525[1] 525.15[2] 195

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Statistics Sweden - Official poulation 1 November 2023
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q SCB Statistics Sweden - Official Municipality Land Area for 2013 (retrieved on February 24, 2014) only available in Swedish Archived January 18, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Statistics Norway - Population at the end of the third quarter 2023 (30 September 2023)
  4. ^ a b c d e f g The Norwegian Mapping Authority - Official Municipality Land Area for 2014 only available in Norwegian
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Immigration record high in Finland in 2023". Statistics Finland. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i NLS National Land Survey of Finland - Official Municipality Land Area for 2023 only available in Finnish and Swedish
  7. ^ a b c d e f g Statistics Denmark - Official Population Statistics for 1 January 2023 (retrieved on 4 February 2024)
  8. ^ a b c d e f g Statistics Denmark - Official Municipality Land Area for 20131
  9. ^ Statistics Iceland - Official Population Statistics for Q3-2023 (retrieved on 4 February 2024)
  10. ^ National Land Survey of Iceland - Official Municipality Land Area on January 1, 2011
  11. ^ "Statistikmyndigheten SCB".
  12. ^ "Statistikmyndigheten SCB".

1 The statistics only include matriculated areas covered by the survey, thus most lakes and all seawater is excluded.

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