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List of the most populous municipalities in the Nordic countries

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.

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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 683,669[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 319,811[5] 312.35[6] 1,006
Bergen   Norway 291,189[3] 445.14[4] 654
Tampere   Finland 260,051[5] 524.89[6] 486
Vantaa   Finland 251,070[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 216,174[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 205,949[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 149,263[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 125,597[5] 3,241.74[6] 38
Vejle   Denmark 120,949[7] 1,062.00[8] 114
Lahti   Finland 121,447[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 population 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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