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.
Municipality | Country | Population | Area (km2) |
Density (/km2) |
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Stockholm | Sweden | 990,261 [1] | 187.16 [2] | 5,291 |
Oslo | Norway | 716,272 [3] | 426.4 [4] | 1,680 |
Helsinki | Finland | 674,963 [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 | 314,152 [5] | 312.35 [6] | 1,006 |
Bergen | Norway | 291,189 [3] | 445.14 [4] | 654 |
Tampere | Finland | 255,066 [5] | 524.89 [6] | 486 |
Vantaa | Finland | 247,447 [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 | 214,651 [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 | 201,889 [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 | 147,821 [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 | 124,011 [5] | 3,241.74 [6] | 38 |
Vejle | Denmark | 120,949 [7] | 1,062.00 [8] | 114 |
Lahti | Finland | 120,700 [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 |
1 The statistics only include matriculated areas covered by the survey, thus most lakes and all seawater is excluded.