List of the most populated 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.

List[]

Rank	Municipality	Country	Population	Land Area (km2)	Density (inhabitants/km2)	Image
1	Stockholm	Sweden	935,619[1]	187.17[2]	4,999
2	Oslo	Norway	666,759[3]	454.03[4]	1,469
3	Helsinki	Finland	636,365[5]	213.75[6]	2,977
4	Copenhagen	Denmark	632,340[7]	86.20[8]	7,115
5	Gothenburg	Sweden	556,640[1]	447.76[2]	1,243
6	Aarhus	Denmark	340,421 [7]	467.70[8]	718
7	Malmö	Sweden	328,494[1]	156.87[2]	2,094
8	Bergen	Norway	278,556[3]	445.14[4]	626
9	Espoo	Finland	274,672[5]	312.20[6]	880
10	Tampere	Finland	228,355[5]	525.01[6]	435
11	Vantaa	Finland	219,400[5]	238.37[6]	920
12	Uppsala	Sweden	214,559[1]	2,182.80[2]	98
13	Aalborg	Denmark	211,937[7]	1,137.30[8]	186
14	Odense	Denmark	200,563[7]	305.60[8]	656
15	Oulu	Finland	200,486[5]	3,031.00[6]	66
16	Trondheim	Norway	190,464[3]	323.01[4]	590
17	Turku	Finland	187,686[5]	245.66[6]	741
18	Linköping	Sweden	155,817[1]	1,427.44[2]	109
19	Västerås	Sweden	147,420[1]	957.89[2]	154
20	Örebro	Sweden	146,631[1]	1,373.15[2]	107
21	Helsingborg	Sweden	140,547[1]	344.01[2]	409
22	Norrköping	Sweden	139,363[1]	1,495.05[2]	93
23	Jyväskylä	Finland	138,875[5]	1,171.00[6]	119
24	Jönköping	Sweden	135,297[1]	1,480.36[2]	91
25	Stavanger	Norway	132,729[3]	68.01[4]	1,952
26	Bærum	Norway	124,008[3]	189.28[4]	655
27	Reykjavík	Iceland	123,300[9]	274.00[10]	450
28	Umeå	Sweden	122,892[1]	2,316.61[2]	53
29	Lahti	Finland	119,451[5]	135.05[6]	884
30	Lund	Sweden	118,542[1]	427.23[11]	277
31	Kuopio	Finland	117,742[5]	2,309.16[6]	51
32	Esbjerg	Denmark	115,905[7]	794.50[8]	146
33	Vejle	Denmark	113,243[7]	1,062.00[8]	107
34	Borås	Sweden	109,880[1]	909.901[2]	121
35	Huddinge	Sweden	107,538[1]	131.01[12]	821
36	Frederiksberg	Denmark	105,037[7]	8.00[8]	13,130
37	Eskilstuna	Sweden	103,684[1]	1,250.49[2]	83
38	Gävle	Sweden	101,455[1]	1,613.37[2]	63

See also[]

• List of larger urban zones in the Nordic countries
• List of urban areas in the Nordic countries
• Largest metropolitan areas in the Nordic countries
• List of metropolitan areas in Sweden

References[]

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