List of the most populated municipalities in the Nordic countries

This is a list of the largest municipalities in the Nordic countries by population which have more than 100,000 inhabitants.

List

Rank	Municipality	Country	Population	Land Area (km²)	Density (inhabitants/km²)	Image
1	Stockholm	Sweden	932,917[1]	187.17[2]	4,984
2	Oslo	Norway	647,676[3]	454.03[4]	1,426.50
3	Helsinki	Finland	621,640[5]	213.75[6]	2,908.26
4	Copenhagen	Denmark	601,448[7]	86.20[8]	6,961,20
5	Gothenburg	Sweden	540,132[9]	447.76[10]	1,206.30
6	Aarhus	Denmark	335.728 [11]	467.70[12]	717.82
7	Malmö	Sweden	318,810[13]	156.87[14]	2,032.32
8	Bergen	Norway	275,112[15]	445.14[16]	618.03
9	Espoo	Finland	260,572[17]	312.20[18]	834.63
10	Tampere	Finland	220,411[19]	525.01[20]	419.82
11	Vantaa	Finland	207,944[21]	238.37[22]	872.36
12	Uppsala	Sweden	207,317[23]	2,182.80[24]	94.98
13	Aalborg	Denmark	205,809[25]	1,137.30[26]	180.96
14	Odense	Denmark	195,797[27]	305.60[28]	640.70
15	Oulu	Finland	193,902[29]	3,031.00[30]	63.97
16	Turku	Finland	182,141[31]	245.66[32]	741.44
17	Trondheim	Norway	182,035[33]	323.01[34]	563.56
18	Linköping	Sweden	151,493[35]	1,427.44[36]	106.13
19	Västerås	Sweden	143,368[37]	957.89[38]	149.67
20	Örebro	Sweden	142,165[39]	1,373.15[40]	103.53
21	Norrköping	Sweden	134,947[41]	1,495.05[42]	90.26
22	Helsingborg	Sweden	134,684[43]	344.01[44]	391.51
23	Jyväskylä	Finland	134,082[45]	1,171.00[46]	114.50
24	Jönköping	Sweden	131,847[47]	1,480.36[48]	89.06
25	Stavanger	Norway	130,754[49]	68.01[50]	1,922.57
26	Reykjavík	Iceland	121,190[51]	274.00[52]	442.30
27	Umeå	Sweden	119,273[53]	2,316.61[54]	51.49
28	Bærum	Norway	118,588[55]	189.28[56]	626.52
29	Esbjerg	Denmark	115,095[57]	794.50[58]	144.86
30	Vejle	Denmark	109,652[59]	1,062.00[60]	103.25
31	Borås	Sweden	106,866[61]	909.901[62]	117.46
32	Kuopio	Finland	106,451[63]	2,309.16[64]	46.16
33	Lahti	Finland	103,352[65]	135.05[66]	765.29
34	Frederiksberg	Denmark	102,717[67]	8,00[68]	12,839.63
35	Eskilstuna	Sweden	100,744[69]	1,250.49[70]	80.56

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.