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.

List

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	686,595[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	322,180[5]	312.35[6]	1,006
Bergen	Norway	291,189[3]	445.14[4]	654
Tampere	Finland	260,455[5]	524.89[6]	486
Vantaa	Finland	251,936[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	216,352[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	206,420[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	149,213[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	125,666[5]	3,241.74[6]	38
Vejle	Denmark	120,949[7]	1,062.00[8]	114
Lahti	Finland	121,386[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

• List of urban areas in the Nordic countries
• List of metropolitan areas in Sweden