National Areas of Sweden


Sweden's administration
Counties of Sweden:
Administrative Boards
County Councils
Municipalities of Sweden:
Alphabetical list
Wealth sorted
See also:
Riksområden
NUTS of Sweden
ISO 3166-2:SE

The National Areas of Sweden (Swedish: Riksområden) are 8 second level subdivisions (NUTS-2) of Sweden, created by the European Union for statistical purposes.

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History

Subdivision

The 8 riksområden (Singular : Riksområde) includes the 21 counties of Sweden.[1] Only Stockholm (SE01) corresponds simply to the homonymous county.

National Areas Map
Name Code Swedish name Largest city Map
Stockholm SE01 Stockholm Stockholm
East Middle Sweden SE02 Östra Mellansverige Uppsala
South Sweden SE04 Sydsverige Malmö
North Middle Sweden SE06 Norra Mellansverige Gävle
Middle Norrland SE07 Mellersta Norrland Sundsvall
Upper Norrland SE08 Övre Norrland Umeå
Småland and the islands SE09 Småland med Öarna Jönköping
West Sweden SE0A Västsverige Göteborg

See also

References

External links

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