Subdivisions of the Nordic countries
The countries and autonomous islands in the Nordic region have some similarly named country subdivisions, although their translations into English may differ.
Subdivisions of Denmark
Subdivisions of Iceland
Subdivisions of Finland
- Mainland Finland (level NUTS 1)
- State organization, controlled by the executive branch of the central government (Government of Finland and its ministries)
- until 1634: provinces (Finnish: maakunta, Swedish: landskap) -> historical provinces of Finland
- 1634–1997: counties (Finnish: lääni, Swedish: län)
- 1997–2009: 6 provinces of Finland (Finnish lääni, Swedish län), level NUTS 2
- divided into 90 state local districts of Finland (Finnish kihlakunta, Swedish härad), which serve as the official local administrative units of the state, providing the registry office, police and judicial administration
- Also, 12 numbering areas
- Municipalities, controlled by the respective municipal councils (Finnish: valtuusto, Swedish: fullmäktige)
- 432 municipalities (Finnish kunta, Swedish kommun), LAU 2 (NUTS 5)
- the municipalities co-operate in 74 sub-regions (Finnish seutukunta, Swedish ekonomisk region), LAU 1 (NUTS 4)
- and in 20 regions of Finland (Finnish maakunta, Swedish landskap), level NUTS 3, within the 6 provinces
- NUTS codes of the European Union
- Åland, an autonomous insular region (level NUTS 1)
Subdivisions of Åland
Subdivisions of Norway
Subdivisions of Sweden