Largest metropolitan areas in the Nordic countries

The largest metropolitan areas in the Nordic countries are difficult to rank in size because the definition patterns are different from country to country.

Largest metropolitan areas

Rank Metropolitan area Country Main City Population Land Area
(km²)		 Density
(inhabitants/km²)		 Image
1 Metropolitan Stockholm[1]  Sweden Stockholm 2,260,795[2] 6,526.24[3] 346
2 Copenhagen metropolitan area[4]  Denmark Copenhagen 2,036,717 2,778 733
3 Greater Oslo Region[5]  Norway Oslo 1,546,706[6] 8,867.67[7] 171.50
4 Helsinki Region[8]  Finland Helsinki 1,420,284[9] 3,697.50[10] 379.18
5 East Jutland Metropolitan Area[11]  Denmark Aarhus 1,378,978 11,521 119
6 Metropolitan Gothenburg[12]  Sweden Gothenburg 1,001,032 3,694.86[13] 270,93

These are the only metropolitan areas recognized by OECD - limit is set to at least 1 million. However we continue by also counting metropolitan areas down to a population of 200.000 and above.

Rank Metropoliran area Country Main City Population Land Area
(km²)		 Density
(inhabitants/km²)		 Image
7 Metropolitan Western Scania[14]  Sweden Trelleborg to Ängelholm, including (eastwards to) Svedala, Lund, Eslöv, Klippan 980,500[15] 3,521[16] 276.0
8 Greater Bergen Region[17]  Norway Bergen 402,624[18] 2,651.21[19] 151.86
9 Tampere City Region[20]  Finland Tampere 369,123[21] 4,038.04[22] 91.41
10 Stavanger Region[23]  Norway Stavanger 325,692[24] 2,600.31[25] 125.25
11 Turku City Region[26]  Finland Turku 320,689[27] 2,561.17[28] 125.21
12 Trondheim Region[29]  Norway Trondheim 279,515[30] 6,973.88[31] 40.08
13 Greater Reykjavík Area[32][33]  Iceland Reykjavík 208,710[34] 1,039.00[35] 200.88

See also

References

  1. ↑ SCB Statistics Sweden - Definition of Metropolitan Areas in Sweden (published in 2005) only available in Swedish
  2. ↑ - Official Population Statistics for Q3-2016 (released on November 09, 2016) only available in Swedish
  3. ↑ SCB Statistics Sweden - Official Municipality Land Area for 2013 (retrieved on February 24, 2014) only available in Swedish
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development - Definition of Greater City Regions (published in 2002)
  6. ↑ Statistics Norway - Official Population Statistics for Q4-2013 (retrieved on February 22, 2014)
  7. ↑ The Norwegian Mapping Authority - Official Municipality Land Area for 2014 only available in Norwegian
  8. ↑ City of Helsinki - Definition of Helsinki Region (published in 2009)
  9. ↑ Statistics Finland - Official Population Statistics for Q4-2013 (retrieved on February 22, 2014)
  10. ↑ NLS National Land Survey of Finland - Official Municipality Land Area for 2014 only available in Finnish and Swedish
  11. ↑
  12. ↑ SCB Statistics Sweden - Definition of Metropolitan Areas in Sweden (published in 2005) only available in Swedish
  13. ↑ SCB Statistics Sweden - Official Municipality Land Area for 2013 (retrieved on February 24, 2014) only available in Swedish
  14. ↑ SCB Statistics Sweden - Population statistics (December 2016) only available in Swedish
  15. ↑ SCB Statistics Sweden - Population statistics (December 2016) only available in Swedish
  16. ↑ SCB Statistics Sweden - Official Municipality Land Area for 2013 (retrieved on February 24, 2014) only available in Swedish
  17. ↑ Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development - Definition of Greater City Regions (published in 2002)
  18. ↑ Statistics Norway - Official Population Statistics for Q4-2013 (retrieved on February 23, 2014)
  19. ↑ The Norwegian Mapping Authority - Official Municipality Land Area for 2014 only available in Norwegian
  20. ↑ Tampere City Region - Official Website and Definition of the Region
  21. ↑ Statistics Finland - Official Population Statistics for Q4-2013 (retrieved on February 23, 2014)
  22. ↑ NLS National Land Survey of Finland - Official Municipality Land Area for 2014 only available in Finnish and Swedish
  23. ↑ Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development - Definition of Greater City Regions (published in 2002)
  24. ↑ Statistics Norway - Official Population Statistics for Q4-2013 (retrieved on February 23, 2014)
  25. ↑ The Norwegian Mapping Authority - Official Municipality Land Area for 2014 only available in Norwegian
  26. ↑ Wikipedia - Definition of Turku City Region, or equivalent (official reference and definition required)
  27. ↑ Statistics Finland - Official Population Statistics for Q4-2013 (retrieved on February 23, 2014)
  28. ↑ NLS National Land Survey of Finland - Official Municipality Land Area for 2014 only available in Finnish and Swedish
  29. ↑ Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development - Definition of Greater City Regions (published in 2002)
  30. ↑ Statistics Norway - Official Population Statistics for Q4-2013 (retrieved on February 23, 2014)
  31. ↑ The Norwegian Mapping Authority - Official Municipality Land Area for 2014 only available in Norwegian
  32. ↑ Google Maps - Geographical Definition of Greater Reykjavík Area
  33. ↑ Association of Municipalities in the Capital Area (SSH) - Official Definition of Municipalities included in Greater Reykjavík Area
  34. ↑ Statistics Iceland - Official Population Statistics for Q4-2013 (retrieved on February 24, 2014)
  35. ↑ National Land Survey of Iceland - Official Municipality Land Area on January 1, 2011

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

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