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	1,990,036	2,778.3	711
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	973,261[13]	3,694.86[14]	262.25
7	Metropolitan Malmö[15]	Sweden	Malmö	689,206[16]	2,522[17]	264
8	Greater Bergen Region[18]	Norway	Bergen	402,624[19]	2,651.21[20]	151.86
9	Tampere City Region[21]	Finland	Tampere	369,123[22]	4,038.04[23]	91.41
10	Stavanger Region[24]	Norway	Stavanger	325,692[25]	2,600.31[26]	125.25
11	Turku City Region[27]	Finland	Turku	320,689[28]	2,561.17[29]	125.21
12	Trondheim Region[30]	Norway	Trondheim	279,515[31]	6,973.88[32]	40.08
13	Greater Reykjavík Area[33][34]	Iceland	Reykjavík	208,710[35]	1,039.00[36]	200.88
14	Uppsala Municipality	Sweden	Uppsala	207,317[37]	2,182.80[38]	94.98
15	Aalborg Municipality	Denmark	Aalborg	205,809[39]	1137,30[40]	180.96
16	Odense Municipality	Denmark	Odense	195.797[41]	305,60[42]	640.70
17	Oulu Municipality	Finland	Oulu	193,902[43]	3,031.00[44]	63.97
18	Linköping Municipality	Sweden	Linköping	151,493[45]	1,427.44[46]	106.13
19	Västerås Municipality	Sweden	Västerås	143,368[47]	957.89[48]	149.67
20	Örebro Municipality	Sweden	Örebro	142,165[49]	1,373.15[50]	103.53
21	Norrköping Municipality	Sweden	Norrköping	134,947[51]	1,495.05[52]	90.26
22	Jyväskylä Municipality	Finland	Jyväskylä	134,082[53]	1,171.00[54]	114.50
23	Jönköping Municipality	Sweden	Jönköping	131,847[55]	1,480.36[56]	89.06
24	Umeå Municipality	Sweden	Umeå	119,273[57]	2,316.61[58]	51.49
25	Sundsvall and Timrå municipalities	Sweden	Sundsvall	115,650	4,423	26
26	Esbjerg Municipality	Denmark	Esbjerg	115,095[59]	794,50[60]	144.86
27	Borås Municipality	Sweden	Borås	106,866[61]	909.80[62]	117.46
28	Kuopio Municipality	Finland	Kuopio	106,451[63]	2,309.16[64]	46.16
29	Lahti Municipality	Finland	Lahti	103,352[65]	135.05[66]	765.29
30	Eskilstuna Municipality	Sweden	Eskilstuna	100,744[67]	1,250.49[68]	80.56

See also

• List of larger urban zones in the Nordic countries
• List of urban areas in the Nordic countries
• List of the most populated municipalities in the Nordic countries
• List of metropolitan areas in Sweden
• Metropolitan regions of Norway

References

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