This is a list of urban areas in
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
by population.
The population is measured by
Statistics Sweden
Statistics Sweden ( sv, Statistiska centralbyrån ; SCB) is the Swedish government agency operating under the Ministry of Finance and responsible for producing official statistics for decision-making, debate and research. The agency's responsib ...
. The statistics bureau uses the term ''tätort'' (locality or
urban area
An urban area, built-up area or urban agglomeration is a human settlement with a high population density and infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas are created through urbanization and are categorized by urban morphology as cities, t ...
), which is defined as a continuous built-up area with a maximum distance of 200 m between residences. The localities are ''geographical'' and ''statistical'' units, totally independent of the ''administrative'' and ''political'' subdivision in
counties
A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...
and
municipalities
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
.
The urban areas in Sweden with more than 20,000 inhabitants as of 2015, according to Statistics Sweden, who only releases these statistics every five years,
[ Another number was released dated 2016, using updated population data, but 2015 urban area boundaries, meaning expansion was ignored.] are:
See also
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List of urban areas in Sweden
There are 1,956 urban areas in Sweden as defined by Statistics Sweden on 31 December 2010. The official term used by Statistics Sweden is "locality" ( sv, tätort) instead of "urban area" and they are defined as having a minimum of 200 inhabitan ...
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Largest metropolitan areas in the Nordic countries
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List of metropolitan areas in Sweden
Sweden has three metropolitan areas consisting of the areas surrounding the three largest cities, Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö. The statistics have been retrieved from Statistics Sweden and the statistics released on 10 November 2014. The ...
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List of cities in Sweden
This is a list of cities in modern Sweden that once enjoyed city privileges, thus were entitled to call themselves town ( sv, stad, plural ''städer''). The year indicates the year they were established or when they were granted a royal cha ...
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List of urban areas in Denmark by population
This is a list of urban areas in Denmark by population. For a list on cities in Denmark please see List of cities in Denmark by population.
The population is measured by Statistics Denmark for urban areas (Danish: ''byområder'' or ''bymæssige o ...
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List of urban areas in Norway by population
This is a list of urban areas in Norway by population, with population numbers as of 1 January 2017. For a list of towns and cities in Norway, see this link.
Statistics Norway, the governmental organisation with the task of measuring the Nor ...
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List of urban areas in the Nordic countries
This is a list of urban areas in the Nordic countries by population. The population is measured on a national level, independently by each country's statistical bureau. Statistics Sweden uses the term ''tätort'' (urban settlement), Statistics Fi ...
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List of urban areas in Finland by population
This is a list of urban areas in Finland by population, with the 100 largest localities or urban areas in Finland on 31 December 2019. The list is based on data from Statistics Finland that defines an urban area as a cluster of dwellings with at le ...
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List of cities and towns in Greenland
This is a list of cities and towns in Greenland as of 2021. The term 'city' is used loosely for any populated area in Greenland, given that the most populated place is Nuuk, the capital, with 19,279 inhabitants. In Greenland, two kinds of settled ...
References
{{50 most populous urban settlements of Scandinavia
Urban areas in Sweden
Sweden
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Sweden
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