List of cities in Scandinavia by population

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This is a list of cities in Scandinavia by population. The population is measured on a national level, independently by each statistical bureau. Statistics Sweden uses the term tätort (urban settlement), Statistics Denmark uses byområde (city), while Statistics Norway uses tettsted (urban settlement). In Denmark and Sweden, these terms are defined as a continuous built-up area whose population is at least 200 inhabitants and where the maximum distance between residences is 200 metres. In Norway, the maximum distance is 50 meters, but distances up to 400 meters is used in certain circumstances. Many urban areas throughout Scandinavia have witnessed conurbation and grown together. This is particularly true for the larger cities.

The 50 most highly populated urban areas in Scandinavia

Rank	City/urban settlement	Population	Notes

01	Stockholm	1,252,020 (city centre: 788,269)	Capital of Sweden. The Stockholm urban area consists of the municipalities of Stockholm, Solna and Sundbyberg, as well as parts of Botkyrka, Danderyd, Haninge, Huddinge, Järfälla, Nacka, Sollentuna, Tyresö municipalities.
02	Copenhagen	1,145,804 (city centre: 503,699)	Capital of Denmark. Greater Copenhagen, or Hovedstadsområdet (capital area) as it is also called in Danish, consists of the municipalities of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Albertslund, Brøndby, Gentofte, Gladsaxe, Glostrup, Herlev, Hvidovre, Lyngby-Taarbæk, Rødovre, Tårnby and Vallensbæk, as well as parts of the Ballerup, Søllerød, Værløse Ishøj and Greve municipalities.
03	Oslo	856,915 (city centre: 557,848)	Capital of Norway. Numbers include the neighboring municipalities Bærum, Asker, Skedsmo, Lørenskog and Oppegård in their entirety, as well as parts of Røyken, Sørum, Nittedal, Rælingen and Ski.
04	Gothenburg	510,491 (city centre: 489,787)	-
05	Århus	300,000	-
06	Malmö	258,020	-
07	Bergen	250,000	-
08	Stavanger	185,913	Includes the neighboring municipalities Sandnes and Randaberg in its entirety, as well as a part of Sola.
09	Trondheim	165,191	-
10	Odense	152,060	Neder Holluf has been included in Odense for the 2006 count and Seden for the 2007 count.
11	Uppsala	128,409	-
12	Aalborg	121,540	-
13	Västerås	107,005	-
14	Fredrikstad/ Sarpsborg	100,458	Fredrikstad with 70,926 inhabitants and Sarpsborg with 50,135 have grown together, to form an urban area known as "Nedre Glommaregionen" (the Lower Glomma Region - The cities are placed along the outlet of the river Glomma, hence the name).
15	Örebro	98,237	-
16	Linköping	97,428	-
17	Drammen	94,901	Includes the neighboring municipality Nedre Eiker in its entirety, as well as parts of Øvre Eiker, Lier and Røyken.
18	Helsingborg	91,457	-
19	Skien	86,342	Includes the neighboring municipality Porsgrunn in its entirety, as well as a part of Bamble.
20	Jönköping	84,423	-
21	Norrköping	83,561	-
22	Kristiansand	78,320	-
23	Lund	76,188	-
24	Umeå	75,645	-
25	Esbjerg	71,886	-
26	Gävle	68,700	-
27	Tromsø	65,286	-
28	Borås	63,441	-
29	Södertälje	60,279	-
30	Eskilstuna	60,185	-
31	Täby	58,593	-
32	Karlstad	58,544	-
33	Randers	55,909	-
34	Halmstad	55,688	-
35	Växjö	55,600	-
36	Kolding	55,045	-
37	Horsens	50,983	-
38	Vejle	49,928	-
39	Sundsvall	49,339	-
40	Tønsberg	46,091	Includes a part of the neighboring municipality Nøtterøy.
41	Roskilde	45,807	-
42	Luleå	45,467	-
43	Ålesund	45,299	Includes the neighboring municipality Sula in its entirety.
44	Trollhättan	44,498	-
45	Herning	44,437	Gjellerup, Hammerum, Lind and Snejbjerg have been included in Herning's tally for the 2006 count.
46	Östersund	43,796	-
47	Næstved	41,810	-
48	Silkeborg	41,300	Resenbro has been included in Silkeborg's population number for the 2006 count.
49	Haugesund	41,183	Includes a part of the neighboring municipality Karmøy.
50	Fredericia	39,391	-

Note that the population numbers from the different countries are from different years, as Statistics Norway and Statistics Denmark release the statistic yearly (albeit at different times of the year), Statistics Sweden only release the figures every five years.

Therefore, the Norwegian data is from the 2007 census, the Danish data is from 2006 and the Swedish from 2005.