Sweden (Major Municipalities): Counties, Major Municipalities & Metropolitan Areas

The counties ("län") and metropolitan areas of Sweden as well as all municipalities of more than 20,000 inhabitants.

Counties
Principal Municipalities
Principal Metropolitan Areas
Municipalities

Counties

	Name	Abbr.	Capital	A-L (km²)	E 1990-12-31	E 1995-12-31	E 2000-12-31	E 2005-12-31	E 2010-12-31	E 2012-12-31
i	Blekinge län {Blekinge lan}	BLE	Karlskrona	2,947	150,564	152,737	150,392	150,696	153,227	152,315
i	Dalarnas län {Dalarnas lan}	DAL	Falun	28,196	289,067	289,956	278,259	275,755	277,047	276,555
i	Gävleborgs län {Gavleborgs lan}	GÄV	Gävle	18,200	289,294	288,509	279,262	275,994	276,508	276,637
i	Gotlands län {Gotlands lan}	GOT	Gotland	3,151	57,108	58,120	57,313	57,488	57,269	57,241
i	Hallands län {Hallands lan}	HAL	Halmstad	5,462	254,725	269,338	275,004	285,868	299,484	304,116
i	Jämtlands län {Jamtlands lan}	JÄM	Östersund	49,343	135,726	135,584	129,566	127,028	126,691	126,201
i	Jönköpings län {Jonkopings lan}	JÖN	Jönköping	10,495	308,290	329,595	327,829	330,179	336,866	339,116
i	Kalmar län {Kalmar lan}	KAL	Kalmar	11,219	241,102	243,372	235,391	233,944	233,536	233,548
i	Kronobergs län {Kronobergs lan}	KRO	Växjö	8,467	177,882	180,377	176,639	178,443	183,940	185,887
i	Norrbottens län {Norrbottens lan}	NOR	Luleå	98,249	263,735	266,011	256,238	251,740	248,609	248,637
i	Örebro län {Orebro lan}	ÖRE	Örebro	8,546	272,513	276,417	273,615	274,121	280,230	283,113
i	Östergötlands län {Ostergotlands lan}	ÖST	Linköping	10,605	403,011	416,443	411,345	416,303	429,642	433,784
i	Skåne län {Skane lan}	SKA	Malmö	11,035	1,068,587	1,111,731	1,129,424	1,169,464	1,243,329	1,263,088
i	Södermanlands län {Sodermanlands lan}	SÖD	Nyköping	6,103	255,636	258,700	256,033	261,895	270,738	274,723
i	Stockholms län {Stockholms lan}	STO	Stockholm	6,519	1,641,669	1,725,756	1,823,210	1,889,945	2,054,343	2,127,006
i	Uppsala län {Uppsala lan}	UPP	Uppsala	8,245	282,430	302,419	307,849	318,001	335,882	341,977
i	Värmlands län {Varmlands lan}	VÄR	Karlstad	17,591	283,110	284,011	275,003	273,288	273,265	273,080
i	Västerbottens län {Vasterbottens lan}	VÄS	Umeå	55,190	251,968	260,472	255,640	257,652	259,286	260,217
i	Västernorrlands län {Vasternorrlands lan}	VNL	Härnösand	21,685	261,155	258,290	246,903	243,736	242,625	241,981
i	Västmanlands län {Vastmanlands lan}	VML	Västerås	5,146	244,892	247,157	243,236	247,757	252,756	256,224
i	Västra Götalands län {Vastra Gotalands lan}	VGÖ	Göteborg	23,956	1,458,166	1,482,501	1,494,641	1,528,455	1,580,297	1,600,447
	Sweden	SWE	Stockholm	410,314	8,590,630	8,837,496	8,882,792	9,047,752	9,415,570	9,555,893

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Principal Municipalities

	Name	Adm.	M E 2012-12-31
1	Stockholm	STO	881,235
2	Göteborg	VGÖ	526,089
3	Malmö	SKA	307,758
4	Uppsala	UPP	202,625
5	Linköping	ÖST	148,521
6	Västerås	VML	140,499
7	Örebro	ÖRE	138,952

Principal Metropolitan Areas

	Name	Adm.	A E 2012-12-31
1	Stockholm	STO	2,127,006
2	Göteborg	VGÖ	947,575
3	Malmö	SKA	670,394

Municipalities

	Name	Adm.	M E 1980-12-31	M E 1985-12-31	M E 1990-12-31	M E 1995-12-31	M E 2000-12-31	M E 2005-12-31	M E 2010-12-31	M E 2012-12-31
i	Ale (Nödinge-Nol)	VGÖ	23,312	23,412	24,071	25,377	25,421	26,405	27,442	27,842
i	Alingsås {Alingsas}	VGÖ	29,637	31,394	33,626	34,758	35,153	36,010	37,796	38,355
i	Ängelholm {Angelholm}	SKA	29,813	31,477	34,149	36,491	37,312	38,347	39,394	39,742
i	Arvika	VÄR	26,891	26,558	26,887	26,919	26,188	26,265	26,034	25,829
i	Avesta	DAL	26,376	24,969	24,832	24,010	22,375	21,954	21,583	21,467
i	Boden	NOR	28,848	29,029	29,740	30,153	28,679	28,176	27,471	27,598
i	Bollnäs {Bollnas}	GÄV	27,877	27,871	28,094	27,933	26,735	26,237	26,248	26,158
i	Borås {Boras}	VGÖ	...	...	...	96,139	96,883	99,325	103,294	104,867
i	Borlänge {Borlange}	DAL	46,794	45,858	46,671	48,461	47,206	46,987	49,251	49,482
i	Botkyrka (Tumba)	STO	65,218	66,326	68,542	69,500	73,097	76,592	82,608	86,274
i	Danderyd (Djursholm)	STO	27,842	28,706	27,915	28,684	29,570	30,226	31,330	31,960
i	Ekerö {Ekero}	STO	15,927	16,534	18,785	20,866	22,266	24,010	25,410	26,160
i	Enköping {Enkoping}	UPP	32,720	32,881	34,862	36,453	36,606	38,422	39,759	40,349
i	Eskilstuna	SÖD	90,354	88,528	89,765	89,425	88,408	91,635	96,311	98,765
i	Eslöv {Eslov}	SKA	26,829	26,340	27,780	28,543	28,487	30,087	31,587	31,744
i	Falkenberg	HAL	34,912	35,596	37,622	38,950	38,817	39,605	41,008	41,423
i	Falköping {Falkoping}	VGÖ	31,875	31,448	31,994	32,001	31,007	31,185	31,513	31,689
i	Falun	DAL	50,597	51,653	53,748	55,088	54,426	55,274	56,044	56,432
i	Finspång {Finspang}	ÖST	24,614	23,703	23,291	22,996	21,477	20,888	20,747	20,791
i	Gällivare {Gallivare}	NOR	24,711	23,532	22,421	22,050	20,037	19,077	18,425	18,307
i	Gävle {Gavle}	GÄV	87,378	87,784	88,568	90,587	90,742	92,205	95,055	96,170
i	Gislaved	JÖN	28,483	28,448	29,238	29,841	30,407	29,489	29,111	28,732
i	Göteborg [Gothenburg] {Goteborg}	VGÖ	431,273	425,495	433,042	449,189	466,990	484,942	513,751	526,089
i	Gotland (incl. Visby)	GOT	55,346	56,144	57,108	58,120	57,313	57,488	57,269	57,241
i	Håbo {Habo}	UPP	13,301	13,876	15,209	16,874	17,468	18,569	19,629	19,883
i	Halmstad	HAL	76,042	77,151	80,061	83,488	85,200	88,224	91,800	93,231
i	Haninge (Handen)	STO	58,541	61,166	62,797	65,706	69,644	71,837	77,054	79,430
i	Härnösand {Harnosand}	VNL	27,756	27,338	27,446	27,326	25,493	25,227	24,611	24,398
i	Härryda (Mölnlycke) {Harryda}	VGÖ	23,195	24,784	26,541	28,612	30,276	32,049	34,463	35,223
i	Hässleholm {Hassleholm}	SKA	48,854	48,446	49,106	49,790	48,580	49,148	50,107	50,163
i	Helsingborg	SKA	101,956	105,468	109,267	114,339	117,737	122,062	129,177	132,011
i	Höganäs {Hoganas}	SKA	22,111	22,212	22,654	22,854	22,639	23,482	24,637	24,863
i	Huddinge	STO	66,570	70,209	73,829	77,384	84,535	88,750	97,453	101,010
i	Hudiksvall	GÄV	37,538	37,604	38,328	38,708	37,454	37,004	36,849	36,821
i	Järfälla (Jakobsberg) {Jarfalla}	STO	53,321	56,020	56,359	58,675	60,471	61,743	66,211	68,210
i	Jönköping {Jonkoping}	JÖN	107,561	107,362	111,486	115,429	117,095	120,965	127,382	129,478
i	Kalmar	KAL	52,846	54,165	56,206	58,420	59,308	60,924	62,815	63,671
i	Karlshamn	BLE	31,879	31,634	31,543	31,361	30,741	31,006	31,143	31,132
i	Karlskoga	ÖRE	36,828	35,028	33,869	32,949	31,293	30,185	29,668	29,631
i	Karlskrona	BLE	60,141	59,393	59,054	60,592	60,564	61,383	64,032	63,691
i	Karlstad	VÄR	74,068	74,439	76,467	79,468	80,323	82,096	85,753	86,929
i	Katrineholm	SÖD	32,277	31,889	32,764	33,262	32,370	32,185	32,428	32,549
i	Kävlinge {Kavlinge}	SKA	20,643	21,154	23,178	24,169	24,583	26,704	29,013	29,427
i	Kiruna	NOR	29,705	26,862	26,149	25,826	24,314	23,135	22,944	22,972
i	Köping {Koping}	VML	27,201	26,371	26,444	26,137	24,763	24,646	24,905	24,854
i	Kramfors	VNL	26,611	25,223	24,555	23,449	21,382	20,107	18,911	18,516
i	Kristianstad	SKA	68,883	69,752	71,750	73,786	74,161	75,915	79,543	80,507
i	Kristinehamn	VÄR	26,977	26,107	25,865	25,738	24,297	23,899	23,808	23,729
i	Kumla	ÖRE	16,939	17,760	17,786	18,621	19,086	19,473	20,456	20,738
i	Kungälv {Kungalv}	VGÖ	29,702	31,745	33,772	36,251	37,191	38,703	41,241	41,753
i	Kungsbacka	HAL	43,536	48,760	54,220	60,915	65,113	69,817	75,025	76,786
i	Laholm	HAL	21,059	21,462	22,661	23,120	22,747	23,037	23,390	23,458
i	Landskrona	SKA	36,493	35,302	36,340	37,868	37,728	39,346	41,724	42,560
i	Lerum	VGÖ	29,871	31,063	33,206	34,610	35,214	36,506	38,580	39,070
i	Lidingö {Lidingo}	STO	37,390	38,271	38,399	39,042	40,584	41,892	44,017	44,434
i	Lidköping {Lidkoping}	VGÖ	35,061	35,212	35,801	36,769	36,802	37,380	38,048	38,254
i	Lindesberg	ÖRE	24,956	24,631	24,663	24,835	23,525	23,228	23,034	22,979
i	Linköping {Linkoping}	ÖST	112,600	116,838	122,268	131,370	133,168	137,636	146,416	148,521
i	Ljungby	KRO	27,409	27,234	27,490	27,601	27,078	27,093	27,297	27,423
i	Ljusdal	GÄV	21,595	21,161	21,163	20,785	20,006	19,384	19,065	18,880
i	Lomma	SKA	16,607	16,835	17,220	17,576	18,044	18,854	21,559	22,298
i	Ludvika	DAL	31,695	29,907	29,421	28,176	26,450	25,537	25,810	25,639
i	Luleå {Lulea}	NOR	66,834	66,557	68,412	71,106	71,652	72,751	74,178	74,905
i	Lund	SKA	78,487	82,015	87,681	96,557	98,948	102,257	110,488	112,950
i	Malmö {Malmo}	SKA	233,803	229,936	233,887	245,699	259,579	271,271	298,963	307,758
i	Mariestad	VGÖ	24,413	24,175	24,682	24,700	23,800	23,895	23,741	23,739
i	Mark (Kinna)	VGÖ	31,418	31,708	33,070	33,583	32,951	33,494	33,845	33,763
i	Mjölby {Mjolby}	ÖST	26,042	25,725	26,219	25,979	25,157	25,258	25,856	26,195
i	Mölndal {Molndal}	VGÖ	47,788	49,785	52,028	54,254	56,137	58,234	60,973	61,659
i	Mora	DAL	19,376	19,892	20,549	20,930	20,132	20,212	20,153	20,082
i	Motala	ÖST	41,965	41,350	41,994	42,949	42,175	41,912	41,955	41,867
i	Nacka	STO	57,229	59,688	64,056	70,172	74,974	80,247	90,108	92,873
i	Nässjö {Nassjo}	JÖN	31,694	30,786	30,767	30,562	29,495	29,314	29,339	29,382
i	Norrköping {Norrkoping}	ÖST	119,238	118,567	120,522	123,795	122,199	124,642	130,050	132,124
i	Norrtälje {Norrtalje}	STO	40,842	42,204	46,165	50,295	52,611	54,596	56,080	56,634
i	Nybro	KAL	21,636	20,867	20,978	20,809	19,785	19,775	19,651	19,486
i	Nyköping {Nykoping}	SÖD	...	...	...	48,737	49,063	49,816	51,644	52,336
i	Nynäshamn {Nynashamn}	STO	20,333	20,857	21,992	22,786	23,965	24,648	26,032	26,572
i	Örebro {Orebro}	ÖRE	116,969	118,043	120,944	119,635	124,207	127,733	135,460	138,952
i	Örnsköldsvik {Ornskoldsvik}	VNL	60,552	59,891	59,379	58,246	55,702	54,943	55,073	55,008
i	Oskarshamn	KAL	28,037	27,605	27,271	27,211	26,349	26,247	26,163	26,144
i	Österåker (Åkersberga) {Osteraker}	STO	25,631	26,324	30,230	32,140	34,427	37,336	39,521	40,269
i	Östersund {Ostersund}	JÄM	55,810	56,446	58,317	59,748	58,249	58,428	59,416	59,485
i	Östhammar {Osthammar}	UPP	21,028	21,148	21,941	22,366	21,733	21,608	21,373	21,262
i	Partille	VGÖ	27,172	29,232	30,420	32,206	33,124	33,543	35,084	35,837
i	Piteå {Pitea}	NOR	38,402	38,870	40,034	40,923	40,363	40,873	40,892	41,078
i	Ronneby	BLE	30,159	29,382	28,905	29,256	28,634	28,358	28,254	27,788
i	Sala	VML	20,936	21,000	21,820	22,074	21,548	21,446	21,535	21,596
i	Sandviken	GÄV	42,866	40,423	39,906	38,995	37,064	36,690	36,916	37,089
i	Sigtuna	STO	28,276	29,300	31,485	33,406	35,001	36,711	39,990	42,272
i	Simrishamn	SKA	20,303	19,887	20,088	20,259	19,303	19,425	19,297	18,997
i	Skellefteå {Skelleftea}	VÄS	74,210	74,282	75,258	75,348	72,476	71,910	71,641	71,774
i	Skövde {Skovde}	VGÖ	46,007	46,431	47,529	49,432	49,313	49,980	51,402	52,212
i	Söderhamn {Soderhamn}	GÄV	31,186	30,288	29,624	29,315	27,675	26,506	25,647	25,223
i	Södertälje {Sodertalje}	STO	...	...	...	...	77,882	80,553	86,246	89,473
i	Sollefteå {Solleftea}	VNL	26,053	25,401	24,840	23,936	21,978	20,976	20,255	19,736
i	Sollentuna	STO	45,868	48,212	51,377	54,553	58,048	59,355	64,630	66,859
i	Solna	STO	50,441	49,648	51,841	54,417	56,605	60,575	68,144	71,293
i	Staffanstorp	SKA	16,368	17,393	17,427	19,062	19,815	20,602	22,259	22,534
i	Stenungsund	VGÖ	16,091	17,034	18,640	19,852	20,679	22,947	24,292	24,868
i	Stockholm	STO	647,214	659,030	674,452	711,119	750,348	771,038	847,073	881,235
i	Strängnäs {Strangnas}	SÖD	23,705	24,905	26,835	28,669	29,610	30,655	32,419	33,072
i	Sundbyberg	STO	25,717	28,516	31,308	31,803	33,868	34,016	38,633	40,793
i	Sundsvall	VNL	94,742	93,181	93,808	94,531	93,126	94,044	95,732	96,687
i	Svedala	SKA	15,471	16,741	17,397	17,915	17,905	18,716	19,822	19,805
i	Täby {Taby}	STO	47,105	54,185	56,714	58,833	60,197	60,594	63,789	65,364
i	Tierp	UPP	20,608	19,818	20,052	20,171	19,888	20,056	20,125	20,156
i	Trelleborg	SKA	34,445	34,134	35,997	37,779	38,429	39,830	42,219	42,605
i	Trollhättan {Trollhattan}	VGÖ	49,600	49,173	51,047	52,482	52,891	53,302	55,248	55,749
i	Tyresö (Bollmora) {Tyreso}	STO	31,061	32,161	33,973	36,627	39,071	41,134	42,947	43,764
i	Uddevalla	VGÖ	46,032	45,816	47,345	49,003	48,971	50,314	51,868	52,530
i	Ulricehamn	VGÖ	21,970	22,086	22,738	22,793	22,284	22,381	22,838	23,015
i	Umeå {Umea}	VÄS	81,088	85,108	91,258	101,337	104,512	110,758	115,473	117,294
i	Upplands-Bro (Kungsängen)	STO	18,489	19,887	20,191	20,025	20,878	21,327	23,676	24,353
i	Upplands Väsby {Upplands Vasby}	STO	31,961	33,912	35,963	36,277	37,576	37,624	39,289	40,723
i	Uppsala	UPP	...	...	...	...	...	183,308	197,787	202,625
i	Vallentuna	STO	17,603	19,511	22,186	23,457	25,228	27,397	30,114	31,215
i	Vänersborg {Vanersborg}	VGÖ	34,574	35,702	36,628	36,477	36,589	36,951	36,857	36,968
i	Varberg	HAL	44,164	46,253	49,018	51,902	52,648	54,817	58,084	59,186
i	Värmdö (Gustavsberg) {Varmdo}	STO	17,846	19,173	22,067	26,548	31,260	34,933	38,301	39,387
i	Värnamo {Varnamo}	JÖN	30,342	30,668	31,315	31,582	32,256	32,700	32,833	33,012
i	Västerås {Vasteras}	VML	117,487	117,706	119,761	123,728	126,328	131,934	137,207	140,499
i	Västervik {Vastervik}	KAL	41,263	39,975	39,908	39,579	37,433	36,505	36,206	35,892
i	Växjö {Vaxjo}	KRO	64,661	66,554	69,547	72,767	73,901	77,363	83,005	84,800
i	Vellinge	SKA	23,190	25,397	27,876	29,476	30,516	31,722	33,303	33,615
i	Vetlanda	JÖN	28,736	27,965	28,023	27,825	26,624	26,459	26,304	26,297
i	Ystad	SKA	23,773	23,900	24,999	25,752	26,182	27,120	28,338	28,558

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