List of metropolitan areas in Sweden

Sweden has three metropolitan areas consisting of the areas surrounding the three largest cities, Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö.^[1] The statistics have been retrieved from Statistics Sweden and the statistics released November 10, 2014.^[2] The official land area for each municipality have also been retrieved from Statistics Sweden, the agency that defines these areas.^[3]

Metropolitan Stockholm

Central Stockholm and Old Town

Metropolitan Stockholm (also known as Greater Stockholm or, in Swedish, Storstockholm), is a metropolitan area surrounding the Swedish capital of Stockholm. Since 2005, Metropolitan Stockholm is defined by official Swedish Statistics as all of Stockholm County.^[4] It is the largest of the three metropolitan areas in Sweden.

Metropolitan Stockholm is divided into 5 areas: Stockholm City Centre, Söderort, Västerort of Stockholm Municipality; and the northern suburbs and southern suburbs, which consists of several municipalities.

Statistics

Municipality	Number	Population	Area^[1]	Density^[2]	Part
Stockholm	1	914,909	187.17	4,861.76	Centre, West, South
Huddinge	2	104,353	131.01	795.01	Southern Suburbs (Södermanland)
Botkyrka	3	89,142	194.17	451.05
Salem	4	16,201	54.09	297.76
Södertälje	5	92,490	525.15	175.18
Nykvarn	6	9,862	152.76	63.52
Nynäshamn	7	27,168	358.76	75.16
Haninge	8	82,676	458.07	179.04
Tyresö	9	45,629	69.25	651.94
Nacka	10	96,420	95.12	1,005.61
Värmdö	11	40,660	448.03	89.91	Northern Suburbs (Uppland)
Lidingö	12	45,598	30.80	1,476.23
Vaxholm	13	11,385	57.88	195.51
Österåker	14	41,317	312.40	131.33
Norrtälje	15	57,694	2016.04	28.50
Vallentuna	16	32,008	358.36	88.96
Sigtuna	17	44,174	327.40	134.46
Upplands-Bro	18	25,370	235.47	107.15
Upplands Väsby	19	41,883	75.09	556.49
Täby	20	67,519	60.72	1,109.24
Sollentuna	21	69,525	52.64	1,314.27
Danderyd	22	32,286	26.40	1,222.01
Järfälla	23	71,130	53.81	1,306.11
Ekerö	24	26,770	217.68	122.30
Sundbyberg	25	44,663	8.67	5,047.64
Solna	26	74,273	19.30	3,834.77
Total	26	2,205,105	6,526.24	335.94	Metropolitan Area

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² Population per km²

Metropolitan Gothenburg

Central Gothenburg and the harbor, the largest in the Nordic Region

Metropolitan Gothenburg (Storgöteborg or literally Greater Gothenburg), is a metropolitan area surrounding the city of Gothenburg in Sweden. The metropolitan region is located in Västra Götaland County, except for the municipality of Kungsbacka, which is located to the south in Halland County. As of 2005, the municipalities of Alingsås and Lilla Edet were added to the region. The region is often used for statistical measures, and estimates in the 1960s predicted that the region would have about one million inhabitants in the year 2000. The region is the second largest metropolitan area in Sweden after Metropolitan Stockholm.

Statistics

Municipality	Number	Population	Area^[1]	Density^[2]
Gothenburg	1	543,005	447.76	1,206.30
Mölndal	2	63,004	145.84	430.05
Partille	3	36,616	56.83	641.62
Härryda	4	36,348	266.78	135.83
Lerum	5	39,751	258.61	153.50
Ale	6	28,435	316.51	89.54
Kungälv	7	42,408	362.59	116.64
Öckerö	8	12,602	25.74	490.09
Tjörn	9	15,149	167.36	90.17
Stenungsund	10	25,272	251.91	100.08
Lilla Edet	11	13,041	316.23	41.05
Alingsås	12	39,284	472.03	82.86
Kungsbacka	13	78,346	606.67	128.73
Total	13	973,261	3,694.86	262.25

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² Population per km²

Metropolitan Malmö

The Øresund strait between Malmö and Copenhagen with Malmö in the foreground and the island of Amager and part of southern Copenhagen in the background

Metropolitan Malmö (Stormalmö or literally Greater Malmö) is the metropolitan area that includes Malmö in Sweden and much of its surroundings. The area encompasses the south-eastern part of the Scandinavian Öresund Region. The metropolitan area surrounding the cities of Malmö and Lund in the southernmost part of Sweden are usually denoted as Southwestern Scania (Sydvästra Skåne) or more seldom Metropolitan Malmö.

Since the 1970s, improved highways and Regional train and InterRegio connections have meant that commuting area has grown to include Ystad, Skurup, Sjöbo, Eslöv, Höör, Landskrona and Helsingborg. Commuting across the Øresund has become more common, both through the Oresund Bridge and the HH Ferry route, at which car ferries departs every 12 minutes (every 15 minutes during winter time).

It is not uncommon to live in Malmö and work either in Ystad or Helsingborg, or vice versa. Mentally, however, these towns have kept their allegiance with older divisions of Scania.

Statistics

Municipality	Number	Population	Area^[1]	Density^[2]
Malmö	1	319,246	156.87	2,019.57
Vellinge	2	34,166	142.61	238.55
Trelleborg	3	43,042	339.87	126.20
Skurup	4	15,159	193.58	78.29
Svedala	5	20,295	218.05	92.41
Lund	6	116,115	427.23	270.79
Staffanstorp	7	22,978	106.82	214.63
Burlöv	8	17,241	18.90	907.94
Lomma	9	23,049	55.52	412.36
Kävlinge	10	29,837	152.56	195.31
Eslöv	11	32,299	419.06	76.80
Höör	12	15,779	290.85	54.15
Total	12	689,206	2,521.92	271.79

In 2006 the municipalities of Eslöv, Höör and Skurup were added to the area of Metropolitan Malmö.

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² Population per km²

See also

• Largest metropolitan areas in the Nordic countries
• List of the most populated municipalities in the Nordic countries
• List of metropolitan areas in Europe
• Stockholm urban area
• Largest urban areas of the European Union

References

1. ↑ SCB Statistics Sweden – Definition of Metropolitan Areas in Sweden published in 2005
2. ↑ SCB Statistics Sweden - Population Statistics published November 10, 2014 (only available in Swedish)
3. ↑ SCB Statistics Sweden - Official Land Area per Municipality, retrieved February 24, 2014 (only available in Swedish)
4. ↑ SCB Statistics Sweden – Regional Divisions in Sweden published in 2005