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 on 10 November 2014.[2] The official land areas for each municipality have also been retrieved from Statistics Sweden, the agency that defines these areas.[3]
Based on 2018 functional urban areas population estimates from Eurostat
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.[5] It is the largest of the three metropolitan areas in Sweden.
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.
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
Greater Malmö (Stormalmö), also known as Metropolitan Malmö is the metropolitan area of Malmö in Sweden. The area is located in Southwestern Scania (Sydvästra Skåne), which is often considered synonymous with Greater Malmö, and it is part of the wider transnational Öresund Region. Besides Malmö, large towns in Greater Malmö includes Lund and Trelleborg, the former of which was the seat of the historical Catholic Archdiocese of Lund.
Since the 1970s, improvements in highways and the regional and InterRegio train networks means the commuting area has grown to include Ystad, Skurup, Sjöbo, Eslöv, Höör, Landskrona and Helsingborg, though only some of these are included in official definitions of Greater Malmö. It's not uncommon to live in Malmö and work either in Ystad or Helsingborg, or vice versa, but these towns have kept their mental allegiance with older divisions of Scania. Commuting across the Öresund has become more common, both through the Øresund Bridge and the HH Ferry route, at which car ferries departs every 12 minutes in summer (every 15 minutes in winter).
Statistics Sweden, which sets the official definitions for all metropolitan areas in Sweden, has changed which municipalities are included in Greater Malmö over time. The most recent change to the definition came in 2006, when Eslöv, Höör, and Skurup Municipalities became part of Greater Malmö, bringing the number of municipalities included from 9 to 12.
^SCB Statistics Sweden – Definition of Metropolitan Areas in Sweden published in 2005
^SCB Statistics Sweden - Population Statistics published November 10, 2014 (only available in Swedish) November 11, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
^SCB Statistics Sweden - Official Land Area per Municipality, retrieved February 24, 2014 (only available in Swedish) January 18, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
^"Population on 1 January by age groups and sex - functional urban areas". 2021.
^SCB Statistics Sweden – Regional Divisions in Sweden published in 2005
^"Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 mars 2019 och befolkningsförändringar 1 januari–31 mars 2019" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2019-05-10.
^"Land and water area 1 January by region and type of area. Year 2012 - 2019". Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
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Sweden has three metropolitan areas consisting of the areas surrounding the three largest cities Stockholm Gothenburg and Malmo 1 The statistics have been retrieved from Statistics Sweden and the statistics released on 10 November 2014 2 The official land areas for each municipality have also been retrieved from Statistics Sweden the agency that defines these areas 3 Contents 1 Population centers 2 Metropolitan Stockholm 3 Metropolitan Gothenburg 4 Metropolitan Malmo 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksPopulation centers EditSee also List of urban areas in the Nordic countries As of 2018 update Sweden had 2 metropolitan areas with a population of over 1 000 000 people each The following table shows the populations of the top ten metropolitan areas Leading population centers viewtalkeditRank Core city cities Metro area population 4 County Region Stockholm Gothenburg Malmo Uppsala1 Stockholm 2 308 143 Stockholm County Svealand2 Gothenburg 1 021 831 Vastra Gotaland County Gotaland3 Malmo 669 471 Skane County Gotaland4 Uppsala 294 689 Uppsala County Svealand5 Helsingborg 242 540 Skane County Gotaland6 Linkoping 207 052 Ostergotland County Gotaland7 Orebro 206 344 Orebro County Svealand8 Vasteras 198 800 Vastmanland County Svealand9 Jonkoping 170 494 Jonkoping County Gotaland10 Norrkoping 163 368 Ostergotland County GotalandBased on 2018 functional urban areas population estimates from EurostatMetropolitan Stockholm Edit 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 5 It is the largest of the three metropolitan areas in Sweden Metropolitan Stockholm is divided into 5 areas Stockholm City Centre Soderort Vasterort of Stockholm Municipality and the northern suburbs and southern suburbs which consists of several municipalities Municipality Population Area 1 Density 2 PartStockholm 914 909 187 17 4 861 76 Centre West SouthHuddinge 104 353 131 01 795 01 Southern Suburbs Sodermanland Botkyrka 89 142 194 17 451 05Salem 16 201 54 09 297 76Sodertalje 92 490 525 15 175 18Nykvarn 9 862 152 76 63 52Nynashamn 27 168 358 76 75 16Haninge 82 676 458 07 179 04Tyreso 45 629 69 25 651 94Nacka 96 420 95 12 1 005 61Varmdo 40 660 448 03 89 91 Northern Suburbs Uppland Lidingo 45 598 30 80 1 476 23Vaxholm 11 385 57 88 195 51Osteraker 41 317 312 40 131 33Norrtalje 57 694 2016 04 28 50Vallentuna 32 008 358 36 88 96Sigtuna 44 174 327 40 134 46Upplands Bro 25 370 235 47 107 15Upplands Vasby 41 883 75 09 556 49Taby 67 519 60 72 1 109 24Sollentuna 69 525 52 64 1 314 27Danderyd 32 286 26 40 1 222 01Jarfalla 71 130 53 81 1 306 11Ekero 26 770 217 68 122 30Sundbyberg 44 663 8 67 5 047 64Solna 74 273 19 30 3 834 77Total 2 205 105 6 526 24 335 941 km22 Population per km2Metropolitan Gothenburg Edit Central Gothenburg and the harbor the largest in the Nordic Region Metropolitan Gothenburg Storgoteborg or literally Greater Gothenburg is a metropolitan area surrounding the city of Gothenburg in Sweden The metropolitan region is located in Vastra Gotaland County except for the municipality of Kungsbacka which is located to the south in Halland County As of 2005 the municipalities of Alingsas 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 Municipality Population Area 1 Density 2 Gothenburg 565 496 447 76 1 206 30Molndal 66 733 145 84 430 05Partille 37 931 56 83 641 62Harryda 37 430 266 78 135 83Lerum 41 660 258 61 153 50Ale 30 399 316 51 89 54Kungalv 44 312 362 59 116 64Ockero 12 930 25 74 490 09Tjorn 15 862 167 36 90 17Stenungsund 26 325 251 91 100 08Lilla Edet 13 948 316 23 41 05Alingsas 40 566 472 03 82 86Kungsbacka 82 382 606 67 128 73Total 1 015 974 3 694 86 262 251 km22 Population per km2Metropolitan Malmo Edit The Oresund strait between Malmo and Copenhagen with Malmo in the foreground and the island of Amager and part of southern Copenhagen in the background Greater Malmo Stormalmo also known as Metropolitan Malmo is the metropolitan area of Malmo in Sweden The area is located in Southwestern Scania Sydvastra Skane which is often considered synonymous with Greater Malmo and it is part of the wider transnational Oresund Region Besides Malmo large towns in Greater Malmo includes Lund and Trelleborg the former of which was the seat of the historical Catholic Archdiocese of Lund Since the 1970s improvements in highways and the regional and InterRegio train networks means the commuting area has grown to include Ystad Skurup Sjobo Eslov Hoor Landskrona and Helsingborg though only some of these are included in official definitions of Greater Malmo It s not uncommon to live in Malmo and work either in Ystad or Helsingborg or vice versa but these towns have kept their mental allegiance with older divisions of Scania Commuting across the Oresund has become more common both through the Oresund Bridge and the HH Ferry route at which car ferries departs every 12 minutes in summer every 15 minutes in winter Statistics Sweden which sets the official definitions for all metropolitan areas in Sweden has changed which municipalities are included in Greater Malmo over time The most recent change to the definition came in 2006 when Eslov Hoor and Skurup Municipalities became part of Greater Malmo bringing the number of municipalities included from 9 to 12 MunicipalityPopulation 6 Area km2 7 Density N per km2 Malmo340 802156 952 017 4Lund123 495426 83289 3Trelleborg44 992340 00132 3Vellinge36 460142 65255 6Eslov33 667418 9680 4Kavlinge31 536152 45206 9Lomma24 78255 49446 6Staffanstorp24 778106 81232 0Svedala21 654217 7199 5Burlov18 44918 90976 1Hoor16 691290 5157 5Skurup15 731193 4281 3Total733 0372 520 68290 8See also EditLargest 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 UnionReferences Edit SCB Statistics Sweden Definition of Metropolitan Areas in Sweden published in 2005 SCB Statistics Sweden Population Statistics published November 10 2014 only available in Swedish Archived November 11 2014 at the Wayback Machine SCB Statistics Sweden Official Land Area per Municipality retrieved February 24 2014 only available in Swedish Archived January 18 2014 at the Wayback Machine Population on 1 January by age groups and sex functional urban areas 2021 SCB Statistics Sweden Regional Divisions in Sweden published in 2005 Folkmangd i riket lan och kommuner 31 mars 2019 och befolkningsforandringar 1 januari 31 mars 2019 in Swedish Statistics Sweden 2019 05 10 Land and water area 1 January by region and type of area Year 2012 2019 Statistics Sweden Retrieved 2019 07 23 External links EditPortal Sweden Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of metropolitan areas in Sweden amp oldid 1125020706, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
