Sweden has threemetropolitan areas consisting of the areas surrounding the three largest cities,Stockholm,Gothenburg, andMalmö.[1] The statistics have been retrieved fromStatistics Sweden and the statistics released on 10 November 2014.[2] The official land areas for each municipality have also been retrieved fromStatistics Sweden, the agency that defines these areas.[3]
As of 2018[update], Sweden had two 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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Core city (cities) | Metro area population[4] | County | Region |  Stockholm  Gothenburg  Malmö  Uppsala | ||
| 1 | Stockholm | 2,308,143 | Stockholm County | Svealand | |||
| 2 | Gothenburg | 1,021,831 | Västra Götaland County | Götaland | |||
| 3 | Malmö | 669,471 | Skåne County | Götaland | |||
| 4 | Uppsala | 294,689 | Uppsala County | Svealand | |||
| 5 | Helsingborg | 242,540 | Skåne County | Götaland | |||
| 6 | Linköping | 207,052 | Östergötland County | Götaland | |||
| 7 | Örebro | 206,344 | Örebro County | Svealand | |||
| 8 | Västerås | 198,800 | Västmanland County | Svealand | |||
| 9 | Jönköping | 170,494 | Jönköping County | Götaland | |||
| 10 | Norrköping | 163,368 | Östergötland County | Götaland | |||
| Based on 2018 functional urban areas population estimates fromEurostat | |||||||
Metropolitan Stockholm (also known as Greater Stockholm or, in Swedish,Storstockholm) is ametropolitan area surrounding the Swedish capital of Stockholm. Since 2005, Metropolitan Stockholm is defined by official Swedish Statistics as all ofStockholm County.[5] It is the largest of the three metropolitan areas in Sweden.
Metropolitan Stockholm is divided into five areas:Stockholm City Centre,Söderort,Västerort ofStockholm Municipality; and the northern suburbs and southern suburbs, which consists of several municipalities.
| Municipality | Population | Area[1] | Density[2] | Part |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stockholm | 914,909 | 187.17 | 4,861.76 | Centre,West,South |
| Huddinge | 104,353 | 131.01 | 795.01 | Southern Suburbs (Södermanland) |
| Botkyrka | 89,142 | 194.17 | 451.05 | |
| Salem | 16,201 | 54.09 | 297.76 | |
| Södertälje | 92,490 | 525.15 | 175.18 | |
| Nykvarn | 9,862 | 152.76 | 63.52 | |
| Nynäshamn | 27,168 | 358.76 | 75.16 | |
| Haninge | 92,095 | 458.07 | 179.04 | |
| Tyresö | 45,629 | 69.25 | 651.94 | |
| Nacka | 96,420 | 95.12 | 1,005.61 | |
| Värmdö | 40,660 | 448.03 | 89.91 | Northern Suburbs (Uppland) |
| Lidingö | 45,598 | 30.80 | 1,476.23 | |
| Vaxholm | 11,385 | 57.88 | 195.51 | |
| Österåker | 41,317 | 312.40 | 131.33 | |
| Norrtälje | 57,694 | 2016.04 | 28.50 | |
| Vallentuna | 32,008 | 358.36 | 88.96 | |
| Sigtuna | 44,174 | 327.40 | 134.46 | |
| Upplands-Bro | 25,370 | 235.47 | 107.15 | |
| Upplands Väsby | 41,883 | 75.09 | 556.49 | |
| Täby | 67,519 | 60.72 | 1,109.24 | |
| Sollentuna | 69,525 | 52.64 | 1,314.27 | |
| Danderyd | 32,286 | 26.40 | 1,222.01 | |
| Järfälla | 71,130 | 53.81 | 1,306.11 | |
| Ekerö | 26,770 | 217.68 | 122.30 | |
| Sundbyberg | 44,663 | 8.67 | 5,047.64 | |
| Solna | 74,273 | 19.30 | 3,834.77 | |
| Total | 2,205,105 | 6,526.24 | 335.94 |
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Metropolitan Gothenburg (Storgöteborg literally Greater Gothenburg) is a metropolitan area surrounding the city ofGothenburg in Sweden. The metropolitan region is located inVästra Götaland County, except for themunicipality ofKungsbacka, which is located to the south inHalland County. As of 2005, the municipalities ofAlingsås andLilla 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 2000. The region is the second largest metropolitan area in Sweden afterMetropolitan Stockholm.
| Municipality | Population | Area[1] | Density[2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gothenburg | 565,496 | 447.76 | 1,206.30 |
| Mölndal | 66,733 | 145.84 | 430.05 |
| Partille | 37,931 | 56.83 | 641.62 |
| Härryda | 37,430 | 266.78 | 135.83 |
| Lerum | 41,660 | 258.61 | 153.50 |
| Ale | 30,399 | 316.51 | 89.54 |
| Kungälv | 44,312 | 362.59 | 116.64 |
| Öckerö | 12,930 | 25.74 | 490.09 |
| Tjörn | 15,862 | 167.36 | 90.17 |
| Stenungsund | 26,325 | 251.91 | 100.08 |
| Lilla Edet | 13,948 | 316.23 | 41.05 |
| Alingsås | 40,566 | 472.03 | 82.86 |
| Kungsbacka | 82,382 | 606.67 | 128.73 |
| Total | 1,015,974 | 3,694.86 | 262.25 |
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Greater Malmö (Stormalmö), also known asMetropolitan Malmö, is themetropolitan area ofMalmö in Sweden. The area is located in SouthwesternScania (Sydvästra Skåne), which is often considered synonymous with Greater Malmö, and it is part of the wider transnationalÖresund Region. Besides Malmö, large towns in Greater Malmö includesLund andTrelleborg, the former of which was the seat of the historicalCatholic Archdiocese of Lund.
Since the 1970s, improvements in highways and theregional andInterRegio train networks means the commuting area has grown to includeYstad,Skurup,Sjöbo,Eslöv,Höör,Landskrona andHelsingborg, 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 theÖresund has become more common, both through theØresund Bridge and theHH 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 whichmunicipalities are included in Greater Malmö over time. The most recent change to the definition came in 2006, whenEslöv,Höör, andSkurup Municipalities became part of Greater Malmö, bringing the number of municipalities included from 9 to 12.
| Municipality | Population[6] | Area (km2)[7] | Density (N per km2) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malmö | 351,749 | 156.95 | 2,241.4 |
| Lund | 123,495 | 426.83 | 289.3 |
| Trelleborg | 44,992 | 340.00 | 132.3 |
| Vellinge | 36,460 | 142.65 | 255.6 |
| Eslöv | 33,667 | 418.96 | 80.4 |
| Kävlinge | 31,536 | 152.45 | 206.9 |
| Lomma | 24,782 | 55.49 | 446.6 |
| Staffanstorp | 24,778 | 106.81 | 232.0 |
| Svedala | 21,654 | 217.71 | 99.5 |
| Burlöv | 18,449 | 18.90 | 976.1 |
| Höör | 16,691 | 290.51 | 57.5 |
| Skurup | 15,731 | 193.42 | 81.3 |
| Total | 733,037 | 2,520.68 | 290.8 |
