List of cities in Sweden

The list of cities in Sweden provides an overview of the development of the population of the larger urban settlements of the State of Sweden, ie the cities in a geographical sense.

Politically, there are no cities in Sweden. As a municipality reform entered into force on 1 January 1971, lost 133 places her municipal law and were given the status of a municipality. The term " city " is used generally for a densely built-up area ( swedish Tätort ) and is primarily used for statistical purposes.

Metropolitan areas by population

The largest metropolitan areas in Sweden are loud Central Office of Statistics Sweden (as of 31 December 2005):

Thus 37 percent of the country's population is concentrated in these three regions.

Urban settlements by population

Sweden is divided into 21 provinces ( swedish län), which are divided into 290 municipalities ( swedish kommun ). These in turn are mostly made ​​up of villages. The following table lists the urban settlements with more than 20,000 inhabitants, with their population estimated by the Central Statistical Office in Sweden for 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005 as well as a calculation for 2010 ( December 31 respectively ). Listed is also the province to which the village belongs. The population figures refer to the respective urban settlement - the geographical urban area, Swedish Tätort - not to the community in the political sense.

(S = estimate )