Subdivisions of the Nordic countries
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The administrative divisions of the Nordic countries are similar given the countries' shared culture and history.[citation needed]
Denmark
- Denmark proper[1]
- 5 regions (Danish: regioner)
- 98 municipalities (Danish: kommuner)
- 2 autonomous insular overseas dependencies
Finland
- Finland
- 19 regions (Finnish: maakunnat, Swedish: landskap)
- Åland
- 70 sub-regions (Finnish: seutukunnat, Swedish: ekonomiska regioner)
- 310 municipalities (Finnish: kunnat, Swedish: kommuner)[2]
- 19 regions (Finnish: maakunnat, Swedish: landskap)
Iceland
- Iceland
- 6 constituencies (Icelandic: kjördæmi), electoral[3]
- 8 regions (Icelandic: landshlutar), statistical
- 64 municipalities (Icelandic: sveitarfélög), administrative[4]
Norway
- Norway proper
- 11 counties (Norwegian: fylker)[5]
- 356 municipalities (Norwegian: kommuner)[6]
- overseas dependencies
Sweden
- Sweden[7]
- 21 counties (Swedish: län)
- 290 municipalities (Swedish: kommuner)
References
- ^ Pihl, Roger (2019-08-07), "Regioner i Danmark", Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian Bokmål), retrieved 2022-05-12
- ^ "Nytt årtionde i Finlands 310 kommuner". Kommuntorget.fi (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ "Kjördæmi og kjörstaðir". stjornarradid.is (in Icelandic). Government of Iceland. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
- ^ "Landið allt" (in Icelandic). Samband íslenskra sveitarfélaga. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
- ^ "Nye fylker". Regjeringen.no (in Norwegian). 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ "Noen fakta om nye kommuner fra 2020". KS (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2022-02-18. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ "Län och kommuner". Statistiska Centralbyrån (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-05-12.