Subdivisions of the Nordic countries

Updated on Nov 18, 2023

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The subdivisions of the Nordic countries are similar given the countries' shared culture and history.

Denmark

Denmark proper

5 regions (Danish: regioner)

98 municipalities (Danish: kommuner)

2 autonomous insular overseas dependencies

Faroe Islands

6 regions

30 municipalities

Greenland

4 municipalities

1 unincorporated national park

19 regions (Finnish: maakunnat, Swedish: landskap)

Åland Islands

70 sub-regions (Finnish: seutukunnat, Swedish: ekonomiska regioner)

320 municipalities (Finnish: kunnat, Swedish: kommuner)

6 constituencies (Icelandic: kjördæmi), electoral

8 regions (Icelandic: landsvæði), statistical

74 municipalities (Icelandic: sveitarfélög), administrative

Norway proper

19 counties (Norwegian: fylker)

428 municipalities (Norwegian: kommuner)

overseas dependencies

2 unincorporated overseas dependencies

3 unintegrated overseas dependencies

21 counties (Swedish: län)

290 municipalities (Swedish: kommuner)

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