Regions in Sweden

Sweden is made up of 21 primary administrative regions. Have a closer look at the regions in Sweden. Information on all primary administrative regions in Sweden.

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Primary administrative regions in Sweden

There are 21 regions in Sweden in the primary administrative level.
Primary administrative regions in Sweden
RegionNoPopulationCapitalCapital population
Stockholm Stockholm County1.2,127,006Stockholm Stockholm1,515,017
Vaestra Goetaland Västra Götaland County2.1,725,881Goeteborg Göteborg587,549
Skane Skåne County3.1,402,425Malmoe Malmö351,749
Uppsala Uppsala County4.341,977Uppsala Uppsala177,074
OEstergoetland Östergötland County5.433,784Linkoeping Linköping166,673
OErebro Örebro County6.283,113OErebro Örebro155,989
Vaesterbotten Västerbotten County7.260,217Umea Umeå130,224
Vaestmanland Västmanland County8.256,224Vaesteras Västerås127,799
Joenkoeping Jönköping County9.356,291Joenkoeping Jönköping93,797
Gaevleborg Gävleborg County10.285,452Gaevle Gävle74,884
Halland Halland County11.304,116Halmstad Halmstad70,480
Blekinge Blekinge County12.152,315Karlskrona Karlskrona66,675
Kronoberg Kronoberg County13.197,040Vaexjoe Växjö65,383
Vaermland Värmland County14.273,080Karlstad Karlstad61,492
Jaemtland Jämtland County15.129,649OEstersund Östersund49,806
Norrbotten Norrbotten County16.248,637Lulea Luleå43,574
Soedermanland Södermanland County17.290,711Nykoeping Nyköping38,780
Kalmar Kalmar18.243,219Kalmar Kalmar38,408
Dalarna Dalarna County19.276,555Falun Falun37,000
Vaesternorrland Västernorrland County20.246,082Haernoesand Härnösand25,012
Gotland Gotland County21.58,464Visby Visby23,402