Nordic Countries Map with Regions and Counties

Both, because the countries name their first-level divisions differently. Denmark, Finland and Iceland use regions, 5, 19 and 8 of them, while Norway has 15 counties and Sweden 21. The Faroe Islands, a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, add one unit, which makes 69. Greenland, Svalbard and Jan Mayen are outside the frame. The total holds until Denmark's regions merge on 1 January 2027. For Denmark, Norway and Sweden only, the 41 units of Scandinavia in the strict sense, use the Scandinavia map with regions and counties.

The two rankings sit at opposite ends of the map. Norrbotten in Sweden is the largest unit by land area with 97,973 km² (Statistics Sweden, 2026), yet it has 248,927 people. Stockholm is compact at about 6,548 km² of land and holds 2,486,251 people (Statistics Sweden, 31 December 2025), the most of any unit. The smallest by land area is Oslo in Norway with 426.4 km² (Statistics Norway, 2026), among the units with a published figure, and the smallest by population is Vestfirðir in Iceland with 7,341 (Statistics Iceland, 2026). Land area here means land only, without inland water.

Population per unit runs from 7,341 in Vestfirðir (Statistics Iceland, 2026) to 2.5 million in Stockholm (Statistics Sweden, 31 December 2025), because each country draws its first level at a different scale. Raw totals mostly track the country, so rates or shares per unit compare better. In the European statistical system, Denmark's 5 regions are NUTS 2, while Sweden's 21 counties, Finland's 19 regions and Norway's 15 counties are NUTS 3, and Åland is also a NUTS 2 region of its own. Iceland's 8 regions are not a NUTS level: Iceland's level 3 splits only the capital region from the rest of the country.

The six provinces of Finland, the läänit, were abolished at the end of 2009, and the first-level units that remain are 19 regions, called maakunnat in Finnish and landskap in Swedish. These are the Finnish units on the Nordic map. Åland, an autonomous region of Finland, is one of the 19. Uusimaa, which holds Helsinki, is the most populous with 1,799,629 people (Statistics Finland, 31 December 2025). For a map of Finland alone with the same 19 units, see the Finland regions map.

Iceland has 8 regions, called landshlutar: Höfuðborgarsvæði, Suðurnes, Vesturland, Vestfirðir, Norðurland vestra, Norðurland eystra, Austurland and Suðurland. They are statistical areas, which follow the parliamentary constituencies of 1959 to 2003. Iceland has elected its parliament from six other constituencies since 2003, and local government rests with its 62 municipalities, so the regions have no governing body of their own. Höfuðborgarsvæði, the capital region around Reykjavík and the only one of the 8 that is a NUTS 3 unit, has 251,912 people (Statistics Iceland, 2026), more than the other seven combined.

Sweden has 25 provinces, the landskap, and 21 counties, called län, and the Nordic map draws the counties. The counties are the administrative level, and each has a county administrative board. The provinces are historical regions with no administrative role, so they are not drawn, and several counties cover parts of more than one province: Stockholm County, for example, is divided between Uppland and Södermanland. Västra Götaland, the second most populous county, has 1,777,803 people (Statistics Sweden, 31 December 2025).

Yes, by one unit. Denmark's Hovedstaden and Sjælland regions merge on 1 January 2027 under the health reform, which reduces Denmark from 5 regions to 4 and the map from 69 units to 68. Until then the map draws the five regions in force. Norway's 15 counties of 1 January 2024 are already drawn, and the municipal changes of 2019 and 2020 that moved land between counties are not. For the Nordic countries as six whole units instead, use the Nordic countries map.

Start in the free Ultimaps editor, which needs no account. Color the 69 units one click at a time, or upload a table with one row per unit and its value. Give Åland a row of its own, apart from Finland's other 18 regions, and give the Faroe Islands a single row for the whole territory. Add pins and labels, then share the finished map by link or embed it on a website. Free exports are a standard PNG with a small Ultimaps credit, and high-resolution PNG, SVG and PDF exports come with Pro.