Subdivisions of the Nordic countries

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The countries and autonomous islands in the Nordic region have some similarly named subnational entities, although their translations into English may differ.

Administrative subdivisions in the Nordic region in 1996.

• Mainland Denmark
• *3 historical "lands" and numerous smaller traditional districts
• *13 counties of Denmark (amter)
• *271 municipalities of Denmark (kommuner), including three municipalities with county privileges: Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, and Bornholm.
• *from 2007-01-01
• **5 regions
• **98 municipalities
• of the European Union
• 2 autonomous insular overseas units
• *Faroe Islands
• *Greenland

• six districts
• *seven constituencies

• 3 counties
• *18 municipalities
• *1 national park

• 6 electoral constituencies (kjördæmi)
• 8 statistical regions (landsvæði)
• 23 traditional counties (sýslur) and 24 independent towns (kaupstaðir)
• 79 municiplaities (sveitarfélög)

• Mainland Finland (level NUTS 1)
• *State organization, controlled by the executive branch of the central government (Government of Finland and its ministries)
• **until 1634: provinces (Finnish: maakunta, Swedish: landskap) -> historical provinces of Finland
• **1634-1997: counties (Finnish: lääni, Swedish: län)
• **since 1997: 6 provinces of Finland (Finnish lääni, Swedish län), level NUTS 2
• ***divided into 90 state local districts of Finland (Finnish kihlakunta, Swedish härad), which serve as the official local administrative units of the state, providing the registry office, police and judicial administration
• **Also, 12 numbering areas
• *Municipalities, controlled by the respective municipal councils (Finnish: valtuusto, Swedish: fullmäktige)
• **432 municipalities (Finnish kunta, Swedish kommun), LAU 2 (NUTS 5)
• **the municipalities co-operate in 74 sub-regions (Finnish seutukunta, Swedish ekonomisk region), LAU 1 (NUTS 4)
• **and in 20 regions of Finland (Finnish maakunta, Swedish landskap), level NUTS 3, within the 6 provinces
• of the European Union
• Åland, an autonomous insular region (level NUTS 1)

Subdivisions of Åland

• 3 subregions: Mariehamn, Countryside and Archipelago
• 16 municipalities

• Mainland Norway
• *19 counties of Norway (fylker, called amter before 1918)
• *431 municipalities (kommuner)
• *The 19 counties might be replaced with 5-9 larger regions by 2010.
• *historic
• **5 landsdeler (regions)
• **landskap (traditional districts, often based on earlier petty kingdoms)
• several overseas units
• *Svalbard
• *other possesions

• 3-4 original lands of Sweden
• Until 1634: landskap (historic provinces)
• From 1634: län (counties)
• *290 kommuner (municipalities)
• The Swedish government is investigating the possibilities of merging the current 21 counties into 9 larger regions. If approved, these would come into effect around 2015.
• of the European Union

 

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