Largest Urban Areas of Norway

This is a list of the largest urban areas of Norway by population.

The population is measured by Statistics Norway. The statistics bureau uses the term tettsted (urban settlement or urban area), which is defined as a contiguous built-up area with a maximum distance of 50 m between houses unless a greater distance is caused by public areas, cemeteries or similar reasons. Furthermore, to obtain tettsted-status, the area must have at least 200 inhabitants.

Using this definition, there are 919 urban areas in Norway.

Some urban areas in Norway have witnessed conurbation and grown together.


Urban area Population
1.1.2009		 Population
1.1.2008		 Population
1.1.2007		 Population
1.1.2006		 Population
per
square
km		 Municipality Population inside
municipality
1.1.2008		 Remarks
Oslo 876.391 856.915 839.423 825.105 3.009

Oslo
Bærum
Asker
Skedsmo
Lørenskog
Oppegård
Rælingen
Ski
Nittedal
Røyken
Gjerdrum
Sørum

557.848
106.923
51.353
43.728
31.528
23.756
13.055
10.485
9.285
7.592
5.508
1.362
Bergen 227.752 223.593 220.418 218.032 2.387

Bergen

223.593
Stavanger 189.828 185.913 181.280 177.337 2.387

Stavanger
Sandnes
Sola
Randaberg

117.260
49.405
11.167
8.081
Trondheim 160.072 156.794 152.845 150.049 2.509

Trondheim

156.794
Fredrikstad/Sarpsborg 101.698 100.458 99.227 98.152 1.533

Fredrikstad
Sarpsborg

58.280
42.178
Drammen 96.563 94.901 93.006 91.584 1.915

Drammen
Nedre Eiker
Øvre Eiker
Lier
Røyken

57.981
21.568
7.194
4.971
3.187
Porsgrunn/Skien 86.923 86.342 85.812 85.408 1.493

Skien
Porsgrunn
Bamble

44.846
31.542
9.954
Kristiansand 67.547 66.532 65.636 64.930 2.082

Kristiansand

66.532
Tromsø 55.057 54.070 53.622 53.042 2.418

Tromsø

54.070
Tønsberg 47.465 46.862 46.091 45.447 1.518

Tønsberg
Nøtterøy

30.748
16.114
Ålesund 46.471 45.902 45.299 44.706 1.533

Ålesund
Sula

38.868
7.034
Haugesund 42.850 42.112 41.183 40.685 1.792

Haugesund
Karmøy

31.907
10.205
Moss 41.725 40.309 40.217 34.684 1.864

Moss
Rygge
Vestby

27.876
7.373
5.060

The urban area of Moss includes from 2007
Son and Store Brevik in the county of Akershus.
Sandefjord 40.817 40.596 40.211 39.849 1.493

Sandefjord
Larvik

39.909
687
Bodø 36.482 36.073 35.618 35.106 2.419

Bodø

36.073
Arendal 32.439 32.103 31.442 31.182 1.222

Arendal
Grimstad

32.040
63
Hamar 30.015 29.808 29.479 29.077 1.656

Hamar
Stange
Ringsaker

23.258
5.659
891
Larvik 23.899 23.577 23.359 23.164 1.627

Larvik

23.577
Halden 22.986 22.688 22.339 22.184 1.607

Halden

22.688
Lillehammer 20.097 19.922 19.638 19.422 1.545

Lillehammer

19.922
Harstad 19.519 19.470 19.573 19.528 1.676

Harstad

19.470
Molde 19.353 19.217 18.631 18.579 1.806

Molde

19.217

 The urban area of Molde includes, from

2008, the earlier urban area Røbekk.
Kongsberg 18.809 18.565 18.136 17.914 1.448

Kongsberg

18.565
Gjøvik 18.707 18.424 17.987 17.897 1.428

Gjøvik

18.424
Askøy 18.326 18.054 17.754 17.480 1.202

Askøy

18.054
Horten 18.211 17.966 17.940 17.723 2.099

Horten

17.966
Mo i Rana 17.894 17.750 17.830 17.942 1.391

Rana

17.750
Kristiansund 17.002 16.854 16.820 16.829 2.155

Kristiansund

16.854
Jessheim 15.349 14.632 13.385 13.038 1.701

Ullensaker

14.632
Hønefoss 14.292 14.177 13.930 13.811 1.380

Ringerike

14.177
Narvik 13 927 13.958 13.944 13.950 2.065

Narvik

13.958
Alta 13.583 13.344 13.128 12.530 1.349

Alta

13.344
Elverum 13.541 13.295 13.051 12.757 1.088

Elverum

13.295
Askim 13.137 12.884 12.696 12.570 1.654

Askim

12.884
Ski 12.876 12.934 12.687 12.670 1.957

Ski
Ås

11.318
1.616
Drøbak 12.420 12.239 11.853 11.514 1.764

Frogn

12.239
Nesoddtangen 11.599 11.420 11.285 11.083 1.655

Nesodden

11.420
Steinkjer 11.538 11.443 11.338 11.137 1.327

Steinkjer

11.443
Leirvik 11.424 11.342 11.237 11.143 1.341

Stord

11.342
Vennesla 11.409 11.289 11.057 11.009 1.331

Vennesla
Kristiansand

9.361
1.928
Kongsvinger 11.360 11.394 11 181 11.125 1.358

Kongsvinger

11.394
Stjørdalshalsen 10.779 10.638 10.494 10.227 1.461

Stjørdal

10.638
Grimstad 10.668 10.454 10.133 9.973 1.071

Grimstad

10.454
Mandal 10.494 10.512 10.372 10.281 1.553

Mandal

10.512
Egersund 10.397 10.226 9.707 9.528 1.587

Egersund

10.226

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