Subdivisions of the Nordic countries

Administrative divisions of the Nordic countries in 1998.

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

Denmark 1
Finland 2
Iceland 3
Norway 4
Sweden 5

Denmark

Mainland Denmark
- 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

Finland

Finland
- 19 regions (Finnish: maakunnat, Swedish: landskap)
  - Åland Islands
- 70 sub-regions (Finnish: seutukunnat, Swedish: ekonomisk regioner)
- 320 municipalities (Finnish: kunnat, Swedish: kommuner)

Iceland

Iceland
- 6 constituencies (Icelandic: kjördæmi), electoral
- 8 regions (Icelandic: landsvæði), statistical
- 74 municipalities (Icelandic: sveitarfélög), administrative

Norway

Mainland Norway
- 19 counties ()
- 428 municipalities ()
overseas dependencies
- 2 unincorporated overseas dependencies
- 3 unintegrated overseas dependencies

Sweden

Sweden
- 21 counties Swedish: län)
- 290 municipalities Swedish: kommuner)

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Subdivisions of the Nordic countries