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

See also

• Urban area
• Geography of Norway
• Largest urban areas in Sweden
• Largest urban areas in Denmark
• Largest urban areas in Scandinavia
• Largest urban areas in New Zealand
• Largest urban areas of the European Union
• Largest urban areas of the United States
• List of the 100 largest urban areas in Canada by population
• Urban culture

Lenker

1. SSB liste over største tettsted, rangert
2. SSB tabell over tettsteder, ikke rangert
3. SSB. om tettstedbegrepet