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

Denmark

• Denmark proper
  • 5 regions (Danish: regioner)
  • 98 municipalities (Danish: kommuner)
• 2 autonomous insular overseas dependencies
  • Faroe Islands
    • 6 regions
    • 30 municipalities
  • Greenland
    • 5 municipalities
    • 1 unincorporated national park

Finland

• Finland
  • 19 regions (Finnish: maakunnat, Swedish: landskap)
    • Åland
    • 70 sub-regions (Finnish: seutukunnat, Swedish: ekonomiska regioner)
      • 310 municipalities (Finnish: kunnat, Swedish: kommuner)

Iceland

• Iceland
  • 6 constituencies (Icelandic: kjördæmi), electoral
  • 8 regions (Icelandic: landshlutar), statistical
  • 64 municipalities (Icelandic: sveitarfélög), administrative

Norway

• Norway proper
  • 15 counties (Norwegian: fylker)
  • 356 municipalities (Norwegian: kommuner)
• overseas dependencies
  • 2 unincorporated overseas dependencies
  • 3 unintegrated overseas dependencies

Sweden

• Sweden
  • 21 counties (Swedish: län)
  • 290 municipalities (Swedish: kommuner)

v t e Nordic countries
States	Denmark  Finland  Iceland  Norway  Sweden
Autonomous countries	Åland  Faroe Islands  Greenland
Special status/cultural area	Svalbard  Sápmi
Related	Climate of the Nordic countries Comparison of the Nordic countries Nordic Council Nordic Cross flag Subdivisions of the Nordic countries LGBT in the Nordic countries Nordic diplomatic missions
See also	Norsemen Old Norse Nordic identity in Estonia Scandinavia
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References

1. Pihl, Roger (2019-08-07), "Regioner i Danmark", Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian Bokmål), retrieved 2022-05-12
2. "Nytt årtionde i Finlands 310 kommuner". Kommuntorget.fi (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-05-12.
3. "Kjördæmi og kjörstaðir". stjornarradid.is (in Icelandic). Government of Iceland. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
4. "Landið allt" (in Icelandic). Samband íslenskra sveitarfélaga. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
5. "Nye fylker". Regjeringen.no (in Norwegian). 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
6. "Noen fakta om nye kommuner fra 2020". KS (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2022-02-18. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
7. "Län och kommuner". Statistiska Centralbyrån (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-05-12.

• Administrative divisions by country
• Nordic countries
• Administrative divisions of Denmark
• Subdivisions of Finland
• Subdivisions of Iceland
• Subdivisions of Norway
• Administrative divisions of Sweden
• Administrative divisions of the Faroe Islands
• Administrative divisions of Greenland