South Sweden

South Sweden Sydsverige
National Area
Location of South Sweden
Country	Sweden
Largest city	Malmö
Area
• Total	13,968 km2 (5,393 sq mi)
Population
• Total	1,306,695
• Density	94/km2 (240/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	SE04

South Sweden (Swedish: Sydsverige) is a National Area (Swedish: Riksområde) of Sweden. The National Areas are a part of the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) of Sweden.

Geography

South Sweden is situated in the southern part of its country. It is close to Denmark and it borders with the riksområden of Småland and the islands and West Sweden.

The most populous cities are Malmö, Helsingborg, Lund, Karlskrona, Kristianstad, Landskrona and Trelleborg.

Subdivision

South Sweden includes 2 counties:

• Blekinge (seat: Karlskrona)
• Skåne (seat: Malmö)

See also

• Greater Malmö
• Götaland
• Riksområden
• NUTS of Sweden
• ISO 3166-2:SE
• Local administrative unit
• Subdivisions of Norden

External links

Media related to National Areas of Sweden at Wikimedia Commons