NUTS statistical regions of Sweden explained

See main article: Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics.

In the NUTS (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics) codes of Sweden (SE), the three levels are:

LevelSubdivisions
NUTS 1Lands (Swedish: landsdelar)3
NUTS 2National areas (Swedish: riksområden|links=no)8
NUTS 3Counties (Swedish: Län|links=no)21

NUTS codes

SE SWEDEN (SVERIGE)

SE1 EAST SWEDEN (ÖSTRA SVERIGE)

SE11 Stockholm (Stockholm)

SE110 Stockholm County (Stockholms län)

SE12 East Middle Sweden (Östra Mellansverige)

SE121 Uppsala County (Uppsala län)

SE122 Södermanland County (Södermanlands län)

SE123 Östergötland County (Östergötlands län)

SE124 Örebro County (Örebro län)

SE125 Västmanland County (Västmanlands län)

SE2 SOUTH SWEDEN (SÖDRA SVERIGE)

SE21 Småland and the islands (Småland med öarna)

SE211 Jönköping County (Jönköpings län)

SE212 Kronoberg County (Kronobergs län)

SE213 Kalmar County (Kalmar län)

SE214 Gotland County (Gotlands län)

SE22 South Sweden (Sydsverige)

SE221 Blekinge County (Blekinge län)

SE224 Skåne County (Skåne län)

SE23 West Sweden (Västsverige)

SE231 Halland County (Hallands län)

SE232 Västra Götaland County (Västra Götalands län)

SE3 NORTH SWEDEN (NORRA SVERIGE)

SE31 North Middle Sweden (Norra Mellansverige)

SE311 Värmland County (Värmlands län)

SE312 Dalarna County (Dalarnas län)

SE313 Gävleborg County (Gävleborgs län)

SE32 Middle Norrland (Mellersta Norrland)

SE321 Västernorrland County (Västernorrlands län)

SE322 Jämtland County (Jämtlands län)

SE33 Upper Norrland (Övre Norrland)

SE331 Västerbotten County (Västerbottens län)

SE332 Norrbotten County (Norrbottens län)

NUTS codes prior to 31.12.2007

Prior to 31.12.2007, the codes were as follows:[1]

The National Areas of Sweden are 8 second level subdivisions (NUTS-2) of Sweden, created by the European Union for statistical purposes.

The 8 riksområden (Singular : Riksområde) includes the 21 counties of Sweden.[2] Only Stockholm (SE01) corresponds simply to the homonymous county.

NUTS 1CodeNUTS 2CodeNUTS 3Code
SwedenSE0StockholmSE01Stockholm CountySE010
East Middle SwedenSE02Uppsala CountySE021
Södermanland CountySE022
Östergötland CountySE023
Örebro CountySE024
Västmanland CountySE025
South SwedenSE04Blekinge CountySE041
Skåne CountySE044
North Middle SwedenSE06Värmland CountySE061
Dalarna CountySE062
Gävleborg CountySE063
Middle NorrlandSE07Västernorrland CountySE071
Jämtland CountySE072
Upper NorrlandSE08Västerbotten CountySE081
Norrbotten CountySE082
Småland and the islandsSE09Jönköping CountySE091
Kronoberg CountySE092
Kalmar CountySE093
Gotland CountySE094
West SwedenSE0AHalland CountySE0A1
Västra Götaland CountySE0A2

Local administrative units

See main article: Local administrative unit.

Below the NUTS levels, the two LAU (Local Administrative Units) levels are:

LevelSubdivisions
LAU 1— (same as NUTS 3)21
LAU 2Municipalities (Swedish: kommuner|links=no)290

The LAU codes of Sweden can be downloaded here:

NUTS 1 compared to Lands of Sweden

While similar, NUTS 1 doesn't correspond to Lands of Sweden.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 2014-05-31 . 2015-09-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924141542/http://www.scb.se/statistik/_publikationer/BE0101_2007A001_BR_19_BE0108TAB.pdf . dead .
  2. http://www.unpo.org/content/view/6439/139/ Article on UNPO.org