The largest of all Nordic countries is Sweden with a size of approximately 447,000 square kilometers. Finland follows in second with a surface area of more than 338,000 square kilometers. The mainland area of Norway amounts to 324,000 square kilometers, but if the islands of Svalbard and Jan Mayen are included, it reaches 625,000 square kilometers. The ice-free area of Greenland, which is an autonomous region under the Kingdom of Denmark, is 410,000 square kilometers, but in total, it has a land area of 2.67 million square kilometers, making it the largest island in the world.
Surface area of the Nordic countries
(in square kilometers)
Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
Survey time period
2023
Supplementary notes
* Greenland and Faroe Islands are autonomous countries within the Kingdom of Denmark. Here, only the ice-free surface of Greenland is included. In total, the area of Greenland amounts to 2.67 million square kilometers.
** Does not include Svalbard and Jan Mayen. If these are included, the total area of Norway reaches 625,217 square kilometers.
*** Includes Åland Islands.
**** Excludes Faroe Islands and Greenland.
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