List of towns in Skåne, Sweden

The following localities in Skåne, which has been one of the historical province of Sweden, were granted a charter and town privileges, mostly by the Danish king, as the province was under Danish rule up until the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658:

The local government reform of 1863 created the concept of municipalities in Sweden. The localities with town privileges were instituted as municipalities with the title of stad (city/town). In the province of Skåne they were: Ängelholm, Helsingborg, Kristianstad, Landskrona, Lund, Malmö, Simrishamn, Skanör med Falsterbo and Ystad. Trelleborg which had lost its privileges in 1619 got the title in 1867.

During the 20th century these localities were instituted as städer:

After 1951 no more städer were instituted and the local government reform of 1971 saw the abolishment of the term, replacing it with kommun for all municipalities, regardless of former status.

Today there is no official definition, but in some contexts (such as Sveriges Nationalatlas) localities with over 10,000 inhabitants are regarded as cities.

Urban areas in order of size
Below is a list of localities in Skåne County with a population greater than 10,000 as of 2005.


 * 1) Malmö, 258,020 (Malmö Municipality and Burlöv Municipality)
 * 2) Helsingborg, 91,457
 * 3) Lund, 76,188
 * 4) Kristianstad, 33,083
 * 5) Landskrona, 28,670
 * 6) Trelleborg, 25,643
 * 7) Ängelholm, 22,532
 * 8) Hässleholm, 17,730
 * 9) Ystad, 17,286
 * 10) Eslöv, 16,551
 * 11) Staffanstorp, 13,783
 * 12) Höganäs, 13,401
 * 13) Höllviken, 10.014 (Vellinge Municipality)