🇸🇪 Cities in Sweden — API & JSON data

Sweden has 9,118 cities in the Geomelon dataset, one of the more densely covered countries in the API. The most populous is Stockholm in Stockholm County, at 984,748 people. Query it by name, region, or coordinates, with translations in 22 languages.

Data updated: 2026-07-14

Live demo

Type to search Sweden cities…

Top 10 cities by population

City	Region	Population
Stockholm	Stockholm County	984,748
Gothenburg	Halland County	674,529
Malmö	Skåne County	339,316
Uppsala	Uppsala County	174,982
Västerås	Västmanland County	131,643
Örebro	Örebro County	128,658
Linköping	Östergötland County	116,851
Helsingborg	Skåne County	116,029
Lund	Skåne County	98,296
Gävle	Gävleborg County	86,533

Sample API response

GET /cities/search?countryCode=se&sort=population_desc&limit=3

[
  {
    "id": "3b7f2dde-9013-4c5e-ac08-3a37ac0f2fa3",
    "name": "Stockholm",
    "population": 984748,
    "countryName": "Sweden",
    "countryCode": "SE",
    "countryEmoji": "🇸🇪",
    "regionName": "Stockholm County"
  },
  {
    "id": "1d76ec8e-0497-485c-99b1-a5672ce2e808",
    "name": "Gothenburg",
    "population": 674529,
    "countryName": "Sweden",
    "countryCode": "SE",
    "countryEmoji": "🇸🇪",
    "regionName": "Halland County"
  },
  {
    "id": "0ce65fd3-ed11-4021-8c1e-91ca777ae218",
    "name": "Malmö",
    "population": 339316,
    "countryName": "Sweden",
    "countryCode": "SE",
    "countryEmoji": "🇸🇪",
    "regionName": "Skåne County"
  }
]

Try it

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=se&sort=population_desc&limit=10' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: geomelon.p.rapidapi.com' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

const res = await fetch(
  'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=se&sort=population_desc&limit=10',
  {
    headers: {
      'x-rapidapi-host': 'geomelon.p.rapidapi.com',
      'x-rapidapi-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    },
  },
)
const cities = await res.json()

Multilingual city names

City names in Sweden are available in 22 languages.

en: Stockholm
zh: 斯德哥尔摩
ru: Стокгольм

Free dataset

Prefer a static file? Download 5,000 Sweden cities as JSON (783 KB, no API key) from the Sweden cities dataset page.

FAQ

How many cities in Sweden does the API return?

Geomelon currently has 9,118 cities in Sweden across 21 regions. Results are paginated, up to 100 per request.

Is there a free tier?

Yes. RapidAPI's free tier covers a fixed number of requests per month with no credit card required. There is also a free, no-key city-autocomplete endpoint (the demo above) for prefix search.

Can I get Sweden city names in other languages?

Yes — city names in Sweden are available in 22 languages. Pass the languages you want via the preferredLanguages parameter, most-preferred first.

Do I need an API key?

The main search and lookup endpoints require a free RapidAPI key. The prefix-search autocomplete endpoint used in the demo above is public and does not require a key.

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