Cities in Sweden Ranked by Elevation
Elevation above sea level as recorded in Wikidata (usually at the city centre). Source: Wikidata (CC0 1.0 (public domain)).
Summary
Borås ranks #1 with 143 m above sea level. That is 3.2 times Linköping in second place (45 m above sea level). The top five are Borås, Linköping, Örebro, Lund and Västerås. The median across all 12 is 14 m above sea level; Luleå is last at 6 m above sea level.
- #1
- Borås · 143 m above sea level
- Median
- 14 m above sea level
- Coverage
- 12 cities in Sweden
- Data year
- As recorded in Wikidata
- Last updated
- 2026-11-14
Full ranking
About the top 10
#1 Borås
Borås ranks #1 on this list with 143 m above sea level.
- Country
- Sweden
- Population
- 75,565 people (2023)
- Area
- 28.9 km²
- Density
- 2,612 people per km²
- Elevation
- 143 m
- Founded
- 1621
- Coordinates
- 57.72° N, 12.95° E
#2 Linköping
Linköping ranks #2 on this list with 45 m above sea level.
- Country
- Sweden
- Population
- 116,851 people (2023)
- Area
- 39.7 km²
- Density
- 2,946 people per km²
- Elevation
- 45 m
- Coordinates
- 58.41° N, 15.63° E
#3 Örebro
Örebro ranks #3 on this list with 34 m above sea level.
- Country
- Sweden
- Population
- 128,658 people (2023)
- Elevation
- 34 m
- Founded
- 1200
- Coordinates
- 59.27° N, 15.20° E
#4 Lund
Lund ranks #4 on this list with 30 m above sea level.
- Country
- Sweden
- Population
- 98,308 people (2023)
- Elevation
- 30 m
- Founded
- 1000
- Coordinates
- 55.71° N, 13.20° E
#5 Västerås
Västerås ranks #5 on this list with 17 m above sea level.
- Country
- Sweden
- Population
- 131,643 people (2023)
- Area
- 52.9 km²
- Density
- 2,487 people per km²
- Elevation
- 17 m
- Coordinates
- 59.62° N, 16.54° E
#6 Uppsala
Uppsala ranks #6 on this list with 15 m above sea level.
- Country
- Sweden
- Population
- 174,982 people (2023)
- Area
- 43.2 km²
- Density
- 4,048 people per km²
- Elevation
- 15 m
- Coordinates
- 59.85° N, 17.64° E
#7 Helsingborg
Helsingborg ranks #7 on this list with 13 m above sea level.
- Country
- Sweden
- Population
- 116,029 people (2023)
- Area
- 39.6 km²
- Density
- 2,932 people per km²
- Elevation
- 13 m
- Founded
- 1085
- Coordinates
- 56.04° N, 12.72° E
#8 Gothenburg
Gothenburg ranks #8 on this list with 12 m above sea level.
- Country
- Sweden
- Population
- 674,529 people (2023)
- Area
- 18.1 km²
- Density
- 37,189 people per km²
- Elevation
- 12 m
- Founded
- 1621
- Coordinates
- 57.71° N, 11.97° E
#9 Malmö
Malmö ranks #9 on this list with 12 m above sea level.
- Country
- Sweden
- Population
- 339,316 people (2023)
- Elevation
- 12 m
- Founded
- 1353
- Coordinates
- 55.58° N, 13.00° E
#10 Halmstad
Halmstad ranks #10 on this list with 11 m above sea level.
- Country
- Sweden
- Population
- 72,979 people (2023)
- Area
- 36.7 km²
- Density
- 1,990 people per km²
- Elevation
- 11 m
- Coordinates
- 56.67° N, 12.86° E
Profile facts: Wikidata (CC0).
Source and method
Elevation above sea level as recorded in Wikidata (usually at the city centre).
Source: Wikidata. Licence: CC0 1.0 (public domain). Retrieved: 2026-11-14.
Data: Wikidata (CC0)
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