Metropolitan regions of Norway

The classification comes from Storbymeldingen (The Greater City Report) from the Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development.

This report was composed in 2002–2003 to create a coherent policy for the development of metropolitan areas within Norwegian society.

[1] It was presented by then Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Erna Solberg on 12 March 2003.

This classification is the result of an overall evaluation of these cities' population and their importance as regional centres.

[1] The six cities are Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger, Kristiansand and Tromsø.