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Sources: Statistics Denmark; Swedish Central Bureau of Statistics; Eurostat FT graphic



Economic growth is strong

Both cities’ populations have grown rapidly

Stockholm and Copenhagen are the two largest cities in the

Nordic region

Residents in the Danish capital tend to have a more positive

view of immigration

Stockholm’s stronger property market has encouraged

housebuilding

 Both cities are green when it comes to transport – but in

dierent ways

The financial crisis aected the property market

in Copenhagen

Stockholm and Copenhagen have similar-sized

international populations

City population (’)

















Copenhagen

Stockholm

Gross regional product per capita (index, )















    

Copenhagen

Stockholm

Real estate price index, one- or two-dwelling buildings, index rebased

()















      

Copenhagen

Stockholm

Figures are for the Danish Capital Region and Greater Stockholm.















      

Copenhagen

Stockholm

Foreign citizens as a percentage of all











     

Copenhagen

Stockholm

Percentage of residents agreeing that foreigners are well-integrated and

good for the city, 

    

Well

integrated

Good for

city

Copenhagen Stockholm















Cycling Public transport

Copenhagen Stockholm

Copenhagen was hit harder

by the financial crisis

Property prices took a decade

to recover to their  peak

As property prices started

to recover, construction

in Copenhagen accelerated

Stockholm does not have a high

proportion of foreigners, despite

Sweden welcoming an influx of

refugees from 

Denmark’s capital

has more bicycles

than people

New completions of residential buildings Main means of transport to work, percentage of survey respondents, 

CopenhagenCopenhagenCopenhagenCopenhagenCopenhagen

StockholmStockholmStockholmStockholmStockholmStockholmStockholmStockholmStockholmStockholmStockholmStockholmStockholmStockholmStockholmStockholmStockholmStockholmStockholmStockholmStockholmStockholmStockholmStockholmStockholmStockholmStockholmStockholmStockholm

DENMARK

SWEDEN

NETH.

LITHUANIA

GERMANY

FINLAND

ESTONIA

NORWAY

POLAND

LATVIA

RUS.

km Over the same period,

house prices in

Stockholm increased

by more than 

City stats

The Scandinavian neighbours are in tandem on

economic growth but have diverged on property

prices. ByFergus PeaceandLiz Faunce

Stockholm versus Copenhagen

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