Highest Major Cities in Norway

Cities in Norway with more than 15,000 inhabitants, ranked by elevation above sea level (GeoNames digital elevation model).

📅 2026📏 metres41 entries🇳🇴 See all of this country’s rankings →

All entries · 41

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Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (metres, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.

Lillehammer29,011 people · Innlandet

210 m

Kongsberg17,667 people · Buskerud

161 m

Tromsdalen18,291 people · Troms

141 m

Hamar29,479 people · Innlandet

137 m

Gjøvik17,596 people · Innlandet

127 m

Asker61,906 people · Akershus

119 m

Lillestrøm89,684 people · Akershus

116 m

Åsane40,146 people · Vestland

95 m

Nesttun35,638 people · Vestland

68 m

Time19,781 people · Rogaland

66 m

Alta15,094 people · Finnmark

65 m

Ytrebygda24,044 people · Vestland

60 m

Sarpsborg59,038 people · Østfold

54 m

Larvik23,113 people · Vestfold

49 m

Mo i Rana18,866 people · Nordland

40 m

Skien50,595 people · Telemark

27 m

Oslo1,082,575 people · Oslo

26 m

Bergen294,029 people · Vestland

20 m

Arendal30,916 people · Agder

19 m

Trondheim216,518 people · Trøndelag

18 m

Haugesund40,321 people · Rogaland

17 m

Moss49,668 people · Østfold

17 m

Horten27,178 people · Vestfold

16 m

Tønsberg55,387 people · Vestfold

16 m

Halden21,970 people · Østfold

15 m

Levanger20,171 people · Trøndelag

15 m

Stavanger151,669 people · Rogaland

15 m

Stjørdalshalsen15,693 people · Trøndelag

15 m

Bodø34,073 people · Nordland

13 m

Kristiansand117,237 people · Agder

12 m

Drammen106,013 people · Buskerud

11 m

Sandefjord64,345 people · Vestfold

11 m

Sola29,541 people · Rogaland

11 m

Grimstad24,017 people · Agder

9 m

Porsgrunn34,377 people · Telemark

9 m

Sandnes85,386 people · Rogaland

8 m

Fredrikstad83,761 people · Østfold

6 m

Ålesund52,626 people · Møre og Romsdal

3 m

Molde22,410 people · Møre og Romsdal

3 m

Harstad20,953 people · Troms

1 m

Kristiansund24,013 people · Møre og Romsdal

1 m

Highlights

Within Norway, Lillehammer ranks first in 2026 with 210 m, followed by Kongsberg (161 m) and Tromsdalen (141 m).

Across 41 entries, values run from 210 m (Lillehammer) to 1 m (Kristiansund), with a median of 17 m.

Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants, 2026. Unit: metres.

Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants · CC BY 4.0 (GeoNames) · fetched Oct 17, 2026 — Elevation is the GeoNames digital elevation model value at the populated place coordinates; population figures are shown for context.

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