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Gävle
Gaevleborg · Sweden
City population
74,884
#17
in Sweden
#1
in Gaevleborg
#7,702
worldwide
60.675, 17.142 · 158 km from Stockholm
About Gävle
Gävle is a city in Gaevleborg, Sweden with a population of 74,884. It is the 17th largest of the 99 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Sweden, and the 7,702nd largest worldwide. It lies 158 km from Stockholm.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Gaevleborg
Rank in region
#1of 3
Coordinates
60.675, 17.142
Record updated
14 April 2026
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 99 in SwedenClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.