City profile · Norway · Europe
Skien
Telemark · Norway
City population
50,595
#15
in Norway
#1
in Telemark
#11,296
worldwide
59.210, 9.609 · 101 km from Oslo
About Skien
Skien is a city in Telemark, Norway with a population of 50,595. It is the 15th largest of the 40 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Norway, and the 11,296th largest worldwide. It lies 101 km from Oslo.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Telemark
Rank in region
#1of 2
Elevation
27 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Oslo
Coordinates
59.210, 9.609
Record updated
2026-04-14
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 40 in NorwayClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.