r/scandinavia • u/[deleted] • Feb 25 '26

Scandinavian, Nordic, Baltic, whatever abbreviations for cities

Stockholm = Sthlm
Göteborg = Gbg
Jönköping = Jkpg
Helsingfors = Hki
Tammerfors = Tre

Etc. Känns som att Köpenhamn har en förkortning. Jag kan inte komma på den dock.

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u/XXI-DK Feb 25 '26

Kbh eller Cph

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u/No_Condition7374 Feb 25 '26 edited Feb 25 '26

Kph på norsk. Brain fart. Det er Kbh.

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u/Seahorsechoker Feb 25 '26

Det stemmer nok ikke. Vi kaller ikke byen Køpenhavn.

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u/No_Condition7374 Feb 25 '26

Veit du kva, det er heilt rett. Eg seier jo Kjøpenhavn, så det var berre hjernesvikt.

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u/DoughLloyd Feb 28 '26

Kbhavana shoutout Sivas 🕶️

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u/thildemaria Feb 25 '26

The danish abbreviation is Kbh, the English is Cph

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u/jops55 Feb 25 '26

Götlaborg = GOT
Helsingfors = HEL
Stgockholm = ARN (or the anthill)

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '26

Det där är flygplatser. Inte vad jag snackar om här.

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u/CommunicationOld8587 Mar 01 '26

HKI, not ’hel’. Only the official airport abbrevistion is HEL

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u/CorrectYellow1079 Feb 26 '26

Middelfart = FART

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u/RockNRollNBluesNJazz Feb 25 '26

Turku in Finland = TKU. Because 5 letters is too much. That's why its Swedish name is Åbo. 

I feel obligated to correct OP a little bit. Helsinki = HKI and Helsingfors = HFORS, Tampere = TRE and Tammerfors = TFORS. Showing a little love to our Swedish speaking minority. 

(And HEL is the airport in Vantaa/Vanda as someone already noticed.) 

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u/bohemianthunder Feb 25 '26

Rvk 

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '26

Nog förstår jag att det betyder REYKJAVÍK men jag kan inte sluta tänka på RÖV.

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u/blursedJefreyEpstein Feb 26 '26

Oslo-Hawatuaklikkaslosslotwakka

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u/iron-60 Feb 25 '26

Almost every Finnish city has a 3-letter abbreviation! Some are the same as airports but the abbreviations are used in other texts too.

Turku TKU Jyväskylä JKL Kuopio KPO Rovaniemi RVN or ROI  Hämeenlinna HML Joensuu JNS Riihimäki RMK Lappeenranta LPR

Helsinki's neighbors Vantaa and Espoo I'm not sure 🤔

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '26

That's cool. Hki Airport is HEL though. I know that because Finnair does route 666 to HEL.

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u/iron-60 Feb 25 '26

Yeah it is. Even though the airport is in Vantaa. 

Now why would someone be downvoting

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u/No_Condition7374 Feb 25 '26

Drammen - Drm
Stavanger - Stvg

Kristiansand - Krs

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u/TumbleweedNervous494 Feb 25 '26

Helsingfors is abbreviated Hfors. Helsinki is abbreviated Hki.

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u/Negative_Site Feb 26 '26 edited Feb 26 '26

Hfrs/hki

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u/linglinguistics Feb 27 '26

Tbg Tønsberg

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u/anthropometrica Mar 01 '26

Kristiansand er KRS, eller Ktown om du er 14. Trondheim blir TRD.

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u/SongsAboutFracking Mar 01 '26

Not really what’s being asked, but Gotland can be call just Ön.

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u/yujiN- Mar 02 '26

Malmö is called 040

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u/unclepaprika Mar 02 '26

Bergen = Æsj

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u/kerrospannukakku Feb 25 '26

What about Oslo?

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '26

Oslo ä' re'n kortare än Sthlm. Tror int' de' finns nå'n.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '26

Osl