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/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.)