Union of the Baltic Cities

The Union of the Baltic Cities ( English Union of the Baltic Cities ) is an association of currently 88 cities in the ten Baltic Sea countries . It serves as a decentralized network for cross-border municipal cooperation in the Baltic Sea region.

The Union of Baltic Sea Cities (UBC) was founded in September 1991 in Gdansk (Gdańsk in Polish), after the fall of the Iron Curtain , by 32 cities in the Baltic Sea region. The basis of the cooperation is the obligation to jointly develop democracy, economy, social affairs, culture and environmental protection in the respective member cities.

The highest body of the UBC is the general conference. It meets every two years in a member city. The general conference elects an Executive Council, to which one city from each Baltic Sea country belongs. In addition to the Executive Board, the UBC consists of 13 committees.

The General Assembly elects the President of the UBC. He is supported by three vice-presidents and a secretariat. The seat of the secretariat is in Gdansk . The current president of UBC is Mantas Jurgutis , a city council in Kaunas, Lithuania .

Member cities

Places in italics are former members. Cities marked with an (H) were Hanseatic cities .

Denmark :
- Aalborg (H) (1991-2017)
- Aarhus (since 1991)
- Fredericia (1994–1997 (?) And 2002–2009)
- Guldborgsund (since 1991, until 2006 as Nykøbing Falster )
- Horsens (1996-2008)
- København (H) (1994–2010 (?))
- Køge (H) (1994-2014)
- Kolding (since 1997)
- Nakskov (1991–?)
- Nyborg (1996-1999)
- Næstved (H) (since 1991)
- Rønne (1994–1997 (?))
- Silkeborg (1998-2005)
- Vordingborg (1998-2015)

Germany :
- Bergen on Rügen (since 2015)
- Berlin (2001-2002)
- Bremen (H) (1991-1995)
- Bützow (1998-2006)
- Greifswald (H) (since 1999)
- Kiel (H) (since 1996)
- Lübeck (H) (1991-2014)
- Rostock (H) (since 1991)
- Stralsund (H) (1991–?)
- Wismar (H) (1991-2013)

Estonia :
- Elva (since 1997)
- Haapsalu (1994-2018)
- Hiiumaa (1997-2018, until 2012 as Kärdla , until 2016 as Hiiu )
- Jõgeva (2007-2017)
- Jõhvi (1998-2019)
- Keila (1997-2018)
- Kuressaare (1993-2018)
- Maardu (since 2002)
- Narva (since 1997)
- Paide (2009-2014)
- Paldiski (2001-2014)
- Pärnu (H) (since 1993)
- Rakvere (since 2009)
- Sillamäe (1998-2018)
- Tallinn (H) (since 1992)
- Tartu (H) (since 1996)
- Viljandi (H) (1997-2018)
- Võru (2000-2018)

Finland :
- Espoo (since 1999)
- Helsinki (since 1994)
- Järvenpää (2006-2009)
- Jyväskylä (since 2006)
- Kemi (since 1997)
- Kotka (since 1994)
- Lahti (since 1996)
- Mariehamn (since 1996)
- Pori (since 1997)
- Porvoo (since 2008)
- Tampere (1995-2018)
- Turku (H) (since 1991)
- Vaasa (since 1996)

Latvia :
- Cēsis (H) (since 1997)
- Jēkabpils (since 1998)
- Jelgava (since 1999)
- Jūrmala (since 1999)
- Liepāja (since 1992)
- Rēzekne (1994–2011)
- Riga (H) (since 1991)
- Tukums (since 2000)

Lithuania :
- Gargždai (since 2007)
- Jonava (since 2019)
- Kaunas (H) (since 1994)
- Klaipėda (since 1991)
- Marijampolė (2000-2011)
- Molėtai (2002-2007)
- Palanga (since 1993)
- Panevėžys (since 1994)
- Šiauliai (1994-2019)
- Tauragė (since 2017)
- Vilnius (H) (1994-2016)

Norway :
- Arendal (since 2012)
- Bergen (H) (since 1991)
- Kristiansand (since 1991)
- Tønsberg (1999-2003)

Szczecin (Stettin, Poland ): Tall Ships' Races 2007

Poland :
- Chojnice (1999-2019)
- Darłowo (H) (since 2018)
- Elbląg (H) (since 1991)
- Gdańsk (H) (since 1991)
- Gdynia (since 1991)
- Kołobrzeg (H) (1991–?)
- Koszalin (H) (since 1998)
- Krynica Morska (2005-2015)
- Łeba (1993-2015)
- Malbork (1999-2019)
- Międzyzdroje (2001–2005 and 2008–2019)
- Mielno (since 2013)
- Pruszcz Gdański (since 1999)
- Reda (since 1999)
- Słupsk (H) (since 2007)
- Sopot (since 1991)
- Szczecin (H) (1991-2017)
- Świnoujście (1995–1999)
- Ustka (since 2008)

Russia :
- Baltiysk (1993-2011)
- Kaliningrad (H) (1991-2017)
- Kronstadt (1999-2011)
- Lomonosov (1999-2011)
- Mamonowo (1993–1996 (?))
- Peterhof (1999-2011)
- Saint Petersburg (since 1991)
- Sestrorezk (1999-2011)

Sweden :
- Botkyrka (2009-2015)
- Falun (2011-2015)
- Gävle (since 2003)
- Gothenburg (1996-2009)
- Gotland region (since 1991, until 2019 as Visby (H))
- Halmstad (2008-2017)
- Kalmar (since 1991)
- Karlskrona (since 1991)
- Karlstad (1996-2019)
- Kristianstad (1995-2017)
- Landskrona (1999-2005)
- Linköping (since 2000)
- Luleå (since 2003)
- Malmö (since 1997)
- Mörbylånga (1992–?)
- Nacka (1996-2013 (?))
- Norrköping (1991-2005)
- Norrtälje (1997–2014 (?))
- Nybro (1996-1999)
- Nyköping (1997-2009)
- Örebro (since 2003)
- Oskarshamn (1994-2019)
- Östhammar (2010–2012)
- Oxelösund (1997-2005)
- Robertsfors (2006-2017)
- Söderhamn (since 2010)
- Stockholm (H) (1992-2008)
- Sundsvall (1991–2013 (?))
- Tierp (2011-2014)
- Trelleborg (since 2007)
- Umeå (since 1996)
- Uppsala (1997-2002)
- Västerås (1993-2000)
- Västervik (since 1993)
- Växjö (since 1996)
- Ystad (1991-2005)

The Belarusian city of Hrodna (Grodno) had observer status in the year of 2003.

Web links

Official website

Individual evidence

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↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Bremen was excluded in 1995 after the city had not paid any membership fees from the start.
↑ The city was admitted to the 10th Executive Council meeting in October 1994. On their membership page at UBC 1996 is given as the year of admission.
↑ The city was admitted to the 22nd Executive Council meeting in October 1998. On their membership page at UBC, 1997 is given as the year of admission.
↑ The city was admitted to the 9th Executive Council meeting in March 1994. On their membership page at UBC, 1993 was given as the year of admission.

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[3] Bremen was excluded in 1995 after the city had not paid any membership fees from the start.

[4] The city was admitted to the 10th Executive Council meeting in October 1994. On their membership page at UBC 1996 is given as the year of admission.

[5] The city was admitted to the 22nd Executive Council meeting in October 1998. On their membership page at UBC, 1997 is given as the year of admission.

[6] The city was admitted to the 9th Executive Council meeting in March 1994. On their membership page at UBC, 1993 was given as the year of admission.