Today about 9.3 million people live in Sweden. Around two million live in the three largest cities in the country: Stockholm, Göteborg and Malmö. The capital city in Sweden is Stockholm where the royal family lives. 

The nature in Sweden differs a lot because of the length of the country; 1600 km. In the north part of Sweden we have a lot of mountain areas. In the middle part of the country we have big forest areas and in the south part of Sweden we have a lot of agricultural areas. Closest countries to Sweden are Norway, Denmark and Finland.

In Sweden we have the currency the “Swedish krona” although we are a member of the European Union we choose to have our one currency.

Sweden export machinery, motor vehicles, paper products, pulp and wood, iron and steel products and chemicals. We are also famous for technology and innovations as dynamite, Tetra Pack the pacemaker, Spotify and Skype.

Information about Linköping

Linköping is the fifth largest city in Sweden with almost 150 000 residents. It is one of the fastest growing municipalities and is located the heart of southern Sweden and forms a part of the East Sweden region.

Linköping is characterised by world-class high technology in the fields of aviation, IT and environment with strong innovation spirit where Mjärdevi Science Park, which is one of Europe’s foremost technology parks, and a high ranking university promote forward thinking and cutting edge competency.