Stockholm

About the region

The Stockholm Region is a "virtual" region that is based on voluntary cooperation between municipalities and county councils. The Stockholm Region consists of four Swedish administrative counties - Stockholm County, the County of Sörmland, the County of Västmanland and the County of Uppsala. Stockholm Region is by far the largest population center in Scandinavia and in the Nordic region as a whole, with some 2.9 million inhabitants. The cooperation is about the region's commitment to Europe and the Baltic Sea area, the region's own environment, culture and tourism, transport and social planning, as well as knowledge and competence development.

The economy in the Stockholm Region is based on knowledge and contact-intensive activities. During the last decades it became a leader in areas such as information technology, medical industry, biotechnology, banking and other financial institutions. Furthermore, the Stockholm Region has strong economic clusters in other sectors such as health care, art and culture, management, logistics and engineering.