SWEDEN

Safe and prosperous with fantastic scenery - living in Sweden is easy. And it's easy to feel at home. Swedes are renowned the world over for being innovative and creative, but also efficient, knowledgeable and punctual.
Trains run on time, broadband connections are reliable and almost everyone speaks English - small but essential details that help to make your meeting truly successful.

An elongated country on the Scandinavian peninsula

Sweden has 9.5 million inhabitants and is Europe's fifth largest country by area. It has a parliamentary system and is one of the world's 43 independent monarchies. Sweden ranks fourth in the world in The Economist's Democracy Index and holds seventh place in the UN's Human Development Index. Sweden has been a member of the EU since 1995.

Creative and curious

Swedes have distinctly made their mark on everything from music, fashion and design to film, art and literature.
Part of the explanation for this is undoubtedly that Swedes are well educated and travel a lot - and are keen to take inspiration from innovations from near and far. Influences that subsequently lead to new ideas.

Innovative and creative

Sweden boasts a strong culture of innovation. Innovative companies such as Skype and Spotify have achieved huge international success, while traditional IT companies like Ericsson and engineering companies such as Sandvik and Alfa Laval also have capacity to continuously develop and innovate. The fact that Sweden is an innovative country is also apparent from the number of submitted patents. Statistics from organisations such as WIPO show that Sweden is among the ten countries submitting the most patents each year.

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