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Location
Main city: Göteborg
Western Sweden is a strategically situated region along the axis Oslo
- Göteborg - Köpenhamn. The region was formed as an administrative
unit in 1999 by the earlier counties Göteborgs och Bohus län,
Älvsborgs län and Skaraborgs län.
Co-ordination
IVF Industrial Research and Development Corporation
Argongatan 30
SE-431 53 MÖLNDAL
Sweden
Tel.: 0046 31 706 6169; Fax: 0046 31 27 61 30
e-mail: bjorn.westling@ivf.se
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http://www.ivf.se
Economic Data
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Western Sweden
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Sweden
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| area |
23.941
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411.000
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| population |
1,500.000
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8,700.000
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| unemployment rate |
6,6 %
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6,3 %
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| employees |
645.000
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4,051.000
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| agriculture |
12 %
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12 %
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| industry |
17 %
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17 %
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| service |
71 %
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71 %
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Participation in EU-Programmes
10 % of the population lives in Objective 2 areas
Economy Sectors
- Health care
- Food and beverages
- Automotive industry
- Education and research
- Forestry
- Transportation
- Information and communication technology
- Pharmaceutics
- Petrochemical industry
Main Companies
- Volvo
- SAAB Automobile
- Ericsson
- Stena Line
- SKF
- SCA Mölnlycke
- NCC
- AstraZeneca
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