Welcome to the City of Linköping
Linköping is on the move. The population is constantly increasing, making it one of Sweden’s fastest-growing cities – now with more than 165 000 inhabitants. We are currently Sweden’s fifth largest city and a part of the expansive East Sweden Business Region.
Linköping is the number one high-tech city in Sweden. We are leaders in a number of areas: such as aeronautical technology, vehicle safety, Internet of Things (IoT), information and communication technology, and technology for a sustainable environment. Around the core of technology, the business community is developed and diversified. It is an ideal balance for a modern city.
Education and innovation
Linköping is a city with an eye on the future. A city where world-leading research and ground-breaking innovations are creating a better future, where the university, the municipality, civil society and the business community work together to make ideas come to life.There is a strong force of innovation especially in Linköping Science Park, which is one of Europe’s leading technology parks with 14,000 employees working in more than 600 companies. The focus areas in the park include information and communication technology, IoT, vehicle safety, visualization and image analysis, and environmental technology.
At the core of this innovative environment is a focus on software development, hardware development, and embedded and connected systems. Linköping Science Park offers access to development programmes and networks and serves as a hub for innovation and research, where companies and talented minds come together. A shared focus on sustainability and the development of strong communities guides the work to develop companies with a high potential for growth. A perfect example is the project Commercialization of energy innovations.
Our university
Our highly ranked Linköping University is situated next to Linköping Science Park and is home to over 37,000 students and 4,300 employees. The university is organized in 4 faculties and 12 departments, with main campuses in Linköping as well as Norrköping. With world-leading research in a broad range of areas, most of the research is in the areas of Computer Science, Materials Science, Economics and Business, Medicine and Health, Education, and Social Sciences.
Heritage and culture
Proud ancestors from the Middle Ages hover over the city. Our history lives on in the form of the well-preserved city centre, where shops, cafés and restaurants share space with the cathedral and other historic buildings. Around us we enjoy the beautiful nature. We have unique oak woodlands home to fascinating wildlife and diverse vegetation. We can also offer swimming and boating along Kinda Canal and the famous Göta Canal, as well as in many nearby beautiful lakes.
Linköping is a city rich in history, nature and culture, as a background to our fast-paced development. We can proudly state that we are a city of the future.