East Sweden facts

East Sweden hugs the Baltic Sea. Its principal harbour in Norrköping  provides the closest and often most cost effective shipping access to the Baltic States and Russia. Highways and railways that intersect the region also provide direct access to the harbour which is centrally located in relation to major cities in Scandinavia.

East Sweden is the centre for Swedish aerospace, national defence, forensics, and road and transport, and weather. Two thousand Ericsson employees here develop some of the best wireless technology in the world on a university science park that is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.

Linköping University has 26000 students and nearly 400 full professors. It leads Sweden's research and teaching in computer engineering and the university medical school includes one of Sweden's two clinical trials research centres.  Students from around the world come to East Sweden to study not only science and engineering but also business, social sciences, arts, and education.

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