Sweden's most business- friendly city
Solna is a fantastic place for entrepreneurs, a dynamic market with over 8000 businesses of various sizes and in different sectors, from high-tech to service companies.
Why Solna?
Solna is a fantastic place for entrepreneurs. The city has a dynamic market with over 8000 businesses of various sizes and in different sectors. Solna has everything from large multinational corporations to small newly established firms, from high-tech companies to service companies.
There are many reasons why businesses choose Solna. It is close to central Stockholm and has good communications, skilled labour, modern premises, an attractive environment and a rich range of cultural and sports offerings.
Solna is ranked as Sweden's most business-friendly municipality and offers first-class municipal services. For the fourth time in the 2000s, Solna was in 2009 awarded as Sweden's most business-friendly municipality by the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise.
Business services
The City of Solna offers high-quality services to businesses that want to become established and be located and grow in Solna. Services for businesses are an important area for the City and we continuously seek to improve these services through systematic work.
Solna was chosen as Sweden's most business-friendly municipality four times in the 2000s. One reason for this is that the City of Solna endeavours to be a service organisation for businesses. Some fundamental, though obvious, aspects include not hiding behind officialdom and ensuring that phones are always adequately manned.
Staff at the City of Solna are service-oriented and the organisation prioritises rapid processing of matters so that businesses can focus on their core operation. There is a good understanding that many businesses depend on quick answers when confronted with restructuring or expansion plans or are considering other options that require permits from or decisions by municipal authorities.
The City of Solna endeavours to offer businesses in Solna rapid and responsive services, regardless of whether a matter relates to development, building permits, alcohol licensing or parking permits. By making decisions quickly and working together, we are helping Solna to become a city for business.
Communications
Entrepreneurs in Solna enjoy good links to central Stockholm, Arlanda and the motorways while already being located in Sweden's best business environment.
Solna has a strategic geographical location, close to central Stockholm, and has good underground, bus and commuter train links. For longer journeys, it takes less than 20 minutes to travel to the international airports at Arlanda and Bromma, and the E4, E18 and E20 motorways are all easily accessible from Solna.
Solna's communications will be further improved in the coming years. A new branch of the link railway is being built to Solna Station across Solna Centrum from Alvik and Nya Karolinska Solna. Discussions are also underway about a public transport link to the Nya Karolinska - Norra Station district. There will also be a commuter train link between Arenastaden and Arlanda.
Business in Solna
Solna has a diverse and dynamic range of businesses dominated by the service and knowledge-intensive sectors. There are a number of small companies as well as head offices for multinational corporations and groups of companies.
Solna's economy is dominated by the service sector, where many businesses are active in industries that are knowledge-intensive. The most prominent sectors include IT, life sciences, finance and insurance, construction, food and business services. Solna is Sweden's most workplace-intensive city and more people have their workplace in Solna than live there.
There are a large number of head offices for Swedish and international companies in Solna. Agresso, F, Bayer, Billerud, Canon, Coop, Dell, Eniro, Eli Lilly, Fabege, Hewlett Packard, ICA, JM, SAS and Skanska all have their head offices in Solna.
Senast uppdaterad den 16 mars 2010
Kontakt
Kristina Tidestav
CEO
+46 8 734 25 17
+46 70 277 18 56