Fact and figures

Invest in Värmland Agency

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Regional partner to:

Official name
The Kingdom of Sweden

Political system
Constitutional Monarchy

Head of State
King Carl XVI Gustaf

Prime Minister
Mr Fredrik Reinfeldt (Moderate Party)

Language
Swedish

Population
9 174 464 (November 2007)

Area
450,000 sq.km = 174 000 sq.mi.

Time zone
GMT +1 hour

Currency
1 krona = 100 öre

Largest cities
Stockholm (capital), Göteborg, Malmö

Noteworthy memberships
EU since 1995, WTO, OECD

Most important export goods
Electrical and telecom equipment, machinery, passenger cars, paper, pharmaceuticals, iron and steel.

Most important import goods
Electrical and telecom equipment, machinery, foodstuffs, crude oil, textile products, footwear, passenger cars.

Most important export and import markets
Europe, North America and Asia.

Source: Invest Sweden

Latest News

21 June 2010

Sju framgångsrika år

Sedan starten 2003 har INVA resulterat i 116 nyetableringar och hela 1619 nya arbetstillfällen i länet.

3 June 2010

Entrepreneur from Germany moves to Svanskog

In summer 2010 Bernd Fahje will start up his company in Svanskog, in the West of Värmland. He will focus on an online shop for workwear and safety shoes, but even custom made technical equipments as for example trailers for ATV (all terrain vehicles) or fork lift equipments for the German market. Bernd will even keep running the existing company in Germany.

25 May 2010

Passion for bicycles - Dutchman Robin de Groot starts a company in Värmland

With many years of experience in the bicycle branch, he was owner of a bicycle shop as well as he participated in cycling competitions, Robin decided to start up a shop in Kärrbäckstrand. Cave-mex will open in July 2010.

24 May 2010

Compare firar 10 framgångsrika år

Grattis Compare! Tio år av samverkan har stärkt Karlstad som Competence Area ICT (Information & Communication Technologies). Det firar Compare-företagen med en gemensam jubileumsvecka 24-28 maj som invigs idag (måndag) av landshövding Eva Eriksson. Läs mer om veckans programpunkter på www.compare.se

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