Favorable corporate climate, attractive living conditions and good educational facilities make Dalarna in central Sweden an attractive alternative to big cities.

 Dalarna is known as a region with strong and vigorous traditions. Nature and cultural life blossom here and the county offers an exciting combination of dynamic urban life and a “living” countryside.

An efficient infrastructure links Dalarna to the more densely populated parts of Sweden. The county has good road, rail and air transport services, making it easy to travel to and from Dalarna and also within the region. A close-knit broadband network covers almost 100% of the county’s households and companies.

Dalarna has regional business clusters with good growth opportunities in the wood and steel industries, tourism and image production. Forests represent one of Dalarna’s most important natural resources and the county has large-scale forest-products industries and a successful woodworking sector. The steel industry traces its roots far back in time and the region now has some of the world’s most modern steel mills. Contact centres  is a new development area with great potential and good growth opportunities in the region. Dalarna is Sweden’s third-biggest tourist county. Special attractions include breathtaking nature, a living cultural heritage and Sweden’s most popular highland facilities. Image production in Dalarna is focused on creating, showing and preserving pictures and covers, both stills and moving images.

Dalarna is full of creative development opportunities in which industry, commerce, education, research and public activities meet to exchange experience and knowledge. Dalarna University plays a decisive role in the development work.