Linköping Science Park (formerly Mjärdevi Science Park & Science Park Mjärdevi
) is a city district and technology area in
Östergötland
Östergötland (; English exonym: East Gothland) is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (''landskap'' in Swedish) in the south of Sweden. It borders Småland, Västergötland, Närke, Södermanland and the Baltic Sea. In older English li ...
in the city of
Linköping
Linköping ( , ) is a city in southern Sweden, with around 167,000 inhabitants as of 2024. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality and the capital of Östergötland County. Linköping is also the episcopal see of the Diocese of Linköping (Chu ...
.
The area Mjärdevi is located just outside
Linköping University
Linköping University (LiU; ) is a public university, public research university based in Linköping, Sweden. Originally established in 1969, it was granted full university status in 1975 and is one of Sweden's largest academic institutions.
T ...
Campus Valla
A campus traditionally refers to the land and buildings of a college or university. This will often include libraries, lecture halls, student centers and, for residential universities, residence halls and dining halls.
By extension, a corporat ...
and is the core area for Linköping Science park, although the science park operates throughout Linköping and the surrounding region. Linköping Science park includes about 600 companies with a total of 14 000 employees (2023).
Many of these companies have been started because of the innovations at Linköping University. The companies operate primarily in technology sectors such as telecommunications, business systems, software and systems engineering, electronics, home communications and
vehicle safety
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. The largest residents of Mjärdevi are
Ericsson
(), commonly known as Ericsson (), is a Swedish multinational networking and telecommunications company headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. Ericsson has been a major contributor to the development of the telecommunications industry and is one ...
,
Releasy,
IFS,
Sectra,
Infor
Infor is a multinational company headquartered in New York City that provides industry specific, enterprise software licensed for use on premises or as a service.
, Infor's software had 58 million users, and 90,000 corporate customers in 20 ...
,
Combitech and
CGI Group
CGI Inc. (Consultants to Government and Industry Incorporated) is a Canadian multinational information technology consulting and Software Development company headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. CGI went public in 1986 with a primary list ...
.
A computer history museum, IT-ceum, was built up in Mjärdevi in 2005. In 2009, it was relocated to the county museum, Östergötlands Museum.
References
External links
The homepage of Science Park Mjärdevi Science
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Science parks in Sweden
Buildings and structures in Linköping