Stockholm, the largest city in Scandinavia, is a meeting place for people of different cultures, a gateway for new ideas and a centre for culture, sports and entertainment. It is one of the world's most beautiful cities, with excellent public services and an enviable waterfront location. It is a rapidly growing city with 800,000 inhabitants.

The European Commission has chosen Stockholm as Europe's first Green Capital 2010, commending its long-term focus on environmental issues.

Stockholm is one of the most knowledge intense and innovative regions in the world with one of the world's largest ICT clusters, a world-leading clean tech cluster and one of Europe's largest life sciences clusters. The city was awarded Intelligent Community of the Year 2009. Stockholm has methodically and substantially redefined the possibilities of urban living and sets an example of how technology can play a role to enhance economic and social development.