R&D labs in Sweden
The 311 Institute tracks 63 R&D labs in Sweden: 33 research institutes, 17 government, 8 university, 4 corporate and 1 military. Most are in Stockholm, Uppsala and Gothenburg, and the leading organisations include RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and Stockholm University. Their main focus areas are global and planetary change, molecular biology, economics and econometrics and genetics.
Part of the 311 Institute Global R&D Labs Directory. Compiled by Matthew Griffin. Last updated .
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All 63 labs
| Lab and organisation | Location | Type and sector | Focus | Founded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca Gothenburg R&DAstraZeneca | Mölndal, Sweden | Corporate Healthcare and life sciences | Respiratory, Cardiovascular | |
| Ericsson ResearchEricsson | Stockholm, Sweden | Corporate Telecommunications | 6G, AI, Networks | |
| Qamcom Research and Technology (Sweden)Qamcom Research and Technology (Sweden) | Gothenburg, Sweden | Corporate Industrials and manufacturing | Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality | 2001 |
| RaySearch Laboratories (Sweden)RaySearch Laboratories (Sweden) | Stockholm, Sweden | Corporate Healthcare and life sciences | Radiation, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging | 2000 |
| European Centre for Disease Prevention and ControlEuropean Union | Stockholm, Sweden | Government Healthcare and life sciences | Epidemiology, Food Science, Health | 2004 |
| Swedish Polar Research SecretariatMinistry of Education and Research | Luleå, Sweden | Government Environment and climate | Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change | 1984 |
| National Aeronautical Research InstituteNational Aeronautical Research Institute | Bromma, Sweden | Government Industrials and manufacturing | Computational Mechanics, Mechanics of Materials | 1940 |
| National Institute of Economic ResearchNational Institute of Economic Research | Stockholm, Sweden | Government Public policy and analysis | General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Management Science and Operations Research, Economics and Econometrics | 1937 |
| Regional Research Council in Uppsala-Örebro RegionRegional Research Council in Uppsala-Örebro Region | Örebro, Sweden | Government Healthcare and life sciences | Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism | |
| Royal Society of Sciences and Letters in GothenburgRoyal Society of Sciences and Letters in Gothenburg | Gothenburg, Sweden | Government Multidisciplinary research | Research | 1759 |
| SBU - Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social ServicesSBU - Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services | Stockholm, Sweden | Government Healthcare and life sciences | Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 1987 |
| RISE Research Institutes of SwedenSweden government | Gothenburg, Sweden | Government Technology | Applied research | 2016 |
| Swedish Geotechnical InstituteSwedish Geotechnical Institute | Linköping, Sweden | Government Industrials and manufacturing | Civil and Structural Engineering, Pollution, Water Science and Technology | 1944 |
| Swedish InstituteSwedish Institute | Stockholm, Sweden | Government Healthcare and life sciences | Virology, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology | 2007 |
| Swedish Institute for Educational ResearchSwedish Institute for Educational Research | Stockholm, Sweden | Government Social sciences and humanities | Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 2015 |
| Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological InstituteSwedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute | Norrköping, Sweden | Government Environment and climate | Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography | 1971 |
| Swedish National Board of Institutional CareSwedish National Board of Institutional Care | Solna, Sweden | Government Social sciences and humanities | Epidemiology, Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science | 1993 |
| Swedish National Road and Transport Research InstituteSwedish National Road and Transport Research Institute | Linköping, Sweden | Government Industrials and manufacturing | Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Social Psychology, Transportation | 1923 |
| Swedish Research CouncilSwedish Research Council | Stockholm, Sweden | Government Nuclear | Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radiation, Biophysics | 2001 |
| Swedish Research Council for Environment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial PlanningSwedish Research Council for Environment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning | Stockholm, Sweden | Government Environment and climate | Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Forestry | 2004 |
| Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and WelfareSwedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare | Stockholm, Sweden | Government Social sciences and humanities | General Health Professions, Management Science and Operations Research, Social Psychology | 2001 |
| Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI)Sweden government | Stockholm, Sweden | Military Aerospace, defence and space | Defence | 2001 |
| Wallenberg Wood Science CenterChalmers University of Technology | Stockholm, Sweden | University Chemicals and materials | Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering, Building and Construction | |
| Bolin Centre for Climate ResearchKTH Royal Institute of Technology | Stockholm, Sweden | University Environment and climate | Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Soil Science | 2006 |
| Centre for PalaeogeneticsStockholm University | Stockholm, Sweden | University Healthcare and life sciences | Genetics, Molecular Biology, Paleontology | |
| ÖstersjöcentrumStockholm University | Stockholm, Sweden | University Environment and climate | Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change | |
| Umeå Plant Science CentreSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences | Umeå, Sweden | University Agriculture and food | Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Genetics | 1999 |
| Arctic Research CentreUmeå University | Umeå, Sweden | University Environment and climate | Ecology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions | 2012 |
| Umeå Marine Sciences CentreUmeå University | Norrbyn, Sweden | University Environment and climate | Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology | |
| Karolinska InstitutetUniversities in Sweden | Stockholm, Sweden | University Multidisciplinary research | Medicine | 1810 |
| AlbaNovaAlbaNova | Stockholm, Sweden | Research institute Space | Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics | |
| Integrated Cardio Metabolic CentreAstraZeneca (Sweden) | Huddinge, Sweden | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Genetics, Epidemiology, Immunology | 2013 |
| Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster ScienceCentre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science | Uppsala, Sweden | Research institute Environment and climate | Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science | |
| EastmaninstitutetEastmaninstitutet | Stockholm, Sweden | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Periodontics, Oral Surgery, Orthodontics | 1937 |
| European Spallation SourceEuropean Spallation Source | Lund, Sweden | Research institute Multidisciplinary research | Radiation, Aerospace Engineering, Artificial Intelligence | |
| Forestry Research Institute of SwedenForestry Research Institute of Sweden | Uppsala, Sweden | Research institute Environment and climate | Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Mechanics of Materials | |
| Future EarthFuture Earth | Stockholm, Sweden | Research institute Environment and climate | Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law | 2012 |
| Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education PolicyInstitute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy | Uppsala, Sweden | Research institute Social sciences and humanities | Economics and Econometrics, Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science | |
| Institute for Futures StudiesInstitute for Futures Studies | Stockholm, Sweden | Research institute Social sciences and humanities | Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations, Safety Research | 1971 |
| Institute for Management of Innovation and TechnologyInstitute for Management of Innovation and Technology | Gothenburg, Sweden | Research institute Public policy and analysis | Strategy and Management, Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management | 1979 |
| Institute of Advanced MaterialsInternational Association of Advanced Materials | Ulrika, Sweden | Research institute Industrials and manufacturing | Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering | 2015 |
| K2K2 | Lund, Sweden | Research institute Social sciences and humanities | Transportation, Automotive Engineering, Strategy and Management | |
| Center for Clinical Research DalarnaLandstinget Dalarna | Falun, Sweden | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pharmacology, Parasitology | |
| NanoLundNanoLund | Lund, Sweden | Research institute Industrials and manufacturing | Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | 2015 |
| National Supercomputer CentreNational Supercomputer Centre | Linköping, Sweden | Research institute Technology | Hardware and Architecture, Computer Networks and Communications, Information Systems and Management | 1989 |
| Nordic Africa InstituteNordic Africa Institute | Uppsala, Sweden | Research institute Social sciences and humanities | Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology, Urban Studies | 1962 |
| Nordic Institute for Theoretical PhysicsNordic Institute for Theoretical Physics | Stockholm, Sweden | Research institute Nuclear | Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics | 1957 |
| RatioRatio | Stockholm, Sweden | Research institute Public policy and analysis | Management of Technology and Innovation, Economics and Econometrics, Strategy and Management | 2002 |
| Gothenburg Botanic GardenRegion Västra Götaland | Gothenburg, Sweden | Research institute Agriculture and food | Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Paleontology, Molecular Biology | 1923 |
| Digital FuturesRISE Research Institutes of Sweden | Stockholm, Sweden | Research institute Technology | Computer Networks and Communications, Artificial Intelligence, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics | 2020 |
| SwerimRISE Research Institutes of Sweden | Luleå, Sweden | Research institute Industrials and manufacturing | Mechanical Engineering, Fuel Technology, Biomedical Engineering | 2018 |
| Abisko Scientific Research StationRoyal Swedish Academy of Sciences | Abisko, Sweden | Research institute Environment and climate | Atmospheric Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology | 1903 |
| Mittag-Leffler InstituteRoyal Swedish Academy of Sciences | Djursholm, Sweden | Research institute Basic science | Geometry and Topology, Mathematical Physics, Applied Mathematics | 1916 |
| Science for Life LaboratoryScience for Life Laboratory | Stockholm, Sweden | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Molecular Biology, Information Systems and Management, Information Systems | 2010 |
| SkaraborgsinstitutetSkaraborgsinstitutet | Skövde, Sweden | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Infectious Diseases | |
| Svenska Örtmedicinska InstituteSvenska Örtmedicinska Institute | Laholm, Sweden | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Molecular Biology, Complementary and alternative medicine, Plant Science | 1975 |
| Swedish e-Science Research CentreSwedish e-Science Research Centre | Stockholm, Sweden | Research institute Industrials and manufacturing | Computational Mechanics, Ocean Engineering, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes | 2010 |
| Swedish Institute for Health EconomicsSwedish Institute for Health Economics | Lund, Sweden | Research institute Public policy and analysis | Economics and Econometrics, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Finance | 1979 |
| Swedish National Forensic CentreSwedish National Forensic Centre | Linköping, Sweden | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Genetics, Toxicology, Safety Research | 2015 |
| Swedish Species Information CentreSwedish Species Information Centre | Uppsala, Sweden | Research institute Agriculture and food | Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Insect Science | |
| Umeå Centre for Microbial ResearchUmeå Centre for Microbial Research | Umeå, Sweden | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Genetics, Endocrinology, Molecular Biology | 2007 |
| Uppsala Multidisciplinary Center for Advanced Computational ScienceUppsala Multidisciplinary Center for Advanced Computational Science | Uppsala, Sweden | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Information Systems and Management, Plant Science, Molecular Biology | 2003 |
| Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational MedicineWallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine | Gothenburg, Sweden | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Psychiatry and Mental health, Physiology, Neurology | 2015 |
R&D ecosystems in Sweden
Organisations with labs in Sweden
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Questions and answers
How many R&D labs are there in Sweden?
The 311 Institute Global R&D Labs Directory lists 63 active R&D labs in Sweden as of October 2026: 33 research institutes, 17 government, 8 university, 4 corporate and 1 military.
Which organisations run the most R&D labs in Sweden?
In this directory the organisations with the most labs in Sweden are RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and Stockholm University.
Where are R&D labs concentrated in Sweden?
They cluster around Stockholm, Uppsala and Gothenburg. The largest R&D ecosystem is Stockholm.
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