ABSTRACT
The information and communication technologies sector in Sweden (the ICT sector)1 has experienced an unprecedented growth during the period 1990 to 2000. While employment in the private sector as a whole declined by 9 percent during the actual period due to a severe economic crisis, Swedish employment in the ICT sector increased by 34 percent during the same period. However, the employment growth in the ICT sector has not been evenly distributed among the various regions in Sweden. A basic observation is that economic activities are clustered in space and the ICT sector is no exception.
