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Småland Blekinge Halland South Sweden – an entrepreneurial part of Sweden with green excellence

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“Kronobarnsmodellen”

Kronoberg's Common Approach and Working Model to Ensure Every Child’s Wellbeing In response to the challenges faced both locally and globally, Kronoberg has taken decisive action. Building on the ...

Exciting New Residency Program in Småland for Artists and Authors– Apply now!

AiR Småland is a new residency program run by the Cultural Development Section of Region Jönköping County, with support from the Swedish Council for Cultural Affairs. The goal is to pro...

New NEB Local Chapter established in Region Kronoberg

Last week a Woodland living Chapter was established in the region of Kronoberg in Southeast Sweden. The Chapter enable a local ecosystem based on the values of the forest and wood. This will be ...

Speaker from SBHSS at EU Cohesion Forum 2024

It is with great pleasure that SBHSS can announce that Rachel De Basso has been invited as the only Swedish speaker at the 9th Cohesion Forum, taking place in Brussels between the 11th and 12th...

Partner search in literary works!

Region Jönköping County is looking for partners to build an international consortium for mutual benefits, exchange, and cooperation in literary works. The partners in mind could involve a...

Region Jönköping County Wants to Cooperate on Smart Specialisation

Region Jönköping County is interested in cooperating with actors in other regions within smart specialisation (in general and in their focus areas: Smart industry, manufacturing, Forestry and Wood ...

SBHSS engaging in a constructive dialogue with the Commission on the future of EU forest related policy

During the political steering group conference of Småland Blekinge Halland South Sweden (SBHSS), annually held in Brussels, SBHSS’s Policy Group on Forestry seized the opportunity to hand over a ne...

Leap for Life: Pioneering Health Innovation for Tomorrow’s Needs

Development, both in terms of efficient healthcare systems and business promotion, is taking place at an accelerating pace on the European stage. Actors from regions, academia, business, and he...

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Who we are

Småland Blekinge Halland South Sweden collaboration between five counties and two universities in the southern part of Sweden.

The area is inhabited by more than 1,3 million people, which corresponds to approximately a tenth of Sweden’s population. In the geography you will find midsized cities, towns of different sizes and rural areas. Our region is famous for the strong entrepreneurial spirit with an important amount of SME’s and several clusters. The manufacturing industry, often rooted in the green economy, plays an important role for our economy, not least since the share of the total export value of Sweden is quite significant.

The universities and the clusters have created innovative excellence in several fields, such as marine technology, forest-based products, digitalised information driven health tech, advanced metal products.