Welcome to Umeå
Umeå is a university city with 28 000 students. Umeå's vision is to be a leading region for sustainable construction and government in cold climates by 2020. Umeå hosted the informal meeting of ministers responsible for competitiveness on 14–16 October.
Press conference - Minister for Enterprise and Energy Maud Olofsson & Commissioner Günter Verheugen
The coast that keeps rising from the sea. The High Coast on the Baltic shore in the Västerbotten and Ångermanland provinces of northeastern Sweden is included in Unesco’s World Heritage list for its unique and highly scenic land and seascape, with a coastline and islands that rise steeply and dramatically from the sea.