- Kista
Kista (Swedish: IPA|/'ɕiːsta/) is a district of
Stockholm Municipality inSweden belonging toRinkeby-Kista borough . Located northwest of centralStockholm , Kista is divided by theStockholm Metro blue line into a western part which is primarily residential, and an eastern part occupied by commercial ventures, mostly in thetelecommunication andcomputer industry. Kista hosts the IT University, a joint venture between theRoyal Institute of Technology andStockholm University . Because of its computer industries, Kista became referred to as "Chipsta" or "Sweden's Silicon Valley" in the 1980s.Kista is named after an old farm, still located in the area. The construction of the modern parts were started in the 1970s. The streets in Kista are named after towns and famous people from
Denmark andIceland .Business and industry
The construction of the industrial section of Kista began in the 1970s with companies such as SRA (Svenska Radio Aktiebolaget, now a part of
Ericsson ), RIFA (later Ericsson Microelectronics and now Infineon Technologies) and IBM Svenska AB (the Swedish branch of IBM). The number of employees in Eastern Kista now ranges between 25,000 and 35,000.Ericsson is headquartered in Kista since 2003.See also
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Kista Science Tower External links
* [http://www.kista.com/ Kista Science City]
* [http://www.it.kth.se/ The IT University]
* [http://www.panograf.com/kunder/kista/ Kista panoramas]
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