The Talent City Index study measured the attractiveness of 75 different Swedish cities on a number of different metrics, like innovation and creativity, how family friendly they are, how beautiful they are and how attractive they are as places to start a company.
Unsprisingly, the country's three largest cities were all in the top three.
The most attractive city on the list was Gothenburg, with 31.1 percent of respondents ranking it as one of their top three choices. Stockholm came in just 0.1 percentage point lower than Gothenburg, on 31 percent, with Malmö coming in third on 15.2 percent.
Rounding out the top five was Gotland on 13 percent followed by Helsingborg on 10.7 percent.
They also asked workers in sectors where there is a labour shortage, like IT specialists, teachers, healthcare workers and engineers, where they would prefer to live. This was bad news for Norrland, which is in dire need of skilled workers in the near future.
The most attractive region in Norrland was Umeå, in 16th place, followed by Gävle in 18th place and Luleå on 25th place. Next up were Sundsvall, Östersund/Åre and Boden, on 30th, 33rd and 37th place, with Skellefteå, the home of battery factory Northvolt, placing 39th. Örnsköldsvik and Höga Kusten came in at 40th place.
The county with the most cities in the top ten was Skåne, with Malmö, Helsingborg and Lund all placing highly.
When asked to rank regions individually, however, Stockholm region came in highest with 44.3 percent, followed by Västra Götaland on 29.2 and Skåne close behind on 29 percent.
Do you agree with this ranking? Where in Sweden do you live and would you recommend it to young professionals?
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