last highlighted date: 2024-04-22
Highlights
- Lund has been a prominent innovation cluster for over a thousand years, with its roots dating back to the Iron Age settlement of Uppåkra, located in the south of Lund. Uppåkra, active between 100 BC and 1000 AD, revealed archaeological discoveries of surgical instruments used by doctors during that time
- They are closely connected to two prominent science parks: Ideon Science Park, established in 1983 and currently one of the largest science and business parks in Northern Europe, employing 10,000 individuals in 400 businesses, and Medicon Village, founded in 2012 and now the largest life science-focused science park in Scandinavia, housing 2,800 employees in 180 businesses.