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As of 4 November 2026, 847 research institutes & think tanks companies are based in Sweden; 8 are hiring right now and Stockholm has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 847
- Hiring now
- 8 · 5 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Biomedical research groups · 113
- Top city
- Stockholm · 169
- Parent market
- Public, community & associations · 26,340
Research institutes & think tanks in Sweden, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Biomedical research groups | 113 | 13% |
| Health services research groups | 110 | 13% |
| Humanities social research projects | 102 | 12% |
| University research labs | 90 | 11% |
| Other research institutes & think tanks | 86 | 10% |
| Policy think tanks | 84 | 10% |
| Eu technology research consortia | 69 | 8% |
| Environmental & agri research | 67 | 8% |
| Sustainability energy research | 51 | 6% |
| Biodiversity conservation research | 49 | 6% |
| Multidisciplinary research institutes | 45 | 5% |
| Grantmaking foundations | 39 | 5% |
| Cultural heritage research projects | 35 | 4% |
| Advocacy campaign nonprofits | 32 | 4% |
| Local history societies | 27 | 3% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 535 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 134 · 0 |
| 11-50 employees | 132 · 2 |
| 51-200 employees | 31 · 4 |
| 201-500 employees | 6 · 1 |
| 501-1000 employees | 5 · 0 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 2 · 1 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 2 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Stockholm | 169 | 20% |
| Göteborg | 39 | 5% |
| Uppsala | 37 | 4% |
| Lund | 29 | 3% |
| Umeå | 19 | 2% |
| Solna | 13 | 2% |
| Linköping | 11 | 1% |
| Malmö | 11 | 1% |
| Huddinge | 6 | 1% |
| Karlstad | 6 | 1% |
| Eskilstuna | 4 | 0% |
| Mölndal | 4 | 0% |
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The stack of research institutes & think tanks in Sweden
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Other segments of public, community & associations in Sweden
Public, community & associations in Sweden, the whole market →
Nonprofit civic associations · 12,580 →
Amateur sports clubs · 8,369 →
Membership associations & unions · 3,866 →
Charitable foundations · 2,640 →
Churches congregations · 1,395 →
Public programmes & agencies · 1,008 →
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847 research institutes & think tanks companies are based in Sweden; 8 are hiring right now and Stockholm has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/community_associations_public/sweden/research_institutes_and_think_tanks)
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- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
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