Ideon Science Park Explained

Ideon Science Park
Address:Scheelevägen 17,
223 70[1]
Opening Date:[2]

Ideon Science Park in Lund is the oldest, largest and one of the best known science parks in Sweden.[3] [4] [5] In 2019, it became the first UN certified science park in the world.[6] There is about of office and lab space in over 17 buildings.

Bluetooth was created in Ideon Science Park.[7]

St Ericsson, Sony, Ericsson, Axis Communications, Active Biotech and Gambro all have their development centres right beside the park, and Mblox have one of their two Swedish offices here, with the other in Stockholm.

The development of Ideon came as a result of the 1970s restructuring in the Skåne business community.[8] [9] Ideon was founded in 1983 as a collaboration between Lund University, the then Malmöhus county, Lund municipality and the business community.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Contact Ideon Science Park . Ideon Science Park . 2015-10-10.
  2. Web site: IdeonAB . allabolag.se . 2015-10-10.
  3. Web site: Betänkande av Utredningen om ett utvecklat innovationsstöd vid universitet och högskolor . . 2023-12-09 . http://web.archive.org/web/20240822072018/https://www.regeringen.se/contentassets/77145fac2a4c4a00bc55fb7ecbf67d4f/innovation-som-drivkraft--fran-forskning-till-nytta-sou-202059.pdf . 2024-08-22 . dead . 2024-08-22.
  4. Web site: Karlberg . Lars Anders . Forskarbyarna föder inga storföretag . Ny Teknik . 2003-09-10 . http://web.archive.org/web/20240822072521/https://www.nyteknik.se/digitalisering/forskarbyarna-foder-inga-storforetag/2030910 . 2024-08-22 . live . sv . 2024-08-22.
  5. Web site: Skåne-Blekinges analys för regionalfonden och socialfonden . ESF . 2024-06-01 . http://web.archive.org/web/20240822072722/https://www.esf.se/app/uploads/2021/01/Sydsverige-Socio-ekonomisk-analys-Sk%C3%A5ne-Blekinge.pdf . 2024-08-22 . dead . 2024-08-22.
  6. Web site: Ideon Science Park . IASP: International Association of Science Parks . 2024-05-19 . http://web.archive.org/web/20240822074313/https://www.iasp.ws/our-members/directory/@6020/ideon-science-park . 2024-08-22 . live . 2024-08-22 . In 2019, Ideon became the first UN certified science park in the world. .
  7. Web site: Ideon Success Stories – Breakthrough Technology since 1983 . Ideon Science Park . 2018-06-25 . http://web.archive.org/web/20240822074222/https://ideon.se/success-stories/ . 2024-08-22 . live . 2024-08-22. The development of Bluetooth, was initiated in 1989 by Nils Rydbeck, CTO at Ericsson Mobile in Lund, Sweden and by Johan Ullman..
  8. Web site: Our history . Ideon Science Park . 2018-06-25 . http://web.archive.org/web/20240822074123/https://ideon.se/our-history/ . 2024-08-22 . live . 2024-08-22.
  9. Web site: Kulturmiljöprogram för Lunds kommun . Lund Municipality . 2024-02-17 . http://web.archive.org/web/20230923115949/https://lund.se/download/18.48ce0eb818002aac31e19897/1651557522923/Sammanfattning%20av%20Kulturmilj%C3%B6program%20f%C3%B6r%20Lunds%20kommun.pdf . 2023-09-23 . dead . 2024-08-22.
  10. Web site: 25 June 2018. History.