What works in Gothenburg
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Evidence snapshot for Gothenburg
Gothenburg is a major talent-attraction hub in Sweden, receiving approximately 10,000 foreign professionals annually and ranking #1 in the Talent City Index Sweden 2024, with foreign-owned companies employing around 108,000 people — roughly a fifth of the region's workforce. The city supports this talent ecosystem through International House Gothenburg, a free public soft-landing service offering career coaching, legal guidance, and integration support, though the evidence does not report how many newcomers actually use the service or measurable retention outcomes. Gothenburg is also home to Chalmers Ventures, a top-10 global university incubator, and significant marine-restoration research infrastructure addressing the loss of eelgrass habitat along Sweden's west coast.
Drawn from: International House Gothenburg — Soft-Landing Support for Incoming Global Talent · National Eelgrass Restoration & Blue-Carbon Guidelines (Sweden) · Chalmers Ventures & Johanneberg Science Park
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
{# KAN-369 chips show whole points; the explanation lives in the section's bottom note (KAN-370) so each concept is explained exactly once. #}Strengths
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +32 pts 67 here · 35 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +22 pts 100 here · 78 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +16 pts 67 here · 51 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +14 pts 67 here · 53 average
Inclusiveness / equity +9 pts 50 here · 41 average
Weaknesses
Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced -9 pts 0 here · 9 average
Evidence of impact / measured results -10 pts 50 here · 60 average
Scalability -16 pts 50 here · 66 average
Transferability / demonstrated replication -26 pts 33 here · 59 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Gothenburg. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
International House Gothenburg — Soft-Landing Support for Incoming Global Talent · 71
National Eelgrass Restoration & Blue-Carbon Guidelines (Sweden) · 53
Chalmers Ventures & Johanneberg Science Park · 52
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Recommended to adopt or replicate
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- Backed by strong evidence
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Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more