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'''Kista''' ({{IPA-sv|ˈɕǐːsta}}, meaning "Coffin") is a district in the [[Districts of Sweden#Stockholm|borough]] of [[Rinkeby-Kista]], [[Stockholm Municipality|Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]. It has a strategic position located in between Sweden's main airport, the [[Stockholm Arlanda Airport|Stockholm-Arlanda International Airport]] and central Stockholm, and alongside the main [[European route E4|national highway E4]] economic artery. Kista comprises residential and commercial areas, the latter in the highly technological [[telecommunicationtelecommunications]] and [[information technology]] industry.<ref name="OECD2013"/> There are large research efforts in this entire area, which therefore is dubbed Kista Science City. It is the research park of [[Royal Institute of Technology|KTH Royal Institute of Technology]].

Kista is the largest [[Information and communications technology|Information and Communications Technology (ICT)]] cluster in Europe,<ref name="kista.com">{{cite web| url = http://www.kista.com| title = Hem - Kista Science City}}</ref> and was ranked the world's second largest<ref>Page 84. The Business of Global Energy Transformation: Saving Billions through Sustainable Models. Mats R. Larsson. Global Energy Transformation Institute. 2012, Palgrave Macmillan. Macmillan Publishers Limited, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS, United Kingdom. https://books.google.com/books?id=RX4x1amBi44C&lpg=PA84&dq=Global%20Transformation%20kista&hl=sv+Transformation+kista&pg=PA84#v=onepage&q=Global%20Transformation%20kista&f=false</ref> cluster after [[Silicon Valley]] in [[California]] during the internet boom of 2000. It is the largest corporate area in Sweden, important to the national economy<ref name="Kim2005">{{cite book|last=Kim|first=Junmo|title=Globalization and Industrial Development|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=__lZdK1S4OkC&pg=PA73|date=10 July 2005|isbn=978-1-4697-2393-8|page=73}}</ref> due to the presence of, among others, [[Ericsson Group]], one of the largest corporationcorporations in Sweden.

Kista Science City is the location where a large portion of the research and development of the world's [[LTE (telecommunication)|4G LTE]] mobile telephony infrastructure is being developed, to a European [[ETSI]] standard used worldwide and Kista Science City has been the largest such cluster in Europe for decades.{{When?|date=October 2017}}<ref name="kista.com"/> A majority is done at [[Ericsson|Ericsson corporation]], with 100,000 employees worldwide, but with its research and worldwide headquarters in the Kista Science City.

Kista was named after an old farm "Kista Gård", still located in the area. The construction of the modern parts were started in the 1970s.<ref name="AntonellaEmma2009">{{cite book|last1=Antonella|first1=Noya|last2=Emma|first2=Clarence|last3=Gary|first3=Craig|title=Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Community Capacity Building Creating a Better Future Together: Creating a Better Future Together|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8_TFVEFrqSsC&pg=PA119|date=7 December 2009|publisher=OECD Publishing|isbn=978-92-64-07329-6|page=119}}</ref> Most of the streets in Kista are named after towns and places in [[Denmark]], [[Iceland]], [[Greenland]], and the [[Faroe Islands]]. Before the opening of the [[Mall of Scandinavia]], [[Kista Galleria]] was the biggest shopping center in the [[Stockholm County|Stockholm region]].

[[|Image:Kista Science Tower Stockholm från Ärvingegången 2005-09-29.jpg|thumb|Kista Science Tower, Kista, Stockholm. Photo taken from Ärvingegången]]