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{{short description|District in Rinkeby-Kista, Stockholm, Sweden}}
{{About|Swedish district}}
[[File:Kista-flygbild.jpg|alt=Aerial overview of central Kista. Foto: JM AB. Fotograf: Gustav Kaiser|thumb|Aerial overview of central Kista]]
[[Image:Kistavictoriahotelnr1 Publish.jpg|thumb|right|[[Scandic Victoria Tower|Victoria Tower]] in Kista]]
'''Kista''' ({{IPA-sv|
Kista
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]].
Because of its [[Information and communication technologies|ICT]] industries, it became in the 1980s referred to as
== Economy ==
Kista is the largest corporate area in Sweden and important to the national economy.<ref name="OECD2013">{{cite book|title=OECD Green Growth Studies Green Growth in Stockholm, Sweden|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4G3oCqJJJScC&pg=PA70|date=23 May 2013|publisher=OECD Publishing|isbn=978-92-64-19515-8|page=70}}</ref>
The construction of the industrial section of Kista began in the 1970s with companies such as SRA (Svenska Radioaktiebolaget, now a part of [[Ericsson]]), RIFA AB (later Ericsson Components AB, and later still Ericsson Microelectronics AB, and now [[Infineon Technologies]]), and IBM Svenska AB (the Swedish branch of [[International Business Machines|IBM]]). [[Ericsson]] has had its headquarters
== Research and higher learning ==
Kista hosts entire departments of both [[Royal Institute of Technology|KTH Royal Institute of Technology]], such as
There are also Swedish national research institutes (pure research, no students) such as the [[Swedish Institute of Computer Science]] and [[Swedish Defence Research Agency|Swedish Defence Research Agency, FOI]] who has its
Also the Swedish Co-location Centre<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.eitdigital.eu/about-us/locations/stockholm-node/|title=EIT Digital Stockholm Node|work=EIT Digital corporate website|access-date=2018-11-12|language=en}}</ref> of EU innovation and entrepreneurial education organisation [[European Institute of Innovation and Technology|EIT]] Digital is located in Kista and offers a 2-year Master program<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kth.se/student/kurser/program/TIVNM/20182/genomforande?l=en|title=Master's Programme, ICT Innovation, 120 credits (TIVNM), Programme syllabus for studies starting in autumn 2018, Implementation of the education {{!}} KTH|website=www.kth.se|language=en|access-date=2018-11-12}}</ref> in collaboration with [[Royal Institute of Technology|KTH Royal Institute of Technology]].
==Gallery==
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== See also ==
* [[Kista Science Tower]]
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== External links ==
*[http://www.kista.com/ Kista Science City]
*[https://kistabusinessnetwork.se/ Kista Business Network]
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