Editing Kista

{{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|ˈɕǐːsta}} 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 [[telecommunications]] 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 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.<ref name="kista.com"/> A majority is done at [[Ericsson]], 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]]. 
Because of its [[Information and communication technologies|ICT]] industries, it became in the 1980s referred to as "Chipsta"<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z-dXAwAAQBAJ&q=Chipsta+kista&pg=PA120|title=Urban Innovation Systems: What makes them tick?|last1=Winden|first1=Willem van|last2=Braun|first2=Erik|last3=Otgaar|first3=Alexander|last4=Witte|first4=Jan-Jelle|date=2014-04-11|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317917458|language=en}}</ref> and, after Sweden joined the EU in 1995, also as Europe's "Silicon Valley".<ref name="AntonellaEmma2009"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nordichardware.se/Coverage/overclocking-at-intel.html|title=Overclocking at Intel|publisher=Nordichardware.se|access-date=4 February 2014}}</ref>

== Overview ==
=== Etymology ===
[[Image:Kista_gård_huvudbyggnad_2015b.jpg|thumb|right|Main building of Kista Gård, a farmhouse that Kista is named after]]
Kista got its name sometime in during 1600s and was named after a farmhouse in this area. The word Kista historically meant "place where livestock is traded", from the Old Swedish word "kvi", meaning livestock, and "sta(d)", meaning place.<ref>{{cite web | last=Nygård | first=Anna | title=Historierna bakom ortsnamnen | website=Nyhetsbyrån Järva | date=2023-02-13 | url=https://www.nyhetsbyranjarva.se/historierna-bakom-ortsnamnen/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250308222716/https://www.nyhetsbyranjarva.se/historierna-bakom-ortsnamnen/ | archive-date=2025-03-08 | url-status=live | language=sv | access-date=2025-03-08}}</ref>

=== 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 in Kista since 2003.<ref name="Kim2005"/> [[Cellmax]] is another local company founded and headquartered in Kista.

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&dq=Global+Transformation+kista&pg=PA84</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]], one of the largest corporations in Sweden.

=== Safety ===
Increasing crime rates and worsening safety has made the area much less attractive since the late 2010s. Nearly half of inhabitants report feeling unsafe and at risk of becoming a victim of a crime.<ref>{{cite web | title=Sensoring safety perceptions in and around Kista | website=Senseable Stockholm Lab | date=2025-03-08 | url=https://www.senseablestockholm.org/polopoly_fs/1.1229587.1676370108!/KISTA_Digital%20Futures%20ISPP_SSP_7oktober2022_18ma%CC%8Anader.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250308202649/https://www.senseablestockholm.org/polopoly_fs/1.1229587.1676370108!/KISTA_Digital%20Futures%20ISPP_SSP_7oktober2022_18ma%CC%8Anader.pdf | archive-date=2025-03-08 | url-status=dead | access-date=2025-03-09 | quote = However, 44% of respondents in Kista area declare feeling unsafe in one or more places in their residential area or its vicinity because the risk of becoming a victim of crime.}}</ref> In the 2020s, Kista became classified as a [[Vulnerable area (Sweden)|vulnerable area]] by the [[Swedish Police Authority]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Lägesbild Samverkansöverenskommelse mellan Stockholms stad och Polisregion Stockholm | website=[[Stockholm Municipality]] | date=2025-03-08 | url=https://edokmeetings.stockholm.se/welcome-sv/namnder-styrelser/jarva-stadsdelsnamnd/mote-2023-12-14/agenda/bilaga-7-lagesbild-2023-samverkansoverenskommelse-jarvapdf-48090 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250308175310/https://edokmeetings.stockholm.se/welcome-sv/namnder-styrelser/jarva-stadsdelsnamnd/mote-2023-12-14/agenda/bilaga-7-lagesbild-2023-samverkansoverenskommelse-jarvapdf-48090 | archive-date=2025-03-08 | url-status=dead | access-date=2025-03-08| quote=Av lokalpolisområdet definieras Hjulsta som ett riskområde medan Akalla och Kista klassas som utsatta områden. ({{translation|i=yes|The local police area defines Hjulsta as a risk area while Akalla and Kista are classified as [[Vulnerable area (Sweden)|vulnerable areas]]}})}}</ref>

Companies that used to define Kista began leaving the area after many years of violent crime incidents. Kista neighborhood has seen many incidents of robberies,<ref>{{cite web | title=Ungdomar i Kista rånade av gäng | website=[[Aftonbladet|Aftonbladet TV]] | date=2017-11-17 | url=https://tv.aftonbladet.se/video/231114/ungdomar-i-kista-raanade-av-gang | archive-url=https://archive.today/20250308221838/https://tv.aftonbladet.se/video/231114/ungdomar-i-kista-raanade-av-gang | archive-date=2025-03-08 | url-status=live | language=sv | access-date=2025-03-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Pojke slagen och rånad på tunnelbanan | website=[[Aftonbladet|Aftonbladet Live]] | date=2021-01-05 | url=https://live.aftonbladet.se/supernytt/news/pojke-slagen-och-raanad-paa-tunnelbanan._I6vhro-h | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250308221240/https://live.aftonbladet.se/supernytt/news/pojke-slagen-och-raanad-paa-tunnelbanan._I6vhro-h | archive-date=2025-03-08 | url-status=live | language=sv | access-date=2025-03-08}}</ref> stabbings,<ref>{{cite web | last=Fernstedt | first=Nora | last2=Grive | first2=Ruben | title=Man knivhuggen i Kista i Stockholm – rånare jagas av polis | website=[[Aftonbladet]] | date=2024-03-08 | url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/O8Gdpq/en-skadad-i-ranforsok-ropade-pa-hjalp | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250308221536/https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/O8Gdpq/en-skadad-i-ranforsok-ropade-pa-hjalp | archive-date=2025-03-08 | url-status=live | language=sv | access-date=2025-03-08}}</ref> shootings,<ref>{{cite web | last=| first=| title=Man skjuten av polis vid Kista tunnelbanestation | website=[[SVT Nyheter]] | date=2022-06-21 | url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/stockholm/man-skjuten-av-polis-vid-kista-tunnelbanestation | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250308220834/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/stockholm/man-skjuten-av-polis-vid-kista-tunnelbanestation | archive-date=2025-03-08 | url-status=live | language=sv | access-date=2025-03-08}}</ref> attempted murders<ref>{{cite web | title=Mordförsök i Kista – kvinna och barn till sjukhus | website=Aftonbladet TV | date=2023-10-09 | url=https://tv.aftonbladet.se/video/341606/tvaa-gripna-for-mordforsok-i-kista-kvinna-och-barn-till-sjukhus | archive-url=https://archive.today/20250309000530/https://tv.aftonbladet.se/video/341606/tvaa-gripna-for-mordforsok-i-kista-kvinna-och-barn-till-sjukhus | archive-date=2025-03-09 | url-status=live | language=sv | access-date=2025-03-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=| first=| title=Tre av de fem misstänkta häktade av Solna tingsrätt efter mordförsök | website=[[SVT Nyheter]] | date=2023-07-26 | url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/stockholm/tre-av-de-fem-misstankta-haktade-av-solna-tingsratt-efter-mordforsok | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250309000332/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/stockholm/tre-av-de-fem-misstankta-haktade-av-solna-tingsratt-efter-mordforsok | archive-date=2025-03-09 | url-status=live | language=sv | access-date=2025-03-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=| first=| title=Misstänkt mordförsök i Kista – man allvarligt skadad vid restaurangbråk | website=[[SVT Nyheter]] | date=2023-12-25 | url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/stockholm/misstankt-mordforsok-i-kista-man-allvarligt-skadad-vid-restaurangbrak | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250309000123/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/stockholm/misstankt-mordforsok-i-kista-man-allvarligt-skadad-vid-restaurangbrak | archive-date=2025-03-09 | url-status=live | language=sv | access-date=2025-03-09}}</ref> and murders.<ref>{{cite web | last=Nyheter | first=SVT | title=En gripen för dubbelmord i Kista | website=[[SVT Nyheter]] | date=2017-03-13 | url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/stockholm/en-gripen-for-dubbelmord-i-kista | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250308234536/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/stockholm/en-gripen-for-dubbelmord-i-kista | archive-date=2025-03-08 | url-status=live | language=sv | access-date=2025-03-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Håkansson | first=August | last2=Edgar | first2=Johan | title=Ung man mördad i Kista i nordvästra Stockholm | website=Aftonbladet | date=2021-04-18 | url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/86093d/ung-man-skjuten-till-dods-med-flera-skott-i-kista-i-stockholm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250308234519/https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/86093d/ung-man-skjuten-till-dods-med-flera-skott-i-kista-i-stockholm | archive-date=2025-03-08 | url-status=live | language=sv | access-date=2025-03-08}}</ref> 

Swedish branch of [[IBM]] and [[Ericsson]], two of the biggest employers in the area, both departed in the mid-2020s.<ref>{{cite web | last=| first=| title=Facket om att Ericsson lämnar lokaler i Kista: ”Mycket som flyttar härifrån” | website=[[SVT Nyheter]] | date=2025-01-19 | url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/stockholm/facket-om-att-ericsson-lamnar-lokaler-i-kista-blir-en-helhet-som-anstalld-du-tittar-pa | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250309001556/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/stockholm/facket-om-att-ericsson-lamnar-lokaler-i-kista-blir-en-helhet-som-anstalld-du-tittar-pa | archive-date=2025-03-09 | url-status=live | language=sv | access-date=2025-03-09 | quote=Facket om att Ericsson lämnar lokaler i Kista: ”Mycket som flyttar härifrån” ({{translation|i=yes|Trade union on Ericsson leaving Kista: “Many are moving from here”}})}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Furubacke | first=Hampus | title=Flykten fortsätter: It-jätten lämnar Kista efter nära 50 år | website=[[Dagens industri]] | date=2025-03-02 | url=https://www.di.se/nyheter/flykten-fortsatter-it-jatten-lamnar-kista-efter-nara-50-ar/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250309001651/https://www.di.se/nyheter/flykten-fortsatter-it-jatten-lamnar-kista-efter-nara-50-ar/ | archive-date=2025-03-09 | url-status=live | language=sv | access-date=2025-03-09| quote=Flykten fortsätter: It-jätten lämnar Kista efter nära 50 år ({{translation|i=yes|The exodus continues: IT giant leaves Kista after nearly 50 years}})}}</ref> [[Fujitsu]], {{ill|Coor Service Management|sv}}, [[KTH Royal Institute of Technology]] as well as other organizations also left the area.<ref>{{cite web | last=Nygård | first=Anna | title=Fler företag flyttar från Kista | website=Nyhetsbyrån Järva | date=2025-03-03 | url=https://www.nyhetsbyranjarva.se/fler-foretag-flyttar-fran-kista/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250309001707/https://www.nyhetsbyranjarva.se/fler-foretag-flyttar-fran-kista/ | archive-date=2025-03-09 | url-status=live | language=sv | access-date=2025-03-09| quote=Fler företag flyttar från Kista. KTH, Coor, Fujitsu, delar av Ericsson och nu senast IBM. Många flyttlass går från Kista och lämnar stora ytor tomma. ({{translation|i=yes|More companies are moving from Kista. KTH, Coor, Fujitsu, parts of Ericsson and, most recently, IBM. Many are leaving Kista, resulting in large office vacancies.}})}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Beslut: KTH lämnar Södertälje och Kista | website={{ill|Fastighetsvärlden|sv}} | date=2023-11-23 | url=https://www.fastighetsvarlden.se/notiser/beslut-kth-lamnar-sodertalje-och-kista/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250309001813/https://www.fastighetsvarlden.se/notiser/beslut-kth-lamnar-sodertalje-och-kista/ | archive-date=2025-03-09 | url-status=live | language=sv | access-date=2025-03-09| quote=Beslut: KTH lämnar Södertälje och Kista ({{translation|i=yes|Decision: [[KTH Royal Institute of Technology|KTH]] leaves Södertälje and Kista}})}}</ref> Relocations include public institutions, e.g. the local police station moved from Kista to [[Solna]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Järvaborna blir utan polisstation | website=Dagens Arena | date=2025-03-09 | url=https://www.dagensarena.se/innehall/jarvaborna-blir-utan-polisstation/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250309005348/https://www.dagensarena.se/innehall/jarvaborna-blir-utan-polisstation/ | archive-date=2025-03-09 | url-status=live | language=sv | access-date=2025-03-09| quote=Polishuset i Kista har under flera år erbjudit hjälp och service till boende i området. Nu kommer boende istället behöva vända sig till polisen i Solna. ({{translation|i=yes|The police station in Kista has offered help and services to residents in the area for many years. Now the residents will have to go to Solna instead.}})}}</ref> In the mid-2020s, more than a third of office space in Kista was vacant.<ref>{{cite web | last=Tottmar | first=Mia | title=Mer än en tredjedel av Kistas kontorsyta står tom – ”genuint orolig” | website=[[Dagens Nyheter]] | date=2025-02-03 | url=https://www.dn.se/sverige/mer-an-en-tredjedel-av-kistas-kontorsyta-star-tom-genuint-orolig/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250203150106/https://www.dn.se/sverige/mer-an-en-tredjedel-av-kistas-kontorsyta-star-tom-genuint-orolig/ | archive-date=2025-02-03 | url-status=live | language=sv | access-date=2025-03-09| quote= Mer än en tredjedel av Kistas kontorsyta står tom – ”genuint orolig” ({{translation|i=yes|More than a third of Kista's office space is empty - “genuinely worrying" }})}}</ref> Various retailers have also relocated from Kista.<ref>{{cite web | last=Lysell | first=Monika Nilsson | title=Tar över ansvar för Kista Galleria: ”Locka tillbaka butiker” | website=Market | date=2025-02-04 | url=https://www.market.se/handelsplatser/kopcentrum/tar-over-ansvar-for-kista-galleria-locka-tillbaka-butiker/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250309005004/https://www.market.se/handelsplatser/kopcentrum/tar-over-ansvar-for-kista-galleria-locka-tillbaka-butiker/ | archive-date=2025-03-09 | url-status=live | language=sv | access-date=2025-03-09}}</ref> There are several ongoing initiatives to improve safety in Kista.<ref>{{cite web | title=Trygghetsstrategi Järva: Spånga-Tensta/Rinkeby-Kis | website=[[Stockholm Municipality]] | date=2024-06-14 | url=https://edokmeetings.stockholm.se/welcome-sv/namnder-styrelser/rinkeby-kista-stadsdelsnamnd/mote-2019-11-19/agenda/bilaga-1-trygghetsstrategi-for-jarva-2020-2025pdf?downloadMode=download | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250309010041/https://edokmeetings.stockholm.se/welcome-sv/namnder-styrelser/rinkeby-kista-stadsdelsnamnd/mote-2019-11-19/agenda/bilaga-1-trygghetsstrategi-for-jarva-2020-2025pdf?downloadMode=download | archive-date=2025-03-09 | url-status=dead | access-date=2025-03-09}}</ref>

== Research and higher learning ==
Kista hosts entire departments of both [[Royal Institute of Technology|KTH Royal Institute of Technology]], such as Wireless@KTH, and [[Stockholm University]] (formerly jointly known as "the IT University").<ref name="DesaiNijkamp2011">{{cite book|last1=Desai|first1=Sameeksha|last2=Nijkamp|first2=Peter|last3=Stough|first3=Roger R.|title=New Directions in Regional Economic Development: The Role of Entrepreneurship Theory and Methods, Practice and Policy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S6eY4LtrIOcC&pg=PA249|date=July 2011|publisher=Edward Elgar Publishing|isbn=978-0-85793-351-5|page=249|author1-link=Sameeksha Desai}}</ref>

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 headquarters there, just as [[Ericsson]],  [[IBM|Swedish IBM]] and [[Tele 2]], among others has.

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]].

== Parks and open spaces ==
Kista does not have any large and notable parks, but it has many green areas. According to statistics from Stockholm Municipality, each person in Kista has on average 94 square meters of green spaces within 500 meter radius.<ref>{{cite web | title=Parkplan Rinkeby-Kista. Del 1: Strategier för utveckling av parker och naturområden | website=City of Stockholm | date=2024-12-08 | url=https://start.stockholm/globalassets/start/om-stockholms-stad/sa-arbetar-staden/natur-parker-och-gronomraden/parkplan-rinkeby-kista---strategier-for-utveckling.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250308213737/https://start.stockholm/globalassets/start/om-stockholms-stad/sa-arbetar-staden/natur-parker-och-gronomraden/parkplan-rinkeby-kista---strategier-for-utveckling.pdf | archive-date=2025-03-08 | url-status=dead | access-date=2025-03-08| quote=År 2015 var den genomsnittliga mängden offentlig grönyta per person inom 500 meter 94 kvadratmeter.}}</ref>

==Gallery==
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|Image:Ericsson Kista viewed from Kista Science Tower.jpg|
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== See also ==
* [[Kista Science Tower]]
* [[Kista metro station]]

==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.kista.com/ Kista Science City]
*[https://kistabusinessnetwork.se/ Kista Business Network]

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