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Sandviken is a municipality in Gävleborg County in the province of Gästrikland and lies approximately 190 km north of Stockholm. The rail journey to Stockholm takes about 2 hours and to Arlanda, Sweden´s main international airport, no more than 1.5 hours.
The major high-technology Swedish engineering concern, Sandvik AB, has its head office in Sandviken and the company´s international activities, combined with the fact that there are more than 80 different nationalities in the municipality, give Sandviken an international air.










