Ulricehamn
Welcome to a place with something for you, where nature and city life exist side by side. Where you can create the life you dream of, whoever you are and wherever you want to go in life.
Today, Borås has become a center for textile design, development and trade.
Discover Ulricehamn
Come out to lakes and hilly forests where quality-assured ski, cycling and hiking trails alternate. Find your view of lakes and plains and experience West Sweden's and Sweden's southernmost Vasaloppscenter. Combine nature with Ulricehamn's charming city center. Let the story of Gårdarna runt Sjön take you around the countryside by bike and combine a stop at Gällstad.
Ulricehamn is growing as an event town. We are hosting more and more major events that attract audiences from large parts of southern Sweden. Everything from FIS Cross-Country World Ulricehamn with over 60,000 visitors to Västgötaloppet, Smaka på Ulricehamn and Ulricehamn Pride among others.
Ulricehamn offers visitors a wide range of activities. The focus here is on cycling, hiking and fantastic training opportunities. In Ulricehamn, there are 95 km of car-free and paved embankments that are available for both cycling, walking and roller skiing. Ulricehamn has taken its place as an important destination that many choose when it comes to training and competition. Here at Lassalyckan, an official Vasaloppscenter, you will find one of Sweden's most modern sports centers. Lassalyckan is a unique facility with very good training opportunities all year round for both elite and recreational athletes. There are tracks and trails both summer and winter.
Ulricehamn Ski Center - One of the best and most popular places for winter sports in southern Sweden. Here you will find a complete winter sports facility with eight slopes and great skiing for the whole family.
In Ulricehamn, with its almost 25,000 inhabitants, you can combine attractive housing with good and growing job opportunities. Do you want to build your own dream home close to the ski slope and golf course, find an apartment near the lake or live in a terraced house with the best orientation location? You can do that here!
Ulricehamn is known for its genuine and picturesque center surrounded by a countryside of opportunities, a countryside to love. Get closer to the city with the great opportunities. Come closer to Ulricehamn.
An innovative place to run and grow businesses
There are around 3,000 companies in Ulricehamn municipality. The business community is differentiated and there are many companies in manufacturing, construction and trade. Ulricehamn has zoned industrial land at a low price compared with nearby towns. More and more companies are finding their way here and existing companies are doing well.
To ensure that companies in the future have access to staff with the right skills, Näringsliv Ulricehamn works to strengthen collaboration between business, schools, universities and other regional trade organizations. Näringsliv Ulricehamn sees close cooperation with the municipality, the business community and business organizations as a very important part of their work to create a strong and long-term sustainable business community. They work to develop and strengthen Ulricehamn and the business climate in Ulricehamn municipality.
In recent years, there has been a growth in companies in the tourism industry, and together with these entrepreneurs, Näringsliv Ulricehamn is working actively to develop visitor products and experiences. Together with industry organizations, property owners and businesses, a positive trade development is created in the municipality. The fact that the municipality has a wide range of small businesses has proved to be a strength in a changing world.
Ulricehamn has a very good strategic location with 1 hour to the port of Gothenburg and 45 minutes to the airport in Jönköping and Landvetter. In addition, we are located along the highway between Gothenburg and Stockholm.
Schools and family life
Ulricehamn municipality has 16 municipal nursery schools, 11 schools with classes up to year 6, two schools for years 7-9 and one upper secondary school. We have good commuting distances to colleges in Borås, Jönköping, Skövde and Gothenburg.
The municipality also has several sports halls, football pitches, a swimming and ice rink, 14 municipal bathing areas, a riding school and a tennis court. There are 63 playgrounds in Ulricehamn municipality.
