About Skellefteå Skellefteå is alive, attractive and international. We have a history of entrepreneurship and creative thinking and many of our companies work internationally, with employees who live locally and work globally. This means that we also have many visitors and guests from around the world. The opportunity to live inexpensively and peacefully while at the same time stay connected and have the world as their field attract many young entrepreneurs and creative people to Skellefteå. Here, there is room for both career and family life.