Sahlgrenska University Hospital

Sahlgrenska University Hospital is our most important partner when it comes to delivering highly specialized care to international patients.

Sahlgrenska University Hospital is a driving force for health care development in the entire Region Västra Götaland. Sahlgrenska University Hospital is one of six teaching hospitals with medical education in Sweden.

Sahlgrenska University Hospital provides the infrastructure necessary for teaching and research in cooperation with the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg. The hospital has top-notch experts in a wide range of specialities. Sahlgrenska University Hospital has 17 000 employees with its most famous researcher being Arvid Carlsson. In the year 2000 he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work with the neurotransmitter dopamine and its effects in Parkinson’s disease.