This Working Paper was initiated and financed by the Committee of Senior Official for Regional Policy at the Nordic Council of Ministers. The paper provides a policyoriented overview of the literature reflecting the regional aspects of the development of new information and communication technologies (ICT). It includes the outcome of: • A literature survey of current knowledge on regional ICT development,made by Trond Einar Pedersen, Step Group, Oslo.• A statistical analysis of Nordic ICT agglomerations based on 1999 employment statistics (NACE 4) at the municipal level, by Åge Mariussen and Jörg Neubauer. The synthesis of these separate elements was made by Åge Mariussen, who was also responsible for the project as a whole.Stockholm, June 2004