In discussing the regional dimensions of skills supply, this chapter has sought to demonstrate that the local reasons behind skills shortages vary. The key challenge facing many of Sweden’s rural regions is an absolute shortage of workers, which has been exacerbated in some regions by demand shocks related to rapid re- industrialisation. At the same time, there are municipalities (rural and particularly urban) with varying vacancy rates that are also experiencing high unemployment. This indicates local pockets of mismatch, with vacancies not matching the skills of the unemployed both in broader functional regions around urban cores and in relatively solitary rural regions. Moreover, it points to a spatial mismatch between vacancies on the one hand and the unemployed on the other