Industries

Energy

Clean, green energy is a hallmark for northern Sweden. The region is a role model for sustainable and innovative energy and climate solutions. But with the unparalleled industrial investments in the coming years, the energy demand is projected to skyrocket and hence the supply is a critical challenge for many stakeholders, private as well as public.

A new significant industry is emerging when hydrogen and fuel cells replace fossil fuels and traditional combustion technology. Demand for new components, system and market solutions are increasing and early developers, both in industry and research, have a great chance to gain strong positions even globally. Chemicals and fuels from biomass are two other important development areas that can make a big difference in the creation of sustainable energy sources.

Several small and large-scale energy initiatives are ongoing in the northern part of Sweden with potential to transform the industry.

Our industry experience:

  • Supported the development, business model creation as well as financial and operational modelling of the Swedish Hydrogen Development Center
  • Supported LTU Green Fuels with financing strategies, business models, market analysis and implementation plans
  • Supported SKB (Svensk kärnbränslehantering) with strategies and financial analyses on their test and demo sites

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Mining, minerals and metals

Metals, minerals and advanced materials are key enablers for a globally competitive, green, and digital Europe. In Sweden we have the technical know-how, the natural resources and the industrial and political ambition to be a leader in sustainable and responsible mining.

Space

New space is a fundamental game-change in the space sector, driven by both commercial and governmental investments and companies working independently of government and major contractors. With superior geographic conditions, space critical infrastructure in place and an extensive eco-system and knowledge hub northern Sweden is a space center to invest in.

Test and demonstration

There is no other place in the world that hosts as many areas of demo and testing as Norrbotten, and there are over 40 demo and test actors in the north in the fields of energy, materials, space, vehicles and transport, healthcare, urban planning, telecom and IT.

Industrial goods and services

Northern Sweden has a long tradition of innovative and successful export companies of industrial goods and services, primarily in the high value-added segments.

Tourism

The vision for Sweden as tourism country is to be the world’s most sustainable and attractive destination built on innovation by 2030. Northern Sweden has great potential to embody this vision with a track-record of high-end experiences, sustainable strategies and international attractiveness.

Investors and private equity

1,100 billion SEK is currently being invested in northern Sweden, the country's largest combined investment effort in new technology towards battling climate change. Northern Sweden is in general an under-invested region with numerous of globally competitive, innovative and sustainable companies raging from start-ups to mid-sized industrial companies with long ancestry.

Public organizations and institues

Upper Norrland, Norrbotten and Västerbotten, is Sweden’s northernmost region and has the largest land area and lowest population density in the country. Rapid economic growth, valuable natural resources and low unemployment rate identify the region but the challenges are many - a high shrinking of workforce, elderly population, increased cost structure combined with decreased tax base.