Region Västmanland

What Region Västmanland does

Region Västmanland is a Swedish regional council (region) headquartered in Västerås, mandated to provide publicly funded healthcare, dental care, public transport coordination, and regional development across Västmanland County. It serves the county's approximately 280,000 residents through a distributed network of 4 hospitals (Västerås, Köping, Sala, Fagersta), primary care centers (vårdcentraler), specialist outpatient clinics, and the Folktandvården Västmanland public dental service. The organization is the statutory provider of regional healthcare services and a regulator of private providers operating under formal agreements, which it extends via accredited laboratory medicine and clinical guideline management.

The digital product surface centers on the regional website (regionvastmanland.se), the Cosmic patient record system, the Centuri internal management system for clinical guidelines and operating procedures, and the Min Hälsa mobile application built on Flutter for patient self-service. National integration with 1177.se and 1177 Direkt chat provides uniform access to health information, appointment booking, and digital e-services. Internal operations run on Microsoft 365, Teams, Outlook Web Access, and Heroma for HR and payroll, with BankID/SITHS handling secure authentication. The region's laboratory operations are accredited under Swedac 1440 (ISO 15189), and GDPR plus Patient Data Act compliance governs personal data processing.

Revenue is not commercially disclosed. As a regional council, Region Västmanland is funded primarily through regional taxation, central government grants, and nationally regulated patient co-pays, with public transport funded through ticket sales and regional subsidies. Capital formation is dominated by a multi-year, 8.09 billion SEK infrastructure program: a 75,000 sqm new emergency hospital in Västerås (Etapp 1, 6.7 billion SEK, opening 2029) plus a 12,000 sqm Etapp 2 cancer treatment and diagnostics building (1.39 billion SEK). Delivery is resourced by 40 internal staff and roughly 350 external consultants on the hospital program alone, with 52 concurrent departmental projects reported in April 2026.

Name

Region Västmanland

Legal name

Region Västmanland

Website

https://regionvastmanland.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

1863

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Region Västmanland is a Swedish regional council operating public healthcare, dental care, public transport coordination, and regional development for approximately 280,000 residents of Västmanland County through 4 hospitals, primary care centers, the Folktandvården dental service, and digital platforms including 1177.se and the Min Hälsa mobile app.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Healthcare Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (622110), Ambulatory Health Care Services (621), Other Residential Care Facilities (62399), Offices of Dentists (62121)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Community & Regional General Hospitals (HLAFAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

State/Provincial/Regional Health Departments (HLAJAAAA), Local Public Health & Human Services Administration (BPAIACAK)

Keywords

• Public healthcare services
• Regional public transport
• Public dental care
• Regional development
• Hospital services

Headquarters

HQ city

Västerås

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Region Västmanland is a Swedish regional public authority that delivers tax-funded healthcare, public dental care (Folktandvården), public transport, and regional development services to the residents of Västmanland County. The organization operates hospitals, primary care units, dental clinics, and coordinates regional bus traffic, cultural initiatives, and growth/innovation funding. A new emergency hospital is currently being constructed in Västerås to consolidate acute and specialized care.

Product overview

Region Västmanland is a regional public healthcare authority offering healthcare services, public transport coordination, and regional development. The organization's digital product portfolio consists primarily of public-facing websites providing healthcare information (regionvastmanland.se), internal employee tools (Centuri management system, Heroma HR self-service, Outlook Web Access), patient-facing mobile applications (Min Hälsa), and the national 1177.se healthcare portal integration. The most significant current project is the construction of a new emergency hospital in Västerås (budget 6.7 billion SEK), scheduled to open in spring 2029. Healthcare services are delivered through hospitals in Västerås, Köping, Sala, and Fagersta, with specialized services including laboratory medicine, transfusion medicine, and various clinical departments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hospital Healthcare (Västmanlands sjukhus)
• Folktandvården (Public Dental Care)
• Regional Public Transport (Kollektivtrafik)
• Regional Development and Growth Funding
• Min Hälsa Mobile App Mobile application from Region Västmanland providing residents with digital access to health information, e-services, and contact with healthcare services.
• New Emergency Hospital Västerås (Nya akutsjukhuset) Major capital construction project to consolidate acute and specialized healthcare into a new modern hospital facility in Västerås to replace aging hospital infrastructure.
• Care Guarantee (Vårdgaranti) Statutory healthcare access guarantee ensuring residents receive timely primary care, specialist consultations, and treatment within defined waiting time limits.

Quantifiable outcome

• 85,000 emergency visits planned annually in new hospital
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature4 records

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Region Uppsala: Neighboring Swedish regional council operating Akademiska sjukhuset and similar primary care/dental/transport services. Closest comparable by population size and rural-urban mix.
• Region Stockholm: Largest Swedish regional council operating Karolinska University Hospital and several acute hospitals. Same statutory role but at significantly greater scale, providing a benchmark for capital programs and digital health initiatives.
• Region Skåne: Larger Swedish regional council operating Skånes universitetssjukhus and several regional hospitals. Same statutory mandate for healthcare, dental care, and regional public transport under Sweden's 21 regions framework.
• Västra Götalandsregionen: Sweden's second-largest regional council operating Sahlgrenska University Hospital and multiple regional hospitals. Shares the same public funding model and tripartite mandate (healthcare, dental, public transport).
• Region Östergötland: Swedish regional council with comparable mandate to deliver public healthcare, dental care (Folktandvården), and public transport to its county residents. Operates university hospital (Linköping) and is undertaking similar hospital modernization programs.
• Region Örebro län: Swedish regional council of similar scale operating Universitetssjukhuset Örebro. Directly comparable peer given overlapping healthcare, dental, and public transport mandate in central Sweden.

Regional players

• Region Hovedstaden (Capital Region of Denmark): Danish regional authority operating hospitals and healthcare services across the Copenhagen region. Comparable regional public healthcare delivery structure but in a different national system.

Others

• 1177 Vårdguiden: National Swedish digital healthcare portal jointly operated by all 21 regions. Region Västmanland directs residents to 1177.se for healthcare information and integrates direct chat services, making it a critical ecosystem partner rather than a competitor.

Broad incumbents

• Helsinki University Hospital (HUS): Finnish public joint authority operating university hospital and specialty care across the Helsinki metropolitan area. Comparable public healthcare delivery model with similar statutory regional mandate, though at much greater scale.
• Folktandvården Stockholm AB: Public dental care operator owned by Region Stockholm, with much larger scale. Comparable as a public-sector dental care subsidiary business model to Folktandvården Västmanland.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/LandstingVastmanland
• Facebookfacebook.com/regionvastmanland
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/landstinget-vastmanland
• Instagraminstagram.com/regionvastmanland
• Xx.com/regionvstm

Compliance3 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments1 record

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