Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF

What Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF does

Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF (HNT) is a Norwegian state-owned health enterprise (helseforetak) established under the 2002 helseforetaksmodellen reform and wholly owned by the Norwegian government through the regional health authority Helse Midt-Norge RHF. The trust operates two acute-care hospitals — Sykehuset Levanger in the southern part of Nord-Trøndelag and Sykehuset Namsos in the northern part — together providing 391 beds (270 somatic, 121 psychiatric) staffed by approximately 2,810 full-time equivalents (3,400 headcount including temporary staff), with workforce distribution of 68% at Levanger and 32% at Namsos. HNT is the statutory provider of specialized healthcare for approximately 138,000 residents across 26 municipalities (25 in Trøndelag and Bindal in Nordland), delivering emergency, surgical, medical, maternity, pediatric, psychiatric, cancer, and rehabilitation services, supplemented by district psychiatric centers (DPS) and a contracted rehabilitation network.

The trust's digital stack includes the HelsaMi patient app (health record access, secure dialogue, questionnaires, consultations), CheckWare-based digital self-registration for pre-appointment questionnaires, and eDialog for encrypted patient messaging, all operating within the national Felles nettløsning for spesialisthelsetjenesten shared web platform maintained by Norsk helsenett. Imaging diagnostics at Levanger and Namsos are part of a unified Klinikk for bildediagnostikk spanning all of Trøndelag together with St. Olavs Hospital.

HNT is publicly funded through allocations from Helse Midt-Norge RHF and the Norwegian specialist healthcare budget; patients pay regulated co-payments, with services such as tuberculosis treatment offered free of charge. Go-to-market is direct-to-population within the defined catchment area, with no commercial sales motion. Ancillary revenue streams include subsidized overnight accommodation at Rødkløverhuset facilities in Levanger and Namsos (operated with local Sanitetsforeningen partners), priced at NOK 100-700 per night depending on user category. Governance includes a Brukerutvalget (Patient and User Committee) and an Ungdomsrådet (Youth Council for ages 12-25) under board chair Bjørg Tørresdal. Acting CEO Annamaria Forsmark leads a directorate covering clinical, financial, HR, communications, quality, and professional-director functions.

Name

Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF

Legal name

Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF

Website

https://hnt.no

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF is a state-owned Norwegian health enterprise operating Sykehuset Levanger and Sykehuset Namsos, providing specialized healthcare to approximately 138,000 residents across 26 municipalities in Nord-Trøndelag and Bindal under funding from Helse Midt-Norge RHF.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Levanger

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Healthcare Funding: Helse Nord-Trøndelag is a state-owned health trust funded through the Norwegian public healthcare system. The organization receives government funding through Helse Midt-Norge RHF to provide specialized healthcare services to the population of Nord-Trøndelag.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF operates two public hospitals — Sykehuset Levanger and Sykehuset Namsos — providing specialized healthcare services to approximately 138,000 residents across 26 municipalities in Trøndelag and Bindal. Core clinical services include emergency care, surgery, internal medicine, maternity and pediatric care, psychiatric and addiction medicine, cancer treatment via standardized pathways (pakkeforløp), rehabilitation, tuberculosis care, medical imaging and laboratory diagnostics. Supporting services include care pathway coordinators (forløpskoordinator), patient travel reimbursement, digital self-registration (CheckWare), the HelsaMi patient portal/app, secure eDialog messaging, and subsidized patient and family accommodation at Rødkløverhuset.

Product overview

Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF is a Norwegian regional health authority operating two main hospitals (Sykehuset Levanger and Sykehuset Namsos) serving approximately 138,000 residents across 26 municipalities. The organization provides comprehensive healthcare services including emergency care, maternity services, medical and surgical treatments, psychiatric care, and rehabilitation. Digital health services include the HelsaMi app for patient health information access, CheckWare for digital patient questionnaires, and eDialog for secure communications. The organization operates specialized departments for cancer treatment, pulmonary medicine, medical imaging, laboratory services, and tuberculosis care. Patient support services include care pathway coordinators, patient travel assistance, and accommodation at Rødkløverhuset facilities. The hospitals provide mental health services through the Clinic for Mental Health and Addiction, along with district psychiatric centers (DPS). The organization is part of the Felles nettløsning for spesialisthelsetjenesten, a shared web platform used across Norwegian specialized healthcare services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sykehuset Levanger Main hospital of Helse Nord-Trøndelag, located in Levanger. Provides emergency care, maternity, pediatric, medical, surgical, and psychiatric services to approximately 95,000 residents in the southern part of the catchment area; 179 somatic beds plus a 86-bed psychiatric clinic.
• Sykehuset Namsos Local hospital in Namsos providing emergency care, maternity, medical, surgical, and psychiatric services to approximately 40,000–43,000 residents in the northern part of the catchment; 91 somatic beds plus a 35-bed psychiatric clinic. Centrally located with bus, boat, and airport access.
• HelsaMi Mobile application and web portal providing patients with access to their health information, dialogue with healthcare personnel, relevant questionnaires, and consultation services tailored to them. Used by patients across Helse Nord-Trøndelag's catchment.
• Digital Egenregistrering (CheckWare) Electronic questionnaire system used by Helse Nord-Trøndelag for patient assessment, mapping, treatment, and dialogue. Patients self-register relevant information ahead of appointments; explicitly not intended for emergencies (call 113 for emergencies).
• eDialog Secure electronic messaging service that lets patients send confidential information to the hospital via encrypted channels authenticated through ID-porten, complying with Norwegian health data protection requirements.
• Akuttmottak (Emergency Department) 24/7 emergency departments at Sykehuset Levanger and Sykehuset Namsos that receive, stabilize, and transfer acutely critically ill and injured patients before admission or inter-hospital transfer.
• Kreftbehandling (Cancer Treatment) Comprehensive cancer care delivered through standardized care pathways (pakkeforløp), including diagnostics, surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy coordination, palliative care, and rehabilitation. Joint operation of Vardesentrene resource centers with Kreftforeningen (Cancer Society).
• Lungesykdommer (Pulmonary Medicine) Specialist pulmonary care at Sykehuset Levanger and Sykehuset Namsos covering COPD, sleep disorders, and pulmonary rehabilitation, including contracted rehabilitation delivered via partner institutions such as Namdal rehabiliteringssenter, Treningsklinikken, Selli rehabilitering, Muritunet, and Unicare Røros.
• Tuberkulosebehandling (Tuberculosis Treatment) Comprehensive tuberculosis care — screening, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up — coordinated through a named tuberculosis coordinator and provided free of charge in Norway.
• Laboratorium (Laboratory Services) Accredited medical laboratory services at Sykehuset Levanger and Sykehuset Namsos covering blood, urine, and other body fluid diagnostics, including pre-analytical, hematology, and specialist testing.
• Bildediagnostikk (Medical Imaging) Radiology and imaging services — X-ray, CT, MRI, mammography, and ultrasound — delivered through Avdeling for bildediagnostikk at both Levanger and Namsos sites as part of a unified diagnostic clinic with St. Olavs Hospital across Trøndelag.
• Forløpskoordinator (Care Pathway Coordinator) Dedicated coordinators who manage appointments and serve as the patient's contact for practical questions across standardized care pathways (pakkeforløp) — covering child/adolescent mental health, adult mental health, psychosis, TSB (substance abuse treatment), and tuberculosis.
• Preste- og samtaletjenesten (Chaplaincy Services) Spiritual and pastoral care available to patients, families, and staff at both hospital sites, with named contacts at Levanger and Namsos (Diakon Astrid Bergslid at Namsos).
• Pasientreiser (Patient Travel) Service that helps patients plan travel to planned treatments, organizes transport for those with medical needs, and reimburses qualifying travel expenses. Reached via the national 05515 number.
• Rødkløverhuset Levanger (Patient & Family Accommodation) Accommodation facility adjacent to Sykehuset Levanger, operated by Levangers sanitetsforeninger, offering per-night stays for patients and relatives at subsidized rates.
• Rødkløverhuset Namsos (Patient & Family Accommodation) Accommodation facility near Sykehuset Namsos, operated by Steinkjer sanitetsforening. Per-night rates: patients 700 NOK; escort 700 NOK; relatives 600 NOK; children under 16 100 NOK.
• Personvernombud (Data Protection Officer) Independent oversight function safeguarding the privacy of all individuals whose personal data is registered with Helse Nord-Trøndelag, providing guidance on data protection matters.
• Pasientjournal (Patient Record) Electronic patient record access service enabling patients to obtain medical documents, request copies, view access logs showing who has read their record, and manage restrictions on information sharing.

Quantifiable outcome

• 138,000 inhabitants served across 26 municipalities
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Norsk helsenett (NHN)coreTechnology or IntegrationNHN serves as the data processor responsible for development and maintenance of hnt.no and the Felles nettløsning (common IT solution) for specialized health services. Helse Nord-Trøndelag and Helse Midt-Norge have a data processing agreement with NHN regulating access to information.
• Helse Midt-Norge RHFcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent regional health authority overseeing Helse Nord-Trøndelag and other health trusts in Central Norway. Provides governance, funding, and strategic direction. Helse Nord-Trøndelag belongs to this regional health enterprise.
• St. Olavs HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAvdeling for bildediagnostikk at Sykehuset Levanger and Sykehuset Namsos is part of a unified imaging diagnostic clinic for all of Trøndelag, together with Klinikk for bildediagnostikk at St. Olavs hospital.
• Namdal rehabiliteringssenterminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPrivate rehabilitation institution providing lung disease and COPD rehabilitation services under agreement with Helse Nord-Trøndelag.
• TreningsklinikkenminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPrivate rehabilitation institution providing lung disease rehabilitation services under agreement with Helse Nord-Trøndelag.
• Selli rehabiliteringminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPrivate rehabilitation institution providing lung disease rehabilitation services under agreement with Helse Nord-Trøndelag.
• MuritunetminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPrivate rehabilitation institution providing lung disease rehabilitation services under agreement with Helse Nord-Trøndelag.
• Unicare RørosminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPrivate rehabilitation institution providing lung disease rehabilitation services under agreement with Helse Nord-Trøndelag.
• Kreftforeningen (Cancer Society)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVardesentrene (Resource Centers) are operated jointly by the major hospitals and the Cancer Society, offering counseling and activities for cancer patients and relatives.
• Levangers sanitetsforeningerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal Red Cross organization operating Rødkløverhuset Levanger, an accommodation facility for patients and relatives adjacent to Sykehuset Levanger.
• Steinkjer sanitetsforeningminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal organization operating Rødkløverhuset Namsos, an accommodation facility for patients and relatives near Sykehuset Namsos.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Nordlandssykehuset HF: Regional hospital trust in Bodø under Helse Nord RHF. Similar mid-sized regional hospital profile with emergency, surgical, psychiatric, and rehabilitation services across a rural northern Norwegian catchment comparable in geography to Nord-Trøndelag.
• Vestre Viken HF: Regional hospital trust serving western Viken county under Helse Sør-Øst RHF, operating four hospital sites. Comparable multi-site public hospital trust with similar service breadth (somatic, psychiatric, emergency) and catchment-area mandate.
• Helgelandssykehuset HF: Regional hospital trust serving Helgeland in northern Norway under Helse Nord RHF. Comparable scale and rural multi-site hospital model; both operate multiple somatic and psychiatric sites serving dispersed populations with similar service mix.
• Universitetssykehuset Nord-Norge HF (UNN): University hospital trust in Tromsø under Helse Nord RHF. Acts as regional referral hospital for northern Norway—parallel structural role to St. Olavs in Central Norway. Comparable in scope (acute care, teaching, research) and public-trust governance model.
• St. Olavs Hospital HF: University hospital and regional referral center for Helse Midt-Norge, located in Trondheim. Direct sister hospital within the same regional health authority; HNT and St. Olavs share a unified imaging diagnostic clinic and coordinate specialty referrals across Trøndelag.
• Sykehuset Innlandet HF: Regional hospital trust in inland eastern Norway under Helse Sør-Øst RHF, operating multiple hospital sites. Comparable multi-site regional trust model with similar service portfolio (emergency, somatic, psychiatric, rehabilitation) for a dispersed rural population.
• Sykehuset Østfold HF: Regional hospital trust in Østfold under Helse Sør-Øst RHF. Operates a main hospital plus satellite facilities providing acute, surgical, psychiatric, and rehabilitation services to a defined geographic catchment—comparable public-trust operating model.

Regional players

• Karolinska University Hospital: Public university hospital in Stockholm, Sweden. Nordic peer operating under public mandate with comparable full-service acute, specialty, research, and teaching portfolio; useful as a Nordic cross-border comparable for governance and digital health transformation benchmarks.

Broad incumbents

• Helse Nord RHF: Regional health authority overseeing hospital trusts across northern Norway. Structural peer to HNT's parent (Helse Midt-Norge RHF); comparable governance and funding oversight role over multiple local hospital trusts.
• Helse Vest RHF: Regional health authority for western Norway. Comparable institutional peer as one of Norway's four regional health authorities overseeing specialized hospital services and allocating funding to local trusts.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/882377148798225
• Instagraminstagram.com/ungdomsradet_hnt/?igsh=MXBucjl6OWplYTl6OA%3D%3D

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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