Sweden's Young Catholics

What Sweden's Young Catholics does

Sweden's Young Catholics is a Swedish non-profit child and youth organization founded in 1934 and headquartered in Stockholm. It delivers activities, courses, and summer camps targeted at Catholic children and young people in Sweden, operating through a paid staff of 51-100 employees distributed across its national footprint. The organization's primary public touchpoint is its website, suk.se, and it functions as a privately held, non-listed charitable entity with no disclosed parent company, subsidiaries, or commercial revenue model beyond the provision of youth programs.

No product technology, proprietary platform, or technical infrastructure is described in the available data; the organization's offering is service-based rather than software-based, and its "platform" is fundamentally a community-of-faith delivery model rather than a technology stack. The revenue mechanics are similarly uncharacterized in the input, but as a non-profit the implied model combines participant fees, parish and diocesan contributions, donations, and likely public or foundation grants typical of Swedish youth associations. No customer logos, enterprise clients, or paid B2B/B2C pricing data are available, consistent with its non-profit, member-serving mission rather than a commercial go-to-market motion.

Name

Sweden's Young Catholics

Website

https://suk.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

1934

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Sweden's Young Catholics is a Stockholm-based non-profit child and youth organization, founded in 1934, that delivers activities, courses, and summer camps for Catholic children and young people in Sweden with a staff of 51-100 employees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Youth Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based Education & Formation (Seminaries, Religious Schools, Catechesis) (BPAGAJAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based (Religious) K–12 Schools (EDAJABAC), Campus Spiritual & Religious Life (EDALAHAI)

Keywords

• Youth ministry programs
• Summer camps
• Catechism education
• Children faith formation
• Youth organization activities

Headquarters

HQ city

Stockholm

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Core offering

Sweden's Young Catholics is a non-profit child and youth organization that offers faith-based activities, courses, and summer camps for children and adolescents. Operating since 1934 and headquartered in Stockholm, it runs programs aimed at religious education, community engagement, and recreational activities for young Catholics in Sweden.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Youth Activities Programs
• Courses Educational courses for children and young people, delivered by Sweden's Young Catholics as part of its faith formation offerings.
• Summer Camps Summer camp experiences for children and adolescents organized by Sweden's Young Catholics.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Broad incumbents

• Stockholms Katolska Stift (Catholic Diocese of Stockholm): The Catholic Diocese of Stockholm is the umbrella institutional body for Catholic ministry in Sweden. It is the most direct institutional counterpart to SUK and a likely funder, partner, and oversight entity for SUK's programs.
• Caritas Sverige: Caritas Sverige is the Swedish Catholic charitable and social services organization. Comparable as a Catholic-affiliated non-profit operating in Sweden, with overlapping mission and donor/constituent base, though focused on social services rather than youth programming.

Direct peers

• KFUM Sverige (Swedish YMCA): KFUM Sverige is the Swedish YMCA federation, offering youth activities, camps, and educational programs with a Christian (though broader Protestant/ecumenical) heritage. Directly comparable to SUK as a Christian-rooted youth organization operating in Sweden with similar program formats (camps, courses, activities).
• KFUK Sverige (Swedish YWCA): KFUK is the Swedish YWCA, a Christian-rooted youth organization providing activities, leadership programs, and camps. Closely comparable to SUK in mission, faith-based heritage, and youth-focused programming model in Sweden.
• Scoutförbundet (Scouting Sweden): Scoutförbundet is the main Swedish scouting federation, running youth activities, camps, and leadership programs nationwide. While secular, it competes for the same youth-program market in Sweden and serves as a structural comp for program delivery and scale.

Regional players

• Katholische Jugend Österreich: KJÖ is the umbrella organization for Catholic youth work in Austria. Comparable as a Catholic national youth body offering activities, courses, and camps, but serving a much larger Catholic population in Central Europe.
• Katolska Ungdomsrörelsen i Finland (Catholic Youth Movement Finland): KUF is the Finnish Catholic youth movement, running activities, courses, and camps for young Catholics in Finland. Functionally a direct peer of SUK with identical mission and program structure, but operating in a different Nordic country.

Others

• Erikshjälpen Second Hand: Erikshjälpen is a major Swedish Christian non-profit running second-hand retail and aid programs. Comparable as a faith-rooted Swedish non-profit of similar operational scale, though focused on charitable retail and international aid rather than youth formation.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/sukonline
• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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