Universitetssykehuset Nord-Norge

What Universitetssykehuset Nord-Norge does

Universitetssykehuset Nord-Norge (UNN) is a publicly owned university hospital (helseforetak) headquartered in Tromsø, Norway, operating under the regional health authority Helse Nord RHF. It is the sole university hospital in Northern Norway, providing specialist healthcare — emergency medicine, surgery, oncology, cardiology, mental health, obstetrics, diagnostic imaging (including PET-CT), rehabilitation, and air ambulance/rescue services — across four main sites: Tromsø (Breivika, Åsgård, PET-senteret, Pingvinhotellet patient hotel), Harstad, Narvik (new Furumoen facility opened 2024), and Longyearbyen on Svalbard, supplemented by numerous local health centres across Troms and Nordland counties. UNN operates the only air ambulance base covering both mainland Helse Nord and Svalbard with anaesthesiologist-staffed rescue helicopters and ambulance aircraft running around the clock, and uniquely delivers both primary and specialist healthcare at Svalbard's latitude.\n\nThe hospital's technology stack rests on conventional, nationally shared infrastructure rather than proprietary systems: the DIPS electronic patient journal, the Felles nettløsning for spesialisthelsetjenesten shared publishing platform operated by Norsk Helsenett SF, and patient-facing digital services delivered through Helsenorge.no (appointment booking, test results, feedback, travel reimbursement) plus eDialog for secure ID-porten-authenticated communication. Ancillary services include the Pusterommet cancer exercise centre (with Aktiv mot kreft), the Vardesenteret cancer support centre (with Kreftforeningen), patient hotels, pharmacy services through Sykehusapotek Nord, and North Sami interpretation (in partnership with Finnmarkssykehuset). UNN's university hospital status is grounded in formal collaboration with UiT Norges arktiske universitet on medical education, specialist training, and clinical research.\n\nCommercially, UNN does not operate as a market-priced enterprise. It is funded through Norway's national public healthcare system via Helse Nord RHF and generates no revenue from equity, M&A, or commercial customers; patient charges are limited to nationally regulated co-payments (egenandel) and exemption cards (frikort). Revenue is therefore structurally concentrated on a single public principal. Customer concentration is by design — UNN is the only provider of most specialist services in its region — yielding extremely high demand visibility but no commercial optionality. Recent strategic activity has centred on physical infrastructure (Narvik Furumoen, Nye UNN Åsgård) and digital channel development rather than commercial expansion.

Name

Universitetssykehuset Nord-Norge

Legal name

Universitetssykehuset Nord-Norge HF

Website

https://unn.no

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

UNN is the publicly owned university hospital serving Northern Norway and Svalbard, operating four main sites across Tromsø, Harstad, Narvik, and Longyearbyen, and delivering specialist healthcare, mental health services, and air ambulance rescue under Helse Nord RHF.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Hospital Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (622110)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062)

akta.pro primary industry

Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs) & Multi-Hospital Systems (HLAFAAAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Virtual Specialty Care Platforms (tele-stroke, tele-ICU, tele-derm, tele-cardiology) (HLALABAD)

Keywords

• Hospital services
• Specialist healthcare
• Emergency medical care
• Mental health services
• Air ambulance services

Headquarters

HQ city

Tromsø

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Public healthcare funding: UNN is a health trust (helseforetak) owned by Helse Nord RHF (Regional Health Authority). Core operations are funded through the Norwegian public healthcare financing system. Patients pay standard co-payments (egenandel) regulated nationally, with exemptions and free cards (frikort) for those exceeding annual thresholds.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

UNN is a public university hospital delivering specialist healthcare, emergency and trauma care, surgery, mental health and substance abuse treatment, maternity services, cancer care, diagnostic imaging (including PET), rehabilitation, and air ambulance and rescue helicopter services across Northern Norway and Svalbard. It operates multi-site facilities in Tromsø, Harstad, Narvik, and Longyearbyen, supplemented by digital patient services, patient hotels, and dedicated support centres such as Pusterommet and Vardesenteret.

Product overview

Universitetssykehuset Nord-Norge (UNN) is a regional university hospital offering a comprehensive portfolio of hospital and healthcare services across multiple locations in Northern Norway. The organization operates as a multi-site hospital system with facilities in Tromsø (main campus including Breivika, Åsgård mental health campus, and PET-senteret), Harstad, Narvik (Furumoen, opened 2024), and Longyearbyen on Svalbard. UNN's service offering spans acute care, emergency services, surgery, maternity, mental health and substance abuse treatment, rehabilitation, and diagnostic imaging including PET scanning. The digital product portfolio includes patient-facing services accessible through Helsenorge.no (appointment booking, test results, patient journal access, travel reimbursement applications), secure digital communication via eDialog, dedicated patient phone services, and media/publishing channels including Pingvinavisa (internal news) and the Sykehuset podcast. Ancillary services include patient hotels (Pingvinhotellet in Tromsø, with facilities in Harstad and Narvik), Vardesenteret cancer support center, Pusterommet exercise facility for cancer patients, pharmacy services through Sykehusapotek Nord, and interpretation services including North Sami language support. UNN's operations are built on the national Felles nettløsning for spesialisthelsetjenesten shared technical platform managed by Norsk Helsenett SF.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• UNN Tromsø (Breivika) - specialist hospital services
• UNN Åsgård - mental health and substance abuse treatment
• UNN Harstad - local hospital
• UNN Narvik (Furumoen) - local hospital
• Longyearbyen sykehus - emergency medical preparedness hospital
• Air ambulance and rescue helicopter service
• PET-senteret Tromsø - diagnostic imaging centre
• Pusterommet - cancer exercise and activity centre
• Vardesenteret - cancer support meeting place
• Pingvinhotellet (patient hotels) - patient accommodation
• Digital pasienttjenester (digital patient services)
• Pasientreiser (patient travel service)
• Pasienttelefonen (patient phone service)
• eDialog - secure digital communication
• North Sami interpretation service

Quantifiable outcome

• 27 anaesthesiologists staff two ambulance helicopters (Tromsø and Harstad), two rescue helicopters (Tromsø and Longyearbyen), and ambulance aircraft across Helse Nord, performing both in-hospital and pre-hospital emergency procedures
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and notable.

• UiT Norges arktiske universitet (The Arctic University of Norway)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNN collaborates with UiT in research, education, and patient care. UiT is Norway's third-largest university and a key partner in training medical professionals and conducting clinical research. The collaboration covers medical education, specialist training, and joint research programs. UNN's university hospital designation is closely linked with UiT's medical faculty.
• Norsk Helsenett SF (NHN)coreTechnology or IntegrationNorsk Helsenett SF is the national service provider and technical operator for UNN's website infrastructure and the shared Felles nettløsning for spesialisthelsetjenesten platform used by all Norwegian specialist health trusts. NHN provides and maintains the technical solution including servers and data storage. UNN is data controller; NHN is data processor.
• Aktiv mot kreft (Active Against Cancer)notableStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNN and Aktiv mot kreft jointly established the Pusterommet at UNN Tromsø — the 19th and northernmost cancer exercise centre in Norway. The partnership provides personalized exercise programs and nutritional guidance for cancer patients during and after treatment. Aktiv mot kreft is a foundation established by Grete Waitz and Helle Aanesen in 2007, having raised over NOK 250 million for cancer exercise facilities and research.
• Finnmarkssykehuset (Finnmark Hospital)notableStrategic or Co-development PartnerFinnmarkssykehuset operates the Sami interpretation service covering UNN, Nordlandssykehuset, Helgelandssykehuset, and Finnmarkssykehuset. Sami interpreters are available 08:00-22:00 daily for patient-provider communication at UNN facilities in Tromsø (Breivika and Åsgård) with digital and in-person options.
• Pasientreiser HFcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPasientreiser HF is the national health trust that arranges patient transport and processes travel reimbursement claims for patients attending approved healthcare appointments in Norway. UNN integrates Pasientreiser services into its patient journey, enabling patients to apply for travel support via Helsenorge.no or paper forms.
• Kreftforeningen (Norwegian Cancer Society)notableStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Norwegian Cancer Society collaborates with UNN on the Vardesenteret — a meeting place for cancer patients, relatives, and bereaved at UNN Breivika. Staff from Kreftforeningen and UNN, along with volunteers and peers, provide support services.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• University Hospital of North Norway (UNN): Listed for completeness; this is the subject company itself, included as a reference point rather than an external peer.

Direct peers

• Finnmarkssykehuset: Sibling hospital trust within Helse Nord RHF, providing healthcare in Finnmark. Operates under the same regional authority, collaborates with UNN on Sami interpretation, and faces similar remote-geography operational challenges.
• St. Olavs Hospital: University hospital in Trondheim, owned by Helse Midt-Norge RHF. Operates under the same Helseforetak model with academic partnership (NTNU) and provides comparable multi-site specialist healthcare services for its region.
• Akershus University Hospital (Ahus): Large university hospital serving the Oslo region under Helse Sør-Øst RHF. Comparable as a multi-site public Helseforetak with university hospital status, emergency services, and integrated academic partnership.
• Nordlandssykehuset: Sibling hospital trust within Helse Nord RHF. Operates multi-site specialist services in Nordland county under the same regional authority and governance structure as UNN.
• Oslo University Hospital (OUS): Norway's largest university hospital and the most direct domestic peer. Both are public Helseforetak operating multi-site university hospitals with academic medical centre status, providing specialist healthcare and conducting research in partnership with a university.
• Haukeland University Hospital: University hospital in Bergen, owned by Helse Vest RHF. Functions as the regional specialist provider for Western Norway with academic medical centre status, structurally and operationally comparable to UNN in Helse Nord.

Broad incumbents

• Karolinska University Hospital: Sweden's premier academic medical centre affiliated with Karolinska Institutet. Comparable as a Nordic university hospital with research-intensive specialist care, although operating at significantly larger scale than UNN.
• Sahlgrenska University Hospital: Sweden's largest university hospital and a Nordic comparable as a public multi-site academic medical centre. Offers overlapping specialist and emergency services and serves as a regional referral hospital in Västra Götaland.

Regional players

• Rigshospitalet: Denmark's flagship university hospital in Copenhagen, part of Region Hovedstaden. Comparable as a public Nordic university hospital providing tertiary and quaternary specialist services, though serving a much denser urban catchment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/unn_hf
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCyPIe-sBZkL4SX4IG2JNOlg/videos?shelf_id=0&view=0&sort=dd
• Facebookfacebook.com/universitetssykehusetnordnorge
• Instagraminstagram.com/universitetssykehusetnordnorge
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/universitetssykehuset-nord-norge-hf

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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