Technogarden
Technogarden is a Norwegian engineering, IT, telecom, and project management staffing firm, wholly owned by Norconsult, deploying ~600 consultants on roughly 800 annual assignments across Norway and Sweden.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2003
- HeadquartersSandvika, Norway
- Headcount101–250
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What Technogarden does
Technogarden AS is a Norwegian specialist staffing and consulting firm founded in 2003 in Sandvika, Norway, and operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Norconsult AS. The company deploys engineers, technical specialists, IT consultants, telecom planners, and project management professionals on a rental/consultant basis to industrial, infrastructure, energy, public sector and telecom clients in Norway and Sweden, completing roughly 600-800 assignments per year with approximately 600 employees. Service lines are organized as Technogarden Engineering, Technogarden IT, Technogarden Telecom (70+ specialized resources), Technogarden Albatross Prosjektledelse (project management, ~50 consultants) and Technogarden Rekruttering (full-cycle technology recruitment).
The business monetizes primarily through billable consultant days under multi-year framework agreements (rammeavtaler) won via competitive tenders, plus success-based recruitment fees. Notable client engagements include a NOK 450-500M Avinor framework (2024), Bane NOR's NOK 21B ERTMS railway digitalization project, Gassnova's Langskip CCS program, Sykehusbygg HF (via Metier), ice's national 5G build-out (~7,000 base stations), and a 15+ year Telenor relationship. The firm uses domain-specific proprietary tools — HTZ communications analysis, 3D indoor coverage simulation, broadband EMF measurement and exclusive Robust Fiber inspection services — to differentiate in telecom planning and quality assurance.
Go-to-market is enterprise field sales focused on Norwegian public-sector and large industrial buyers, supplemented by Norway-wide regional offices (Oslo/Sandvika, Bergen, Stavanger, Kristiansand, Trondheim, Kongsberg, Tønsberg, Porsgrunn) and selective Sweden coverage. The company expanded via the 2019 acquisitions of Ildne AS (Bergen) and Technical Resources AS (Kristiansand), and integration into Norconsult's group leadership in 2021. No public pricing exists; engagement is almost exclusively through negotiated framework contracts and competitive tender processes.
Technogarden firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Technogarden
- Legal name
- Technogarden AS
- Website
- https://technogarden.no
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2003
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 101–250 employees
- Short description
- Technogarden is a Norwegian engineering, IT, telecom, and project management staffing firm, wholly owned by Norconsult, deploying ~600 consultants on roughly 800 annual assignments across Norway and Sweden.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Technogarden industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Engineering and IT Consulting Services
- NAICS
- Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416)
- SIC
- Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Cloud, DevOps & Infrastructure Staffing (BPACADAD)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Telecommunications & Network Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAH)
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Where Technogarden is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Sandvika
- HQ country
- Norway
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices9 records
Markets served
Technogarden business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Consultant rental / Staffing: Technogarden leases engineers, technical specialists, IT consultants, and project management professionals to clients on a contract basis. Consultants are engaged on large and small projects in Norway and abroad, either as permanent employees of Technogarden or as independent subcontractors through their own companies.
- Recruitment services: Technogarden conducts full-cycle recruitment processes for leaders and specialists in the technology sector for both private and public clients. They handle the complete process from A to Å and support clients and candidates through the initial period after start-up.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Multi-year contract | Technogarden telecom consists of more than 70 highly skilled telecom resources serving as a complete supplier of technical expertise for mobile network deployment. |
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels4 records
Technogarden product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Technogarden is a Norwegian consulting and staffing firm that rents engineers, technical specialists, IT consultants, telecom planners, and project management professionals to public and private sector clients. It operates five service lines — Engineering, IT, Telecom, Project Management (Albatross Prosjektledelse), and Recruitment — and delivers approximately 600 consulting assignments annually across Norway and Sweden.
Product overview
Technogarden is a consulting and recruitment company offering five distinct service lines: Engineering (rental of engineers and technical specialists), IT (testers, developers, system architects, and IT advisors), Telecom (planning, project management, and quality follow-up of communication networks), Project Management/Administration (via Technogarden Albatross Prosjektledelse AS), and Recruitment services. The company operates as a unified consulting platform serving both public and private sectors, completing approximately 600 assignments annually in Norway and Sweden. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Norconsult, the company leverages the broader group's multidisciplinary expertise while maintaining dedicated specialist environments in each service area.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Quantifiable outcome
- ~600 assignments per year in Norway and Sweden
- +3 more outcomes
Companies that use Technogarden
Customer profileNamed customers12 records
Segments4 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
Technogarden technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature4 records
Technogarden partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- TelenorcoreTechnogarden Telecom has assisted Telenor with both consultant placement and project deliveries for more than 15 years. Typical areas include site acquisition, building permits, technical planning, quality control, project management and coordination tasks. Telenor is Norway's leading mobile and fiber operator with ongoing needs for infrastructure modernization.
- UBConnectcoreTechnogarden and UBConnect (a market-leading provider of digital infrastructure for mobile networks) entered a partnership for indoor mobile coverage projects. The partnership aims to deliver cost-effective solutions with optimal coverage, combining Technogarden's telecom planning expertise with UBConnect's implementation and delivery capabilities.
- icecoreTechnogarden, with Holthe Consulting as a cooperation partner, won a framework agreement to supply resources for ice's massive 5G network build-out. Ice aims to build approximately 4,000 new and upgrade approximately 3,000 existing base stations for its national 5G network to compete with Telenor and Telia.
- MetiercoreTechnogarden (along with Nordic Office of Architecture) is represented on Metier's new framework agreement with Sykehusbygg HF for consulting services to develop and modernize healthcare buildings in Norway. The agreement has a duration of two years with option for extension of 1+1 year.
- GassnovacoreTechnogarden (with subsidiary Technogarden Albatross Prosjektledelse in front) won a framework agreement for resource rental for the government's full-scale CCS project, Langskip. Gassnova is the state's enterprise for CO2 handling, providing advisory services to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. The framework has a duration of two years with option for 1+1 year extension.
- Nordic Office of ArchitecturecoreNordic Office of Architecture, a subsidiary of Norconsult with 400 architects across Norway, Denmark and Iceland, is collaborating with Technogarden on the Metier/Sykehusbygg HF framework agreement for healthcare building consulting.
- FornebubanencoreTechnogarden Albatross Prosjektledelse has a framework agreement with Fornebubanen within project management, design management, project control, scheduling, cost control and contract/procurement for the Fornebu metro line project.
- SporveiencoreTechnogarden Albatross Prosjektledelse has framework agreements with Sporveien within project management, design management, project control, scheduling, cost control and contract/procurement for Oslo's metro system projects.
- Holthe ConsultingminorHolthe Consulting serves as a cooperation partner with Technogarden for the ice 5G network build-out framework agreement, providing additional technical coverage.
- Northern LightsminorNorthern Lights (consortium of Equinor, Shell and Total) is responsible for the transport and storage portion of the Langskip CCS project. Technogarden supports this through the Gassnova framework agreement.
Scale indicators8 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Technogarden competitors and assessment
Company assessmentEmerging players
- Multiconsult: Norwegian engineering and project management consulting firm competing with Technogarden Albatross for public infrastructure mandates (rail, energy, buildings) in the same Norwegian market.
Broad incumbents
- Robert Half: Specialized staffing firm with IT, finance and project consulting practices overlapping with Technogarden IT and Rekruttering offerings in the Nordics.
- Adecco Group: World's largest staffing firm with broad Nordic presence across professional, IT, engineering and project management categories, overlapping significantly with Technogarden's services.
- ManpowerGroup: Global workforce solutions provider with established Norway and Sweden operations offering professional and IT staffing that competes for the same enterprise and public-sector frameworks as Technogarden.
- Randstad: Global staffing leader with material Norway and Sweden operations (including the Dfind brand), competing with Technogarden across engineering, IT, and project management staffing at scale.
- Hays: Global specialist recruiter with strong Nordic presence in IT, engineering and project services, competing with Technogarden for senior technical and project management talent.
Direct peers
- TNG: Swedish IT and technology recruitment and staffing specialist with a values-based model, directly comparable to Technogarden IT and Rekruttering service lines in the Nordic market.
- Academic Work: Nordic professional staffing firm placing young talent and specialists across IT, engineering and technology roles in Norway and Sweden — closely comparable customer base and consultant-placement model to Technogarden.
- Nigel Frank International: Global specialist recruiter focused on Microsoft, cloud, ERP and infrastructure technology talent, comparable to Technogarden IT's enterprise and infrastructure consultant placement offering.
- Dfind: Swedish IT, engineering and technology staffing brand (part of Randstad Norway/Sweden), competing head-to-head with Technogarden for engineering and IT consultants across the Nordics.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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Technogarden leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles9 records
Technogarden funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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Technogarden M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Technogarden
What does Technogarden do?
Technogarden is a Norwegian consulting and staffing firm that rents engineers, technical specialists, IT consultants, telecom planners, and project management professionals to public and private sector clients. It operates five service lines — Engineering, IT, Telecom, Project Management (Albatross Prosjektledelse), and Recruitment — and delivers approximately 600 consulting assignments annually across Norway and Sweden.
Is Technogarden a public or private company?
Technogarden is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently operating.
When was Technogarden founded?
Technogarden was founded in 2003. It employs 101 to 250 people.
Where is Technogarden based?
Technogarden is headquartered in Sandvika, Norway, in the Europe region.
How does Technogarden make money?
Two revenue lines are on record. Consultant rental / Staffing is the primary driver. The others are recruitment services.
Who are Technogarden's main competitors?
Multiconsult is listed as an emerging player. Broad incumbents are Robert Half, Adecco Group, ManpowerGroup, Randstad and Hays. Direct peers are TNG, Academic Work, Nigel Frank International and Dfind.
Does Technogarden have an API?
No public API is recorded for Technogarden.
What industry is Technogarden in?
Technogarden's product category is Engineering and IT Consulting Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is BPACADAD, Cloud, DevOps & Infrastructure Staffing, with a secondary code of BPAHAIAH, Telecommunications & Network Engineering Consulting. Its NAICS code is 5416 and its SIC code is 8700.