Göliska IT

What Göliska IT does

Göliska IT (legal name: Kommunalförbundet Göliska IT) is a Swedish municipal consortium (kommunalförbund) that functions as the shared IT organization for the six municipalities of the V6 cooperation: Götene, Lidköping, Skara, Essunga, Grästorp, and Vara — collectively serving approximately 98,618 inhabitants in the Västra Götaland / Skaraborg region. It is a public-sector entity under Swedish municipal law, jointly owned and governed by the member municipalities through a municipal committee (förbundsdirektionen), and is therefore not a privately investable commercial enterprise. Its operations span IT operations (drift), user support, consulting (rådgivning), digitization, communication infrastructure, and networking.

The organization's core deliverable is a service catalog (tjänstekatalog) of approximately 30 IT services, including system operation for business systems (priced via a configurator), an HSA-funktion (healthcare-administrative IT), a secure-access platform (plattform för säker åtkomst), a central Service Desk (phone and email), and a self-service portal (Självserviceportal) for incident reporting and service ordering. Authentication is delivered via Specopssoft, and the whistleblower function is operated in partnership with Lantero. The organization is GDPR-compliant and has appointed a Data Protection Officer. The executive director (förbundsdirektör) is identified in primary structured data as Carl Johan Fredin, though a separate scraped reference attributes the CEO role to Anders Thorn; this conflict is noted but unresolved.

Göliska IT is fully revenue-funded, not tax-funded, and bills member municipalities quarterly in advance under a subscription/recurring model. Most services are priced per user or unit; shared services are allocated across municipalities based on population (fördeningsnyckel). Approximately 7% of revenues come from external operations and support work for municipal broadband networks and Fastbit AB, with the remaining ~93% tied to V6 member municipalities and their municipal companies. The 60+ employee headcount supports a stable, captive customer base with no evidence of growth-stage product expansion, M&A, or external funding activity.

Name

Göliska IT

Legal name

Kommunalförbundet Göliska IT

Website

https://goliskait.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Göliska IT (Kommunalförbundet Göliska IT) is a Swedish municipal consortium serving as the shared IT organization for six municipalities in the V6 cooperation, delivering approximately 30 cataloged IT services including operations, support, consulting, and digitization to roughly 98,618 inhabitants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal IT Services

NAICS

Computer Facilities Management Services (541513), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

ITSM Managed Services (Run/Operate/Optimize) (BPAEAJAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

IT Service Desk & End-User Support (L1/L2) (BPAAACAA), Service Desk & ITSM Outsourcing (BPAEAMAF)

Keywords

• Municipal IT services
• IT infrastructure management
• Managed IT operations
• Public sector IT
• Digitalization consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Lidköping

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. IT Services to V6 Municipalities: Göliska IT is fully revenue-funded based on a service catalog (tjänstekatalog). There are approximately 30 IT services described and priced in the catalog. Services are billed quarterly in advance. Most IT services are tied to a user or unit (e.g., a computer), with costs invoiced to the department where the user is employed. The organization also provides approximately 7% of revenues from operations and support services to municipal broadband networks and Fastbit AB.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Göliska IT is the joint municipal IT organization for the six V6 municipalities (Götene, Lidköping, Skara, Essunga, Grästorp, Vara), delivering IT operations (drift), support, consulting, digitization, communication, and networking services. The organization provides a catalog of approximately 30 priced IT services, billed quarterly in advance and tied to users or units, supplemented by a Service Desk and a self-service portal.

Product overview

Göliska IT is a municipal IT organization serving six municipalities (V6 cooperation: Götene, Lidköping, Skara, Essunga, Grästorp, and Vara) in Sweden. The organization provides a portfolio of approximately 30 IT services including system operation (drift), support, consulting, digitalization, communication, and networking. Core offerings include a Service Desk for user support and a Self-Service Portal (Självserviceportal) for incident reporting and service ordering. Additional services include system operation for business systems, HSA-function, and secure access platform, all priced and delivered through their service catalog (tjänstekatalog). The organization is revenue-funded through the sale of these IT services to member municipalities and their municipal companies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• IT-tjänster (IT Service Portfolio) A catalog of approximately 30 priced IT services including operations (drift), support, consulting, digitization, communication, and networking, delivered to the six V6 member municipalities and their municipal companies.
• Service Desk Central support function for V6 municipality users, reachable by telephone and email during defined opening hours (Mon-Thu 07:00-16:30, Fri 07:00-16:00, closed Thu 15:00-16:00).
• Självserviceportal (Self-Service Portal) Online self-service portal for users in the six V6 municipalities to report IT incidents and order IT services on demand.

Named customers9 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• LanterominorOthersLantero provides the technical solution for Göliska IT's whistleblower function (visselblåsarfunktion). Reports are received by Lantero who forwards them to an internal investigation group within Lidköping municipality.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Inera AB: Swedish public-sector-owned company that develops and operates digital services and shared IT infrastructure for Sweden's municipalities, regions, and the national government. Direct analogue to Göliska IT's role as a shared IT organization owned by Swedish municipalities.

Broad incumbents

• Evry (part of Tietoevry): Nordic IT outsourcing and managed services provider (now merged into Tietoevry) historically serving Scandinavian public-sector clients with infrastructure, application, and process services — comparable in service mix to Göliska IT's municipal IT operations.
• ATEA Sverige: One of the largest Nordic IT infrastructure and managed service providers with a strong Swedish public-sector client base. Competes for the same municipal IT outsourcing mandates that Göliska IT's members could in theory award externally.
• Advania Sverige: Nordic IT services provider with Swedish operations covering managed services, cloud, and infrastructure. Operates in the public sector segment and would be a relevant alternative for V6 municipalities considering outsourced IT delivery.
• CGI Sverige: Global IT services and consulting firm with significant Swedish public-sector and municipal government engagements in system integration, application management, and infrastructure services — directly overlapping with Göliska IT's service portfolio.
• Sogeti Sverige: Part of the Capgemini group, providing IT infrastructure, application management, and managed services to Swedish public-sector and enterprise clients. Overlaps with Göliska IT's ITSM and infrastructure operations capabilities.
• TietoEVRY (Tietoevry): Major Nordic IT services provider with deep Swedish public-sector footprint including municipal and government IT operations, application services, and digitalization — a credible alternative vendor for V6 municipalities.

Regional players

• Örebro kommun IT: Municipal IT organization for Örebro kommun, delivering IT operations, service desk, and digitalization services to municipal staff and operations. Comparable public-sector IT delivery model to Göliska IT, albeit single-municipality.
• Borås Stad IT: In-house IT organization for Borås municipality in Västra Götaland, Sweden. Operates as a shared IT function for a single large municipality, providing a comparable public-sector IT delivery model within the same Swedish region as Göliska IT.
• Stockholms stad Serviceförvaltningen IT: The IT function of Stockholm city's administrative services, providing shared IT operations, support, and digitalization to one of Sweden's largest municipal governments. Comparable in mandate though not multi-municipal cooperative.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/goliskait
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/goliska-it

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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