What Audiorama does

Audiorama is a Swedish cooperative cultural organization (kooperativ kulturverksamhet) founded in 2008 and headquartered on Skeppsholmen in Stockholm. It commissions, produces, interprets, and presents contemporary sound art, electroacoustic music, and hörspel (audio drama/radio plays) for Swedish and Nordic audiences, operating through free public concerts, festivals, and installations. Core programming centers on the Ljudvågor festival in Visby (with Gotlands Tonsättarskola), the FRST mini-festival (with VICC), and year-round Ljudbänken presentations at high-footfall Stockholm locations such as Skeppsholmen, Sveavägen, and Fatbursparken.

The organization's technology stack is built around multi-channel spatial audio. Its flagship hardware is the Ljudbänken ('The Sound Bench'), a custom-made bench with four encapsulated loudspeakers (60 Hz–17 kHz, four-channel configuration) designed and built by Jonas Wahlström on Audiorama's concept; the bench is sold or rented for permanent and temporary installations in Sweden and Europe. Audiorama also operates a one-of-a-kind 32-speaker spatial audio rig deployed at Ljudvågor and produces ComposerSplaces, a mobile/headphone-based location-specific sound experience piloted in 2023. The technology is a content-delivery and commissioning infrastructure rather than a software platform.

Audiorama is funded primarily by three public bodies — Kulturrådet (Swedish Arts Council), Region Stockholm, and Stockholms stad — and supplements grants with earned revenue from Ljudbänken hardware sales and rentals, CD publications (e.g., Sagan om Roboten Gertrud), bespoke sound-art consulting and courses, and subletting three desk spaces plus one medium room to creative professionals on Skeppsholmen at 4,500 SEK/month. It serves a hybrid mix of general public audiences, professional composers and sound artists (commissioned through open calls attracting 76 submissions from 27 countries), student composers at partner music schools, children and youth via Kulturskolan Stockholm and Innovitaskolan Joriel collaborations, and municipal/institutional buyers of Ljudbänken installations. Leadership consists of Artistic Director Magnus Bunnskog and Tonmeister Marcus Wrangö.

Name

Audiorama

Legal name

Audiorama

Website

https://audiorama.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Audiorama is a Swedish cooperative on Skeppsholmen, Stockholm, founded in 2008, that commissions, produces, and presents contemporary sound art, electroacoustic music, and hörspel through free public concerts, festivals, the touring Ljudbänken installation, and the ComposerSplaces mobile audio experience, serving general audiences, composers, and youth.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sound Art & Electroacoustic Music Production

NAICS

Sound Recording Studios (51224), Other Sound Recording Industries (512290)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

Audiobook Production & Studios (Narration, Recording, Editing, Mastering) (MPAJAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Audio Production & Podcasting (BPAFAIAE)

Keywords

• Sound art installation
• Electroacoustic music
• Spatial audio systems
• Public art commissions
• Contemporary music production

Headquarters

HQ city

Stockholm

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public funding and grants: Audiorama operates as a Swedish cooperative cultural operation (kooperativ kulturverksamhet) funded primarily by public institutions: Kulturrådet (Swedish Arts Council), Region Stockholm, and Stockholms stad. These grants support the core artistic and operational activities.
2. Ljudbänken sales and rentals: Audiorama produces and sells the Ljudbänken ('The Sound Bench') custom public sound art installation for permanent installation in Sweden and Europe. The benches can also be rented for temporary exhibitions. This represents a product/hardware revenue stream for the organization.
3. Office collective rental: Audiorama sublets desk spaces in its studio collective on Skeppsholmen, Stockholm, to creative professionals (graphical designers, publishers, journalists, translators, editors, composers, musicians, photographers, architects, writers). Three individual desk spaces and one medium-sized room for 3-4 people are available. Rent is 4,500 SEK/month plus VAT, paid quarterly.
4. Sound art experiences, consulting, and courses: Audiorama offers tailored solutions for booking sound art experiences, producer services, and courses in sound design for various needs and target groups. Custom engagements are priced and contracted individually.
5. Publications: Audiorama publishes sound art works including CD releases such as 'SORG' by Marcus Wrangö. Publications are available for purchase through the organization's sales channels.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Audiorama commissions, produces, interprets, and presents contemporary sound art, electroacoustic music, and hörspel (earplay/audio drama) by composers, sound artists, and dramatists. It operates the proprietary Ljudbänken ('The Sound Bench') public sound art installation for permanent placement and temporary rental, produces the Ljudvågor and FRST festivals, runs the ComposerSplaces location-based audio experience, sells CDs/publications, and rents office space in its creative collective on Skeppsholmen, Stockholm.

Product overview

Audiorama is a Swedish cooperative cultural organization specializing in contemporary sound art, electroacoustic music, and radio plays (hörspel). The organization operates as a single unified cultural enterprise that commissions, produces, interprets, and presents new works by composers, sound artists, and dramatists. Its core offerings include the Ljudbänken (The Sound Bench) touring public sound art installation with 4-channel audio capabilities, the ComposerSplaces location-specific audio experience accessible via mobile phones, and Sound Art for Kids educational content. Additionally, Audiorama provides office space rentals for creative professionals and organizes events including the Ljudvågor and FRST festivals. Based on Skeppsholmen in Stockholm, the organization collaborates with other Nordic and international organizations on various projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ljudbänken: A custom-made touring bench for public sound art installation, equipped with four encapsulated loudspeakers for 4-channel audio works. Audiorama produces and sells Ljudbänken for permanent installation in Sweden and Europe, and also offers rental for temporary exhibitions.
• ComposerSplaces
• PULS
• Poddteater
• Kulturutmaningen
• Compoz

Quantifiable outcome

• 76 submissions from 27 countries for 2026 Ljudbänken open call — demonstrates international reach and reputation
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Gotlands Tonsättarskola (Gotland School of Music Composition)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnual collaboration on the Ljudvågor festival in Visby, a four-day festival for new art music. Audiorama's artistic director Magnus Bunnskog and tonmeister Marcus Wrangö work with students throughout the academic year through workshops and two festivals. Audiorama brings its 32-speaker spatial audio rig to Visby for the electroacoustic concert programs.
• VICC – Visby International Centre for ComposerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizer with Gotlands Tonsättarskola and Audiorama of the annual FRST mini-festival for electroacoustic music in Visby. VICC handles international composer curation while Audiorama curates and presents a dedicated concert program.
• OrionteaterncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-production partner with Woburn and Audiorama on the multi-disciplinary performance 'Sophögen' (The Heap) by Karl Dunér, a spatial radio play about the ancient city of Oxyrhynchos. Audiorama provided sound design, mixing, programming, and editing for the production featuring 29 voices, sound sculpture, actors, musicians, and dolls.
• Södermalms stadsdelsförvaltning (Södermalm District Administration, Stockholm)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration partner for presenting the Ljudbänken installation at Fatbursparken featuring youth-created sound works, with programs developed through school holiday employment (feriejobb) initiatives.
• Unga berättar, Kulturskolan Stockholm (Culture School Stockholm)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in youth cultural programming, working with young people to create sound art for public installation through Audiorama's Ljudbänken bench at Fatbursparken. Focuses on strengthening children's and young people's participation in cultural life.
• EMS – Elektronmusikstudion (Electronic Music Studio, Stockholm)coreTechnology or IntegrationHistoric and ongoing collaboration with EMS, including retrieving archival audio files for the Ljudbänken EMS60 anniversary program. EMS is one of the world's oldest and most prominent centres for electronic music and sound art. Pär Johansson and Mats Erlandsson at EMS assisted in retrieving archive materials.
• Nobel Prize Museum / Nobel Week LightsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Nobel Week Lights 2024, where Audiorama contributed to the sound design for the 'De Aderton' installation by architect/artist Elise Cervin, created in partnership with KTH School of Architecture master students and composer Johan Stohne.
• KTH School of ArchitectureminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMaster students at KTH School of Architecture created individual pavilions for the 'De Aderton' installation at Nobel Week Lights 2024, dedicated to female Nobel laureates in literature. Audiorama contributed sound design.
• Innovitaskolan JorielminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration partner in the 'Frekvens' project, a 'creative school' initiative where Audiorama worked with students, composer/sound artist Anna-Sóley Tryggvardóttir, and dancers from FUNKTIONARTS.
• Statens Fastighetsverk (Swedish National Property Board)minorOthersThe Swedish National Property Board is Audiorama's landlord for the Kyrkslingan 11 property on Skeppsholmen, Stockholm. Audiorama sublets desk spaces in second-hand rental arrangements with a mutual three-month notice period.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Deutschlandfunk Kultur (Hörspiel): German public cultural radio station with a substantial Hörspiel (radio drama) production department. Comparable to Audiorama as a producer of hörspel content, though operating as a national broadcaster rather than a small cultural cooperative.
• WDR Hörspiel: German public radio drama (Hörspiel) production division of Westdeutscher Rundfunk. Operates at vastly larger scale with public broadcaster infrastructure, but shares Audiorama's specialization in commissioning and producing hörspel/radio drama content.
• IRCAM: Paris-based institute for music and acoustics research with a strong electroacoustic composition and contemporary music program. While institutionally and financially much larger, IRCAM's production-and-presentation model for contemporary electroacoustic music mirrors Audiorama's core mission.
• ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe: German center for art and media technology with a major focus on sound art, electronic music, and immersive media. Operates at much larger scale and scope, but its programming mission on sound art and spatial audio overlaps directly with Audiorama's hörspel and electroacoustic work.

Regional players

• Sound and Music: UK organization supporting new music, sound art, and composers. Geographically UK-focused rather than Swedish, but shares Audiorama's mission of commissioning, producing, and presenting contemporary sound art and supporting sound artists across their careers.

Direct peers

• INA-GRM: Groupe de Recherches Musicales, France's musical research group focused on electroacoustic and contemporary music production. Shares Audiorama's specialization in experimental sound production, electroacoustic research, and curated concert presentation.
• Norberg Festival: Swedish contemporary music and sound art festival where Artistic Director Magnus Bunnskog has performed. Directly comparable as a Sweden-based platform for experimental electroacoustic and sound art presentation.
• Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival: UK-based annual festival dedicated to new and experimental music. Shares Audiorama's focus on commissioning and presenting contemporary electroacoustic and sound art works, though operates at significantly larger scale.
• EMS (Elektronmusikstudion): Stockholm-based electronic music studio and one of the world's oldest centers for electronic music and sound art. EMS shares Audiorama's core focus on electroacoustic music and is a documented collaboration partner (EMS60 anniversary), making it the most directly comparable peer.
• Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC): Queen's University Belfast research center for sonic arts, electroacoustic music, and sound art. Shares Audiorama's hybrid academic-adjacent model of producing, presenting, and teaching contemporary sound art.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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