What Höglandsförbundet does

Höglandsförbundet is a Swedish municipal association (kommunalförbundet) formed under Swedish public law to enable inter-municipal cooperation among five member municipalities in the Småland highlands region — Aneby, Eksjö, Nässjö, Sävsjö and Vetlanda — serving a regional population of over 95,000. The association pools resources to deliver shared services that individual small municipalities could not sustain independently, including centralized IT infrastructure and cybersecurity (Höglandets IT), family law services (Höglandets familjerätt), economic and finance services (Ekonomiservice), and system administration for social services and healthcare (Systemförvaltning Combine, running the Combine platform; and Raindance for municipal finance).

The education portfolio is the largest operational unit. Höglandsgymnasiet consolidates five upper secondary schools — Aleholmsgymnasiet, Brinellgymnasiet, Eksjö gymnasium, Njudungsgymnasiet and Nifsarpsskolan (joined July 1, 2025) — under a single principal, serving approximately 3,200 students and employing roughly 650 staff. From July 1, 2026, the association will also become the principal for Höglandsvux, a consolidated adult-education offering (including SFI and vocational programs) across Eksjö, Nässjö and Sävsjö. Teknikcollege Höglandet extends the platform into industry-aligned technical education as a collaboration label between municipalities, educational providers, and employers.

The business model is publicly funded inter-municipal cooperation rather than commercial sales. Each member municipality contributes to the association's budget according to an agreed formula, and the entity has no external pricing or GTM motion. The revenue model is effectively subscription-recurring (municipal contributions), with the operating budget scaling with service scope. Recent expansion moves — the 2024/2025 gymnasium transfer, Nifsarpsskolan integration, the pending Tranås membership application (November 2025), the planned joint procurement organization (January 2027), and a 1.5 million SEK government pilot grant (January 2026) — indicate an organization steadily widening its service surface and member base rather than pursuing commercial scale.

Name

Höglandsförbundet

Legal name

Höglandsförbundet

Website

https://hoglandet.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Höglandsförbundet is a Swedish municipal association (kommunalförbundet) that pools resources across five member municipalities (Aneby, Eksjö, Nässjö, Sävsjö, Vetlanda) to deliver shared IT, family law, economic, and upper-secondary education services to a regional population of over 95,000.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Shared Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139), Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Association Compliance, Governance & Board Support Services (BPAJAHAN)

Keywords

• Municipal shared services
• Inter-municipal cooperation
• Shared IT infrastructure
• Public administration services
• Municipal education services

Headquarters

HQ city

Eksjö, Jönköpings län

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Municipal Contributions: Funded through contributions from member municipalities based on agreed formulas. Each municipality pays into the association for shared services including IT, family law, education administration, and economic services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Höglandsförbundet is a Swedish municipal association (kommunalförbundet) that provides shared public services to its five member municipalities in the Småland highlands region: Aneby, Eksjö, Nässjö, Sävsjö, and Vetlanda. Services include centralized IT infrastructure, family law services, economic services, system administration, and upper secondary/adult education through a unified principal model. The association enables small municipalities to pool resources, share specialized expertise, and deliver higher-quality public services than they could individually.

Product overview

Höglandsförbundet is a municipal association providing shared services to five member municipalities (Aneby, Eksjö, Nässjö, Sävsjö, and Vetlanda) through a platform of interconnected service offerings. The portfolio includes Höglandets IT (centralized IT infrastructure and cybersecurity), Höglandets familjerätt (family law services), Höglandets utbildningssamverkan (education cooperation encompassing Höglandsgymnasiet with five upper secondary schools and Höglandsvux adult education), Höglandets verksamhetsstöd (business support comprising Ekonomiservice and Systemförvaltning Combine for finance and social care system administration), and Teknikcollege Höglandet (technical education collaboration). These services enable smaller municipalities to pool resources, strengthen competencies, and provide better services to residents.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Höglandets IT Centralized IT services providing infrastructure, support, and cybersecurity for the five member municipalities and associated municipal companies, operating a shared modern IT environment with high availability and security requirements.
• Höglandets familjerätt Family law services supporting children and parents in family law matters including custody, residence, contact, paternity, adoption, separation, and providing information to courts. Located at Familjecentralen Eksjö.
• Höglandets utbildningssamverkan Education cooperation comprising upper secondary schools (Höglandsgymnasiet) and adult education (Höglandsvux) across member municipalities, with a common principal since 2024/2025. The gymnasium consists of approximately five upper secondary schools serving about 3,200 students and 650 staff.
• Höglandets verksamhetsstöd Business support services consisting of Ekonomiservice (financial services including invoice processing, payment handling, account reconciliation, VAT reporting, and finance system support) and Systemförvaltning Combine (system administration for the combined social care and health system used by member municipalities), providing administrative and system support to member municipalities.
• Teknikcollege Höglandet A quality label for technical education programs where municipalities, educational providers, and companies collaborate to increase attractiveness and quality of technically oriented programs, supporting industry's skills supply. Part of Sweden's largest collaboration platform for industry competence supply.

Quantifiable outcome

• 5 municipalities collaborate through shared services since 2010
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• InExchangecoreTechnology or IntegrationInExchange is a PEPPOL VAN operator providing e-invoicing infrastructure. Höglandsförbundet requires suppliers to submit invoices via PEPPOL format, and InExchange offers solutions for suppliers regardless of their technical capabilities - from EDI directly from business systems to free web portal accounts.
• Aneby, Eksjö, Nässjö, and Sävsjö municipalitiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThese four municipalities together with Höglandsförbundet decided to form a joint procurement organization from January 1, 2027, organized under Höglandsförbundet. The purpose is to create a more stable and long-term procurement operation with strengthened competence and better conditions to meet future needs.
• Teknikcollege HöglandetcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTeknikcollege is Sweden's largest collaboration platform for industry competence supply. Höglandsförbundet participates in this platform where municipalities, educational providers, and companies collaborate to increase attractiveness and quality of technically oriented education.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Sveriges Kommuner och Regioner (SKR): National membership organization representing all of Sweden's municipalities and regions. Provides coordination, advocacy, and shared services at a national scale — a broader incumbent of the same fundamental concept that Höglandsförbundet executes at the regional level.
• Tietoevry: Nordic IT services and software company with a substantial public-sector business serving municipalities, healthcare, and welfare systems across Sweden, Norway, and Finland. Comparable as a broader incumbent that competes for the kind of shared IT and administrative system work that Höglandets IT performs for member municipalities.

Regional players

• Region Halland: Swedish regional body responsible for healthcare, regional development, and certain shared public services in Halland county. Operates a regional shared-services model analogous to Höglandsförbundet's inter-municipal cooperation, but at a regional rather than federation level.
• Kuntaliitto (Association of Finnish Municipalities): Finnish national association of municipalities and joint municipal authorities providing shared services, advocacy, and development support. Functionally analogous to Höglandsförbundet's coordination and shared-service role but operating nationally across all Finnish municipalities.
• KL (Kommunernes Landsforening): Danish national association of municipalities providing member services, policy coordination, and shared-service development. Closest Danish analog to the role Höglandsförbundet plays at the regional Swedish level, operating as the central cooperation body for all 98 Danish municipalities.
• KS (Kommunesektorens organisasjon): Norwegian employers' and interest organization for the municipal sector, representing all Norwegian municipalities and county authorities. Conceptually analogous to a nationwide version of Höglandsförbundet, providing member services, coordination, and shared development across Norwegian municipal federations.

Direct peers

• Göteborgsregionens Kommunalförbund (GR): Inter-municipal cooperation body serving municipalities in the Gothenburg region of Sweden, providing shared services analogous to Höglandsförbundet. Comparable as a kommunalförbundet operating shared services across multiple member municipalities under a formal governance structure.
• Inera AB: Swedish company jointly owned by the country's regions and municipalities that develops and operates shared digital infrastructure and e-services for the public sector. Directly comparable to Höglandsförbundet's Höglandets IT function as a provider of shared digital services to Swedish municipalities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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