Nattvandring.nu

What Nattvandring.nu does

Nattvandring.nu is a Swedish nonprofit foundation (stiftelse) that organizes volunteer-based night walking in public spaces to provide a visible, non-enforcement adult presence for youth. The core service relies on groups of 2–5 adult volunteers walking in evenings and nights across Sweden, with structured onboarding (Nattvandring Grund online course), downloadable guideline materials, and a formal coordinator network spanning regional managers and local group coordinators. The organization is active in over 80 Swedish municipalities and engages municipalities through IOP (Idéburet Offentligt Partnerskap) and samverkansavtal collaboration agreements.

The technology stack is light and operationally focused. The recently introduced Memlist administration system — rolled out in July 2025 — acts as the central digital platform for managing local groups, tracking walks, and maintaining up-to-date group information, replacing previously fragmented systems. A required digital course (Nattvandring Grund, ~30 minutes) and a library of downloadable PDFs (parent guides, crisis-handling guides, insurance letters, agreement templates) round out the digital surface. No mobile app is offered, and the site is built on a standard web platform with social channels (Instagram, Facebook) and monthly newsletters for community engagement.

The business model is nonprofit and sponsorship-driven. There are no priced services and no direct revenue from volunteers or municipalities. Operating funding flows from corporate sponsors (Skandia via Idéer för livet, Bankomat AB, Sveriges Bryggerier, Elanders AB, and ICA Stiftelsen since March 2025), municipal collaboration agreements, and private foundation grants. The organization is staffed by a small, lean team led by Operations Manager Nadim Ghazale (a former police officer with nearly two decades of crime-prevention experience) and an uncompensated board of directors, with regional coordinators and group coordinators carrying out field operations on a volunteer or part-time basis.

Name

Nattvandring.nu

Legal name

Nattvandring.nu

Website

https://nattvandring.nu

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Nattvandring.nu is a Swedish nonprofit foundation that organizes volunteer adult groups to walk in public spaces at night, providing safety and support for youth across 80+ municipalities. Funding comes from corporate sponsors, municipal partnership agreements, and foundation grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Stockholm

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Foundation/Sponsorship Model: As a non-profit foundation, Nattvandring.nu operates through partnerships with corporate sponsors (Skandia through Idéer för livet, Bankomat, Sveriges Bryggerier, Elanders) who provide financial and strategic support. No direct revenue from services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Nattvandring.nu organizes volunteer-based night-walking groups of 2-5 adults who walk in public spaces to provide visible, non-authoritative adult presence, conversation, mediation and early support for youth. The foundation supplements this core service with a required online course (Nattvandring Grund), downloadable training and safety materials, formal IOP/Samverkansavtal partnership agreements with municipalities, and a digital Memlist platform for group coordination and reporting.

Product overview

Nattvandring.nu is a Swedish nonprofit foundation organizing volunteer-based night walking activities to provide safe adult presence for young people. The core offering is the Nattvandring (night walking) service supported by a digital Memlist administration platform, a required digital course (Nattvandring Grund), downloadable training materials, and formal municipal partnership agreements. The organization operates through regional and group coordinators who mentor local volunteer groups across 80+ municipalities in Sweden, facilitated by a Stockholm-based secretariat.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Nattvandring (Night Walking) Service The organization's primary service: organized groups of 2-5 adult volunteers who walk in public spaces during evenings and nights to provide visible, non-authoritative adult presence, conversation, mediation and early support for young people. Targeted at Swedish municipalities, local associations and individual volunteers.
• Municipal Partnership Agreements (IOP / Samverkansavtal) Formal cooperation agreements offered to Swedish municipalities to integrate night walking into municipal preventive safety work for children and youth, including network agreements with local volunteer groups and structured IOP (Idéburet Offentligt Partnerskap) partnerships.

Quantifiable outcome

• Active in 80+ municipalities across Sweden

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• Bankomat ABmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBankomat AB is Sweden's leading actor in cash handling with ATMs in nearly 600 locations. As a partner to Nattvandring.nu, Bankomat engages in creating safer environments for youth through adult presence and preventive work.
• Sveriges BryggeriermajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSveriges Bryggerier is Sweden's oldest trade organization representing the brewing industry since 1885. Their partnership with Nattvandring.nu represents an opportunity to contribute to a safer society for children and youth.
• Elanders ABmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerElanders is a global logistics company with nearly 7,500 employees in about 20 countries on four continents. They view sustainability as both a responsibility and business opportunity, integrating social, ethical and environmental issues into their operations.
• Natteravnene Danmark, Färöarna, GrönlandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTogether with Nattvandring.nu, these Nordic organizations form the Nordiska nattvandrarrådet (Nordic Night Walker Council). The purpose is to meet 1-2 times per year to discuss various questions, ideas, visions and the future, and to strengthen Nordic cooperation. There are about 150 local groups in their geographical area.
• Natteravnene NorgecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNatteravnene Norge is a popular movement with a voluntary night walker council as a link to local groups. The main cooperation partner is insurance company Tryg which also runs the night walkers' secretariat located in Bergen. There are over 350 local night walker groups in Norway.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Natteravnene Grønland: Greenland night walker group within the Nordic Night Walker Council; runs the same volunteer adult-presence program and is explicitly grouped with Nattvandring.nu as a Nordic coordination peer.
• Føroya Natteravnar: Faroe Islands night walker organization and Nordic Council partner; operates the same volunteer-led public-presence model for youth, making it a direct peer in a smaller geography.
• Natteravnene Danmark: Danish counterpart and Nordic Council member running volunteer adult night patrols for youth safety — same core methodology, same target population, and co-listed by Nattvandring.nu as a strategic partner.
• Natteravnene Norge: Norwegian sister organization and co-member of the Nordic Night Walker Council, running the same volunteer night-walking model for youth safety with ~350 local groups and a secretariat backed by insurer Tryg.

Broad incumbents

• Stadsmissionen (Stockholm Stadsmission): Swedish social-services nonprofit focused on vulnerable populations; partial thematic overlap with Nattvandring.nu's community-safety mission but a larger, broader-scope social-services operator.
• Fryshuset: Large Swedish nonprofit running youth-focused social programs across multiple cities; addresses overlapping youth-safety and inclusion outcomes but through facility-based activities rather than volunteer night patrols.
• Rädda Barnen (Save the Children Sweden): Major Swedish child-welfare nonprofit with broader remit (advocacy, policy, international programs); overlaps in protecting children but operates at national/global scale with paid staff rather than volunteer patrols.
• BRIS (Barnens Rätt i Samhället): Sweden's leading children's rights support organization offering helpline and advocacy services for youth; overlaps with Nattvandring.nu's youth-support mission and shares the Swedish nonprofit civic-services category, but is a much larger, established organization.

Emerging players

• Mentor Sverige: Swedish nonprofit focused on youth mentoring and prevention programs; comparable target audience (youth at risk) and nonprofit funding model, but uses 1:1 mentorship rather than group-based public presence.
• Tryggare Sverige: Swedish member-funded association promoting crime prevention and community safety; adjacent to Nattvandring.nu's preventive-safety mission and shares the Swedish municipal/government engagement model, but does not run volunteer patrols.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/StiftelsenNattvandringNu
• Instagraminstagram.com/nattvandring.nu
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stiftelsen-nattvandring-nu

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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