NATIONELLT KUNSKAPSCENTER FÖR DÖVBLINDFRÅGOR

Name

NATIONELLT KUNSKAPSCENTER FÖR DÖVBLINDFRÅGOR

Legal name

Nationellt kunskapscenter för dövblindfrågor

Website

https://nkcdb.se

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Disability Education Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Translation and Interpretation Services (54193)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAJAKAI

Deaf/Hard of Hearing & Vision Services (Audiology, Interpreting, Orientation & Mobility)

Education/K–12 / Primary & Secondary Education/K–12 Special Education Services

SECONDARYEDALAGAD

Note-Taking, Interpreting & Communication Access Services

Education/Student Services & Campus Operations/Disability Services & Accessibility

SECONDARYEDAGALAH

Special Education & Accessibility-Optimized Media (UDL, AAC, Captioning)

Education/Educational Publishing & Learning Content/Educational Media & Multimedia (Video, Audio, Interactive)

Keywords

• Deafblindness education
• Professional training
• Knowledge dissemination
• Special needs services
• Disability research

Headquarters

HQ city

Lund

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government funding: Nkcdb operates under commission from Socialstyrelsen (Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare). The organization receives government funding to gather, develop, and disseminate knowledge about deafblindness to professionals and family members.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Nationellt kunskapscenter för dövblindfrågor (Nkcdb) is a Swedish government-commissioned national knowledge center that generates, gathers, and disseminates information on deafblindness. It delivers free web-based training courses, printed educational publications, newsletters, a research database, and expert consultations to professionals, individuals with deafblindness, and family members across Sweden.

Product overview

Nkcdb operates a unified knowledge center focused on deafblindness, comprising multiple interconnected offerings: the main website (nkcdb.se) provides comprehensive information and resources; a dedicated e-learning platform (utbildning.nkcdb.se) delivers free web-based training courses covering congenital deafblindness, acquired deafblindness, tactile sign language, and elderly care; a research database (research.nkcdb.se) provides access to academic literature; and printed publications including guides, books, and posters on communication, orientation, and rehabilitation topics. Additionally, Nkcdb offers newsletters, expert forums, and specialized resource groups in communication, technology, psychosocial, psychological, and legal areas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Web-based Training Courses
• Printed Educational Publications
• Newsletter (Nyhetsbrev)
• Research Database on Deafblindness
• Nkcdb Forum

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• FSDB (Föreningen för Sveriges Dövblinda)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFSDB is the Swedish association for people who are deafblind. Nkcdb collaborates with FSDB on knowledge dissemination and maintains a logo link to FSDB on their website, indicating a close working relationship.
• SPSM (Specialpedagogiska skolmyndigheten)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSPSM has a designated contact person within Nkcdb's network for collaboration on support for students with deafblindness in educational settings.
• Arbetsförmedlingen (Swedish Public Employment Service)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArbetsförmedlingen maintains contact persons within Nkcdb's network for collaboration on employment support for people with deafblindness.
• Region Örebro län - Centrum för elektronisk kommunikationcoreTechnology or IntegrationCentrum för elektronisk kommunikation is a national assignment from Socialstyrelsen given to Region Örebro län to support development, management, and dissemination of methods and technology for electronic communication. Nkcdb's Martin Zakrisson coordinates electronic communication and works closely with this center.
• Oderland Webhotell ABminorOthersOderland Webhotell AB (organisationsnummer 556680-8746) is Nkcdb's IT supplier and web hosting provider based in Göteborg, Sweden.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• The National Center on Deaf-Blindness (NCDB): U.S. federally funded national technical assistance center on deafblindness serving children, families, and professionals — closely mirrors Nkcdb's mandate, knowledge-dissemination model, and resource-group structure.
• Center for Døvblindhed og Høretab: Denmark's national center for deafblindness and hearing impairment, providing expert knowledge, counseling, and courses to professionals and people with combined vision/hearing loss — directly comparable Nordic peer.
• Norsk Senter for Døvblindspørsmål (NSD): Norway's national knowledge center for deafblindness, operating under a comparable public-health mandate to collect, develop and disseminate knowledge on deafblindness to professionals and families. Closest cross-border functional equivalent to Nkcdb.

Emerging players

• HORISONT i Lund: Swedish resource center providing individual technical adaptations and training for persons with deafblindness and visual impairments; an Nkcdb team member works there, and the two organizations operate in an adjacent assistive-technology niche.
• Specialpedagogiska skolmyndigheten (SPSM): Swedish national agency for special educational needs that already partners with Nkcdb; operates overlapping training, resources, and consultation for students with disabilities including deafblindness, representing a broader-but-adjacent Swedish public-sector peer.
• Föreningen för Sveriges Dövblinda (FSDB): Swedish membership association for people who are deafblind; while a partner of Nkcdb, it serves an overlapping beneficiary base and provides complementary advocacy and peer-support services.

Others

• Deafblind International (DbI): Global membership network for professionals, researchers, and organizations working in deafblindness; an ecosystem peer that convenes the community Nkcdb serves rather than directly competing.

Regional players

• SYN (Synskadades Riksförbund): Swedish national federation of the visually impaired providing knowledge, advocacy, and training; serves an overlapping population in Sweden and offers comparable educational resources on vision impairment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/367192819994720
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nationellt-kunskapscenter-f%C3%B6r-d%C3%B6vblindfr%C3%A5gor-i

Compliance2 records

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