Viden på Tværs

What Viden på Tværs does

Viden på Tværs (VPT) is a Danish knowledge-sharing platform established on March 5, 2016, as a joint initiative between KL (Kommunernes Landsforening, the national association of Danish municipalities) and Forhandlingsfællesskabet (the collective bargaining organization for municipal employees). The platform operates as a paritarian, non-commercial hub that sets the knowledge agenda, aggregates tools, data, case studies, and webinars, and runs guided workshop programs (SPARK, En fremtid med fuldtid, Den Kommunale Kompetencefond, Ufaglært til faglært, Bedre til ord, tal og IT, Motivation på mellemtrinnet, Sammen mod vold, Den opsøgende indsats, Digital inklusion) across all major welfare sectors.

VPT is built on a Sanity.io content management backend, distributed via the vpt.dk website, five email newsletters on the Peytz Mail platform, and a LinkedIn presence. The editorial team is small (approximately five staff: one editor/secretariat leader plus four journalists/communication advisors), with SPARK supplementing this with seven consultants. The platform is co-located with Forhandlingsfællesskabet at Løngangstræde 25, Copenhagen K. All content, tools, and programs are provided free of charge to Danish municipal workplaces, with reach spanning all 98 municipalities and indirectly impacting 9,000+ employees through competence development programs and 450+ workplaces through full-time employment initiatives.

The business model is institutional rather than commercial: VPT is funded through the budgets of its two co-owners and operates as a non-profit knowledge infrastructure for the Danish municipal labor-market parties. Revenue is not publicly disclosed, and there is no external investment. The go-to-market is content-led and product-led growth — articles, case studies, webinars, podcasts, and guided workshop-forløb drive organic engagement and adoption across municipal practitioners, with distribution amplified through KL and Forhandlingsfællesskabet's institutional networks and the Fremfærd coordination structure. Pricing is freemium (free for all municipal end-users), with monetary subsidies flowing through partner programs such as Den Kommunale Kompetencefond (covering 80% of approved training costs).

Name

Viden på Tværs

Legal name

Viden på Tværs

Website

https://vpt.dk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Viden på Tværs (VPT) is a Danish paritarian knowledge-sharing platform jointly owned by KL and Forhandlingsfællesskabet, providing free municipal workplace development content, tools, webinars, and guided programs across all 98 Danish municipalities in welfare sectors including elderly care, child care, competence development, and psychosocial work environment.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Sector Knowledge Services

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Remote/Hybrid Work Readiness & Digital Collaboration (EDAAAKAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Open Multimedia OER (video, audio, podcasts, animations) (EDAGAJAF), Digital Inclusion & Public Tech Access Training (Device/Internet/Basic IT) (EDAAAFAE), Technical & Vocational Education & Training (TVET) (BPADAKAD)

Keywords

• Municipal knowledge platform
• Public sector workforce development
• Psychosocial work environment programs
• Competence development funding
• Municipal training and upskilling

Headquarters

HQ city

Copenhagen

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public institutional funding: VPT is owned by KL (Kommunernes Landsforening) and Forhandlingsfællesskabet — two institutional social-partner bodies representing Danish municipalities and municipal trade unions. The platform is funded through these institutional structures and does not charge municipal end-users for access. All content, tools, and programs (including SPARK, En fremtid med fuldtid, and the competence development initiatives) are provided free of charge to municipal workplaces.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Viden på Tværs is a free digital knowledge-sharing platform for Danish municipal workplaces, co-owned by KL and Forhandlingsfællesskabet. It aggregates and publishes articles, case studies, tools, webinars, podcasts, and structured programs covering psychosocial work environment (SPARK), full-time employment (En fremtid med fuldtid), competence development (Den Kommunale Kompetencefond, Ufaglært til faglært, Bedre til ord, tal og IT), student motivation (Motivation på mellemtrinnet), digital inclusion, and workplace violence prevention (Sammen mod vold). The platform targets all 98 Danish municipalities and is provided at no cost to municipal end-users.

Product overview

Viden på Tværs (VPT) is a unified knowledge-sharing platform owned by KL (Kommunernes Landsforening) and Forhandlingsfællesskabet, designed to support Danish municipal employees and managers. The platform operates as a portfolio of interconnected programs rather than a single product. Key offerings include: SPARK, a free psychological work environment program for municipal workplaces; En fremtid med fuldtid, supporting full-time employment initiatives; Den Kommunale Kompetencefond, providing up to 80% funding for competence development; Ufaglært til faglært, offering grants for skilled training; Bedre til ord, tal og IT, providing basic literacy and IT training; and Motivation på mellemtrinnet, focused on student motivation in middle school. Additional initiatives include the outreach competence development program and the Sammen mod vold violence prevention initiative. The platform also publishes five different newsletters and maintains an active LinkedIn presence.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SPARK: A tailored, free offering to municipal workplaces for addressing psychosocial work environment issues. TRIO and MED committees receive support and sparring to handle topics such as change, collaboration, and imbalance between time and tasks.
• En fremtid med fuldtid
• Den Kommunale Kompetencefond
• Ufaglært til faglært
• Bedre til ord, tal og IT
• Den opsøgende indsats
• Motivation på mellemtrinnet
• Sammen mod vold

Products and services

• SPARK A free, tailored program for Danish municipal workplaces that provides support and sparring to TRIO and MED committees (joint management-union bodies) for handling psychosocial work environment topics such as change, collaboration, and work-life balance.
• En fremtid med fuldtid (A Future with Full-time) Initiative by KL and Forhandlingsfællesskabet supporting individual municipalities in making it possible and attractive for employees to increase their hours or work full-time. Has collaborated with over half of Denmark's municipalities and 400+ workplaces.
• Den Kommunale Kompetencefond (The Municipal Competence Fund) A fund that promotes and supports municipal competence development, covering 80% of approved training costs up to 30,000 DKK per 12 months (50,000 DKK for master's programs) for municipal employees.
• Ufaglært til faglært (Unskilled to Skilled) Grant program for employees under FOA, 3F, SL, and BUPL agreements providing subsidies to cover the difference between current wages and apprentice wages for vocational training, or subsidies for substitute coverage and wage compensation during training.
• Bedre til ord, tal og IT (Better at Words, Numbers and IT) Program for FOA and 3F contract employees offering support to improve reading, spelling, writing, math, and IT skills through screening, dyslexia teaching (OBU), and preparatory adult education (FVU) including Danish, math, and digital courses. Has supported more than 9,000 employees since 2015.
• Motivation på mellemtrinnet (Motivation in Middle School) Project where teachers from schools across Denmark investigate and test how to arrange more varied teaching to promote student motivation in grades 4-6 through action learning approaches. Produced under Fremfærd Børn.
• Sammen mod vold (Together Against Violence) Nationwide initiative by KL and Forhandlingsfællesskabet aimed at ensuring all municipal employees can work safely, focused on cross-disciplinary cooperation, network building, knowledge sharing, and holistic solutions for preventing violence, threats, and harassment.
• Den opsøgende indsats (The Outreach Initiative) Outreach initiative providing advisory services and guidance on frameworks and economic opportunities for continuing education of employees at municipal workplaces, working strategically and involving the entire workplace.
• Viden på Tværs (VPT) Platform The unified digital knowledge-sharing platform hosting all VPT programs, articles, case studies, tools, webinars, podcasts, and newsletters for Danish municipal employees and managers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 450 municipal workplaces have participated in full-time initiatives, with documented increases in full-time employment rates
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• KL (Kommunernes Landsforening)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKL (Danish Municipalities' Association) is the co-owner of VPT alongside Forhandlingsfællesskabet. KL represents all 98 Danish municipalities and provides the institutional framework for VPT's operations. As a co-owner, KL participates in setting the knowledge agenda and developing joint municipal projects published on the platform.
• ForhandlingsfællesskabetcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerForhandlingsfællesskabet (the Negotiation Alliance) is the collective bargaining organization for Danish municipal employees and co-owner of VPT alongside KL. It represents numerous trade unions active in the municipal sector and provides the labor-relations perspective to VPT's knowledge development.
• FremfærdcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFremfærd is the joint development and coordination structure for welfare sector projects between KL and the trade unions. VPT publishes content from Fremfærd projects including SPARK, En fremtid med fuldtid, and Styrket motivation på mellemtrinnet. Fremfærd organizes work in five welfare areas covering all major municipal tasks.
• Danmarks Evalueringsinstitut (EVA)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEVA (Danmarks Evalueringsinstitut) collaborates with VPT on the Styrket motivation på mellemtrinnet project, providing research-based evidence, evaluation frameworks, and action-learning guidance for municipal schools. EVA also produces materials on practice-based teaching (praksisfaglig undervisning) published through VPT.
• Den Kommunale KompetencefondcoreOthersDen Kommunale Kompetencefond is a joint municipal training fund that provides 80% subsidy for employee education (up to 30,000 DKK per 12 months, 50,000 DKK for master's programs). VPT's competence development content references and integrates with this fund as the primary financing mechanism for municipal upskilling programs.
• FOA and 3F trade unionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFOA (Service Federation) and 3F (United Federation of Danish Workers) are key trade unions in the municipal sector that co-sponsor several VPT programs including Bedre til ord, tal og IT and Ufaglært til Faglært. These unions represent care, cleaning, and service workers and partner with KL through Den Kommunale Kompetencefond.
• Social- og BoligstyrelsenminorOthersThe Social and Housing Agency has collaborated with VPT to disseminate information about rights for placed children and young people, including videos and brochures about the use of coercion in placement settings.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• AOF (Arbejdernes Oplysningsforbund): Danish adult education association that delivers subsidized courses and competence development to workers, including municipal employees. AOF overlaps with VPT on workforce upskilling for FOA/3F-aligned segments and shares the same free/subsidized adult-education mission.
• KS (Kommunesektorens organisasjon): Norwegian municipal employers' association that serves as the structural analog to KL in Denmark. KS develops knowledge, training, and HR frameworks for Norwegian municipalities, comparable to VPT's role as the joint knowledge platform for Danish municipal employers and unions.
• Sveriges Kommuner och Regioner (SKR): Swedish municipal sector association representing Sweden's municipalities and regions. SKR plays a similar employer/knowledge-aggregation role for Swedish municipalities as KL and Forhandlingsfællesskabet play for VPT, making it a structural Nordic counterpart.
• Folkuniversitetet: Swedish adult education provider affiliated with universities and labor-market parties, offering courses and competence development to working adults. Comparable to VPT's adult-learner competence programs and embedded in Nordic labor-market structures.
• Voksenuddannelsescenter (VUC): Danish municipal adult education centers (GVU/HFVU) that deliver preparatory adult education including FVU reading, math, and digital courses. VPT's Bedre til ord, tal og IT program routes municipal employees directly into VUC courses, making VUC a direct downstream peer.

Regional players

• Kompetanse Norge: Norwegian government agency responsible for competence development policy and basic skills (reading, math, digital) for adults, including municipal employees. Operates a similar mandate to VPT's Bedre til ord, tal og IT in Norway.

Broad incumbents

• VIVE (Det Nationale Forsknings- og Analysecenter for Velfærd): Denmark's national welfare research center that produces evaluations and analyses for municipalities on welfare, labor market, and education topics. VIVE supplies the evidence base that VPT translates into practitioner-facing content and tools.
• Implement Consulting Group: Danish management consultancy with a strong public-sector practice serving municipalities, regions, and central government on HR, digitalization, and organizational development. Implements similar change-management and competence-development projects as VPT but as a paid consultancy rather than a free platform.
• Rambøll Management Consulting: International consulting firm with a large Nordic public-sector practice that advises Danish municipalities on HR, digitalization, and welfare. Provides paid services that overlap with VPT's free advisory content on municipal organizational development.

Emerging players

• Danmarks Evalueringsinstitut (EVA): Danish education evaluation institute that partners with VPT on the Motivation på mellemtrinnet project. EVA provides research-based evidence and evaluation frameworks for municipal schools, aligning with VPT's evidence-to-practice translation role.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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