Sveriges Ingenjorer

What Sveriges Ingenjorer does

Sveriges Ingenjörer (Engineers of Sweden / The Swedish Association of Graduate Engineers) is a Stockholm-headquartered, member-owned trade union and professional interest organization representing 188,000 university-educated engineers (civilingenjörer and högskoleingenjörer) employed across all Swedish industries. Operating as a nonprofit within the Saco confederation, the union's core function is collective bargaining — it maintains kollektivavtal with 50+ employer organizations spanning industrial, services, education, healthcare, IT, and public sectors, with multiple new agreements concluded in 2025 (notably a 6.4%-over-two-years Industry Agreement, one of the highest in the agreement's history). Beyond collective representation, the union delivers an integrated member-services platform that includes 24/7 AI-assisted legal and labor-law Q&A via the Vektor chatbot, AI-based employment-contract review (Avtalsgranskare), the Saco Lönesök salary database with over 80,000 engineer salary records for benchmarking, individual negotiation and legal representation, income insurance (up to 80% of salary during unemployment via Folksam), CV review and career coaching, group-rate insurance products, preferential mortgage rates through SEB/Swedbank/Danske Bank, webinars and events, and member magazines Ingenjören and Ny Teknik.

The organization's go-to-market is direct-to-consumer: members join via the sverigesingenjorer.se website (authenticated by BankID or Freja eID+), through on-campus outreach to engineering students, and via 3,735 elected workplace representatives (förtroendevalda) who actively recruit colleagues. Distribution is exclusively domestic (Sweden). Revenue mechanics are subscription/recurring membership dues paid by individual engineer members; pricing is not publicly disclosed. The product architecture is essentially a member-portal platform layered on the Saco confederation's salary-data and collective-bargaining infrastructure, supplemented by partner-provided financial products and a thin AI wrapper on top of an internal knowledge base.

Operationally, the union handled 13,071 negotiation cases, 35,686 telephone advisory calls, 1,499 employment-contract reviews, and 5,693 negotiation/advisory emails in the most recent reporting period — figures that establish service throughput but do not directly translate into revenue given the membership-fee model. Sveriges Ingenjörer's strategic posture in 2024–2026 emphasizes (a) strengthening collective-bargaining outcomes (wage growth, working-time reduction, overtime compensation for part-timers), (b) extending kollektivavtal coverage into adjacent verticals (healthcare via Vårdföretagarna; gaming via Svenska Spel), and (c) digitizing member-service touchpoints with limited-scope AI deployments. Engagement outside Sweden, foreign expansion, fundraising, equity investment, M&A, and large-scale AI differentiation are not evidenced in the data.

Name

Sveriges Ingenjorer

Legal name

Sveriges Ingenjörer

Website

https://sverigesingenjorer.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

1861

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Sveriges Ingenjörer is a Stockholm-headquartered trade union and professional association representing 188,000 university-educated engineers in Sweden, delivering collective bargaining across 50+ employer organizations plus salary benchmarking, legal advisory, income insurance, career services, and AI-assisted member support funded through membership fees.

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. Membership fees: Sveriges Ingenjörer is funded through annual membership fees paid by its 188,000 engineer members. The union provides services including collective bargaining representation, income insurance, salary statistics, career coaching, legal advice, and advisory services in exchange for membership dues.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Sveriges Ingenjörer is a membership-based trade union that provides university-educated engineers in Sweden with collective bargaining representation (52+ collective agreements), salary benchmarking data (Saco Lönesök), income insurance, legal advisory and negotiation support, career coaching, and member publications. Membership is sold directly to individual engineers and engineering students, who gain access to these services in exchange for annual membership fees.

Product overview

Sveriges Ingenjörer is a trade union and professional organization for university-educated engineers in Sweden with 188,000 members. The organization operates as a platform delivering a comprehensive suite of member services including: (1) Core representation services - collective bargaining, salary statistics via Saco Lönesök (80,000+ salaries), legal advisory, and negotiation support across 52+ collective agreements with employer organizations; (2) AI-powered digital services - Vektor chatbot (24/7 text-based Q&A) and AI-based contract reviewer for employment agreements; (3) Financial protection - income insurance via Folksam, insurance products, and preferential banking services; (4) Professional development - events, webinars, podcasts, CV review, and career coaching; (5) Publications - member magazines Ingenjören and Ny Teknik. The portfolio functions as an integrated membership ecosystem where core representation services are supplemented with digital AI tools and member benefits.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Kollektivavtal (Collective Bargaining Agreements) Collective bargaining agreements negotiated with employer organizations covering wages, working time, pensions, and benefits. These agreements cover 188,000 engineer members working across virtually all Swedish industry sectors.
• Juridisk rådgivning och förhandling (Legal Advisory and Negotiation Support) Individual legal advice, salary negotiation support, and legal representation for members in employment matters, contract disputes, workplace conflicts, and labor law issues.
• Lönestatistik / Saco Lönesök (Salary Statistics and Benchmarking) Comprehensive salary statistics for engineers, including entry-level salaries, salary by experience, sector, and industry comparisons. Used by members to benchmark and negotiate their own salaries.
• Vektor (AI Chatbot) AI-powered chatbot available to members and the public for 24/7 text-based Q&A on membership terms, labor law questions, and collective agreement provisions.
• AI Contract Reviewer (Avtalsgranskare) AI-assisted tool that automatically reviews the text of uploaded employment contracts, flags certain terms, and provides general guidance on employment agreements for members.
• Inkomstförsäkring (Income Insurance) Income insurance that supplements Swedish unemployment benefits, providing additional financial protection (up to 80% of salary) for members who become unemployed. Delivered through partnership with Folksam.
• CV-granskning och karriärrådgivning (CV Review and Career Coaching) Individual CV review and career coaching services to support members in job searching, career transitions, and professional development.
• Försäkringar (Insurance Products Package) Bundled insurance products including occupational injury, accident, travel, and life insurance delivered through partnerships with Folksam and Akademikerförsäkring at member-preferential rates.
• Bolån och medlemslån (Mortgages and Member Loans) Preferential mortgage (bolån) and member loan (medlemslån) products delivered through partner banks SEB, Swedbank, and Danske Bank at member-exclusive rates.

Quantifiable outcome

• Income insurance covers up to 80% of salary during unemployment, subject to conditions
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability4 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SEBcoreOthersSEB provides preferential mortgage rates (bolån) and member loans (medlemslån) to Sveriges Ingenjörer members as part of the union's member benefits package.
• Danske BankcoreOthersDanske Bank provides preferential mortgage rates and member loans to Sveriges Ingenjörer members as part of the union's member benefits package.
• SwedbankcoreOthersSwedbank provides member loans to Sveriges Ingenjörer members as part of the union's member benefits package.
• FolksamcoreOthersFolksam provides income insurance (inkomstförsäkring), travel insurance (tjänsteseförsäkring), accident insurance (olycksfallsförsäkring), and organizational insurance to Sveriges Ingenjörer members.
• AkademikerförsäkringcoreOthersAkademikerförsäkring provides discounted insurance products to Sveriges Ingenjörer members as part of the member benefits package.
• Akademikernas A-kassacoreOthersAkademikernas A-kassa (unemployment insurance fund) provides unemployment insurance to members of Sveriges Ingenjörer and other academic unions.
• AWAminorOthersAWA (a patent and intellectual property consulting firm) collaborates with Sveriges Ingenjörer on patent-related matters for members.
• Hellströms advokatbyråminorOthersHellströms advokatbyrå provides legal advice to members on entrepreneur and business law matters in collaboration with Sveriges Ingenjörer.
• LO-TCO RättsskyddminorOthersLO-TCO Rättsskydd collaborates with Sveriges Ingenjörer on social insurance legal matters and provides legal expense insurance to members.
• SacocoreOthersSveriges Ingenjörer is a member of Saco (Sveriges Akademikers Centralorganisation), the Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations. Saco provides shared services including the Saco Lönesök salary database (with over 80,000 engineer salary records), collective bargaining coordination, and advocacy at national level.
• Trygghetsrådet TRR (Job Security Council)coreOthersTRR provides career transition and job search support to members who have been made redundant, funded through collective bargaining agreements. This is a key member benefit for engineers facing layoffs.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Sveriges Lärare: Sweden's largest teachers' union, formed from a merger of Lärarförbundet and Lärarnas Riksförbund. Comparable nonprofit, Saco-connected, subscription-funded professional association with collective bargaining and member benefits.
• Unionen: Sweden's largest white-collar trade union (~700,000 members), also a Saco-affiliated union. Comparable subscription-funded membership model with collective bargaining, insurance, salary statistics, and advisory services — though broader in scope beyond engineers.
• Akavia: Swedish Saco-affiliated union for academically educated professionals in law, IT, economics, and social science. Operates the same collective bargaining, salary benchmarking, and member-benefit model as Sveriges Ingenjörer across overlapping employer organizations.
• Saco: Sveriges Akademikers Centralorganisation is the parent confederation of which Sveriges Ingenjörer is a member union. Saco operates the shared Saco Lönesök salary database and coordinates cross-union advocacy for academic professionals in Sweden — same business model, same member base.
• Sveriges Arkitekter: Swedish trade union and professional association for architects. Operates a near-identical model — Saco membership, collective bargaining, salary statistics, legal advice, and member benefits — for a similarly-sized graduate professional cohort.
• Naturvetarna: Saco-affiliated union for natural scientists (biologists, chemists, physicists, etc.). Same membership-union model with collective bargaining, salary statistics, insurance, and career services, serving a comparably-sized academic-professional segment.
• Civilekonomerna: Swedish Saco-affiliated union for graduate economists (civilingenjör-equivalent degree holders in business/economics). Same subscription model with collective bargaining, salary statistics, and career services targeted at a similarly-sized academic-professional cohort.
• Vårdförbundet: Swedish union for nurses, midwives, biomedical scientists, and radiographers. Comparable collective bargaining, salary negotiation, and member-benefit model for graduate healthcare professionals, with similar regulatory and union-density dynamics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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