föreningen sambruk

What föreningen sambruk does

Föreningen Sambruk is a Swedish membership association (medlemsförening) that develops, operates, and co-governs a portfolio of shared digital services on behalf of Swedish municipalities and government agencies. The association reports that 70% of Sweden's inhabitants live in a member municipality and that more than half of Sweden's 290 municipalities participate in the network; services are co-developed, co-financed, and co-maintained by members, positioning Sambruk as an alternative to each municipality independently procuring equivalent solutions. Sambruk has served as the administrative head for Digidel, Sweden's digital-inclusion network, since 2014.

The product portfolio spans 14 named services across education, citizen services, IoT, AI, and public administration, including Bibblix (children's library app, launched 2016), Diwise (IoT platform), EGIL (school account management), FixaMinGata (citizen fault reporting), Inclubit (distance-learning platform with VR/360° cameras, launched January 2025), MedborgarPC and SkolPC (public/school computer management), Multifråga (information search), Provisum (guardianship case management), Sambruks AI-plattform (open modular AI infrastructure with Eneo), Skiss (secure whiteboard via Excalidraw), Stimma (AI-supported nanolearning, launched May 2026), Tillarbetslivet (internship administration), Tjänstekollen (digital learning resources overview), and UKAA (municipal activity responsibility follow-up, integrated with BEDA and Navet). These are supported by eight active member networks covering AI, digital sovereignty, school data analysis, school standardization, e-signatures, DSO, BoL, and Digidel.

Revenue is generated through recurring membership fees from Swedish municipalities and government agencies; pricing tiers and fee levels are not publicly disclosed. Distribution is direct, member-only, and reach is built through the sambruk.se website, LinkedIn, email newsletters, webinars, the konferens.sambruk.se event platform, and participation in Almedalsveckan. Sambruk is headquartered in Stockholm with a postal address in Kungsör and has no disclosed parent company, subsidiaries, or external funding.

Name

föreningen sambruk

Legal name

Föreningen Sambruk

Website

https://sambruk.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Föreningen Sambruk is a Swedish member-driven association that co-develops and operates shared digital services—including AI, IoT, education, and citizen-facing platforms—for more than half of Sweden's municipalities and select government agencies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Sector Digital Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Business Associations (81391), Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

End-User Computing Outsourcing (EUC / Desktop Services) (BPAEAMAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Digital Experience Monitoring & Management (DEX/DEM, AIOps for EUC) (BPAEAIAF), Identity, Access & Key Management (IAM/KMS) as Cloud Core Services (HDABAAAH), Collaboration Security for Chat & Messaging (Teams/Slack) (HDADAKAF)

Keywords

• Municipal digital services
• Shared public sector platforms
• Smart city IoT
• School digital management
• Government collaboration tools

Headquarters

HQ city

Kungsör

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: Sambruk operates as a member association funded by membership fees from Swedish municipalities and government agencies.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Föreningen Sambruk is a Swedish membership association (medlemsförening) that develops, owns, and operates shared digital collaboration services (samverkanstjänster) for Swedish municipalities and public sector organizations. The portfolio includes IoT platforms (Diwise), school account management (EGIL), children's library app (Bibblix), fault reporting (FixaMinGata), distance learning (Inclubit), public computers (MedborgarPC), AI infrastructure (Sambruks AI-plattform), secure whiteboard (Skiss), nanolearning (Stimma), and youth follow-up (UKAA), co-developed and co-governed by member municipalities.

Product overview

Sambruk is a member association offering a portfolio of collaboration services (samverkanstjänster) for public sector digitization. The portfolio includes Bibblix (children's library app), Diwise (IoT platform), EGIL (school account management), FixaMinGata (fault reporting), Inclubit (distance learning), MedborgarPC/SkolPC (public/school computers), Provisum (guardianship system), UKAA (youth follow-up), Stimma (nanolearning), Sambruks AI-plattform (AI infrastructure), plus services like Multifråga, Tjänstekollen, and Tillarbetslivet. These are co-developed, co-owned, and co-governed by member municipalities, representing a platform-plus-services model where the AI platform serves as foundational infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Bibblix: A reading app for children aged 6-12 where they can borrow and read books directly on tablets or mobile phones.
• diwise
• EGIL
• FixaMinGata
• Inclubit
• MedborgarPC
• Multifråga
• Provisum
• Sambruks AI-plattform
• Skiss
• Stimma
• Tillarbetslivet
• Tjänstekollen
• UKAA

Products and services

• Bibblix Digital library app for children aged 6-12 that allows borrowing and reading children's books on tablets or mobile phones, with content curated by children's librarians.
• Diwise Complete IoT platform for municipalities for managing sensor data and connected devices in urban infrastructure, enabling smart city deployments.
• EGIL Digital user account management system for schools ensuring correct digital access for students and staff with GDPR compliance, information security, and traceability.
• FixaMinGata National digital service for efficient fault reporting in public environments (streets, parks, lighting) with a mobile app for residents and an administrative web interface for municipal handlers.
• Inclubit Digital platform for distance learning enabling students unable to attend school physically to participate via computer or VR glasses, with 360-degree camera streaming from the classroom.
• MedborgarPC Solution for centrally managing secure public computers in libraries and other public environments, with automatic data wiping after logout using an Ubuntu-based client.
• Multifråga Search service for information about persons, vehicles, properties, and companies, designed for municipal operations use.
• Provisum Efficient case handling system for guardians and trustees (överförmyndare), supporting municipal guardianship operations.
• Sambruks AI-plattform Open, modular AI platform with Eneo at its center, providing shared AI capabilities across member municipalities, including generative AI and process automation support.
• Skiss Secure whiteboard service for municipal collaboration, provided to members through Sambruk membership (includes Excalidraw integration).
• Stimma Nanolearning platform with AI support for creating short learning content, available to Sambruk members at no cost.
• Tillarbetslivet Administration system for internship management connecting municipalities with workplace learning opportunities.
• Tjänstekollen Overview platform for digital learning resources, providing utility for school principals (skolhuvudmän).
• UKAA System for following up municipal activity responsibility (kommunalt aktivitetsansvar), tracking youth who left school before completing upper secondary education, with integrations to BEDA grade database and Navet population register.
• SkolPC Adapted configuration of MedborgarPC for the school environment, enabling old computers to be repurposed for classroom use with automatic reset after logout.

Named customers11 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability8 records

Feature10 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Sveriges Kommuner och Regioner (SKR): The national member association for Sweden's municipalities and regions. Directly comparable as Sambruk's members are predominantly SKR members, and a Sambruk board member (Hanna Lundborg) coordinates digitalization programs inside SKR — making it the closest membership-org peer.
• Inera AB: Swedish member-owned company providing shared digital services and infrastructure to regions and municipalities, primarily in healthcare. Highly comparable to Sambruk as a public-sector digital collaboration vehicle co-owned by Swedish local authorities with a shared-services portfolio model.
• Myndigheten för digital förvaltning (DIGG): Swedish Agency for Digital Government coordinating national public-sector digitalization, including the Ena platform and digital-identity infrastructure. Comparable as a Swedish public-sector digital-services coordinator, though state-led rather than member-driven.

Regional players

• Local Government Association (UK): UK membership body representing local authorities, providing shared programs, digital tools and policy support. Comparable as a municipal membership association that aggregates demand and delivers shared services to its members, though operating in a different geography.
• NASCIO (National Association of State Chief Information Officers): US member association for state government CIOs, focused on shared advocacy, research and best-practice dissemination. Comparable as a public-sector IT collaboration association, though serving state-level rather than municipal customers.
• Nordic Innovation: Nordic Council-funded institution driving cross-Nordic innovation programs, including public-sector digitalization initiatives. Comparable as a publicly funded body fostering shared digital services and collaboration across Nordic public-sector actors.

Broad incumbents

• Visma: Nordic-headquartered software provider serving SMBs and the public sector, including municipalities. Comparable as a broad incumbent whose commercial SaaS offerings overlap with several Sambruk services (school administration, HR/cases).
• Tietoevry: Large Nordic IT services and software vendor with deep public-sector footprint across Sweden, Norway and Finland. Comparable as a broad incumbent competing for the same municipal digital-services budget that Sambruk channels through its shared-services model.
• CGI Group: Global IT-services firm with a large Nordic public-sector practice. Comparable as a broad incumbent systems integrator and managed-services provider for Swedish municipalities and government agencies.

Others

• RISE Research Institutes of Sweden: Swedish research and innovation partner that co-developed Sambruk's Inclubit 360 with Kungsbacka and Eskilstuna municipalities. Comparable as an ecosystem partner enabling Sambruk's product development rather than a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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