Our Services
Advice for Target Market
We help you to plan how to start or grow sales in a specific market:
- If you have selected the target market – we can offer help on market validation.
- If you have already validated the target market and you are ready for market entry – we can help to create market entry plan and actions.
- In case you are already in the market but underperforming – we can help to analyze why and what to do.
Access to Business Contacts
We help you to find meaningful and valuable contacts for your market needs:
- If you don't know who are the relevant stakeholders you need to know, we can help in mapping the needed contacts.
- If you know who you need to contact, we can help in providing access to them either by us or by our local network.
- We can also help you to find reliable local service providers to search for new contacts.
Local Business Behaviour
We provide information on how the business is done in the country and guide you to adjust your operations and behavior according to local business culture.
- If you are early on your journey to enter the market or are looking for general information, check out our “Doing business in Sweden” guide in the section below.
- If you are closer to market entry, we can give you more detailed information how you should adjust your approach according the local way of doing business.
Market Studies
We share industry specific market studies and advice on customized market analysis.
- If you are seeking industry-level information on specific market – we can offer Industry specific market study report on selected industries and markets (subject to availability).
- If you need a market study that is specifically tailored to your company's needs – we help you to assess the market and to get help from right service providers and experts.
How to get started
- If your company is exploring multiple potential export markets or if you have not used Business Finland's services before, please leave a contact request through our become a customer page.
- If your company already has a contact person at Business Finland, please speak with that person first.
- The contact information for our personnel is given on the lower part of the web page.
Office contact information
Gärdesgatan 9-11
115 27 Stockholm, Sweden
Annual main trade shows and events
In Sweden, several well visited trade fairs are organized throughout the year. These represent excellent opportunities to engage with stakeholders from both public and private sectors. Social connections are very important here as familiarity and cultural understanding builds trust, so investing time and effort to attend events and establish contacts can be very beneficial for a successful market entry and growth.
Some of the most important trade show locations and largest conferences and trade fairs are listed below. Contact Business Finland’s office in Stockholm for more information and the exact dates.
- Stockholmsmässan for example Nordbygg, Gastronord, Stockholm Furniture and light fair, Sthlm Food & Wine
- Svenskamässan for example Scanpack, Vitalis, Nordic Architecture Fair
- Kistamässan for example Fastighetsmässan, SETT Stockholm, Stockholm Tech Show, Energi Expo, Nordic mobility expo
- Elmia for example Elmia subcontractor trade fair, Elmia Automation, Elmia Lastbil
Contact person
Jonas
Granqvist
Senior Advisor (ICT, Health, General Market Advise)
Josefin
Hörhammer
Advisor (General Market Advice)
Vilma
Rissanen
Senior Advisor (Food, Consumer, General Market Advice)
Anna
Öberg
Senior Advisor (Energy, Bioeconomy, General Market Advice)
Aleksi
Alanko
Business Operations Coordinator (Investments to Finland)
Lars
Hagebris
Director, International Operations (Investments to Finland)
Tobias
Petrini
Senior Advisor (Investments to Finland)