Swecare - Uniting Swedish Health Care



Swecare is a unique platform where academia, public and private sector join forces toward enhanced export and internationalization of Swedish health care and life science.

True Public-Private Partnership

Swecare was founded in 1978 by the Swedish government and the health care industry together as a semi-governmental non-profit organization. Today, Swecare has around 350 Swedish companies and organizations in its network. The members represent the entire health care spectrum – from the small startup company to universities, county councils, and global corporations, working with everything from biotech to medical technology, pharmaceuticals, and health care services.

Uniting the Swedish Health Care Sector

Solving the major health care challenges we stand before require collaboration across the health care chain.
Swecare’s work is based on the triple helix model where academia, public sector (including the government), and private sector jointly address health care challenges. Joining forces and addressing problems from multiple angles in turn increases collaboration and international competitiveness of Swedish health care.

Swecare acts as a door opener for companies and organizations looking to access ministerial speaking partners, business contacts or collaborators. Swecare assists ministries and official agencies in their international contacts, and receives foreign delegations visiting Sweden. Through a demand driven approach Swecare also arranges seminars, network meetings, and runs projects within identified focus areas, e.g. eHealth.

Advancing International Exhange

Global health care challenges require global solutions. Swecare continuously expands its extensive international network through long term partnerships with similar organizations abroad and international embassies represented in Sweden. Through the Swecare platform, member organizations can access counterparts across the globe. Swecare also arranges international delegation trips, often accompanied by Swedish ministers, offering great collaboration and business opportunities for participating organizations.

Sweden - Home of the Nobel Prize

International comparisons place the Swedish health care system in a front position. Sweden is also the home of the Nobel Prize, a symbol of our longstanding tradition within research and development. The pacemaker, gamma knife, respirator, artificial kidney, Xylocaine, and Losec are just some examples of Swedish innovations which have contributed to improving the quality of life for millions of people around the world. Through continuous investments into innovation and improvement efforts across the entire health care chain, Sweden strives to further develop as a health care nation.

Swecare Members Operate within the following Areas:

Architecture/real estate, Cancer care, Clinical trials, Consulting services, Dental care, Diabetes care, Diagnostics, Eating disorder treatment, eHealth/telemedicine, Elderly care, Health care processes, Health care provision, Infection control, IT/software, Medical technology, Pharmaceuticals, Pharmacy, Preventive care, Private equity, Recruiting services, Rehabilitation, Training/education services, University/research institution, Wound care.