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Site visits and briefings

Meet representatives from Helsingborg’s business community and municipal services. Choose one company you want to visit from either session, or one company from each if attending both.

Transportion is provided and leaves from Dunkers Kulturhus, Kungsgatan 11. A representative from the City of Helsingborg will join you on site visits.

May 21
Session 1: 10:45–12:15
Session 2: 12:45–14:15

Session 1: Choose one of the following visits

Nowaste Logistics
One of the largest third-party logistics providers in the Nordics. With clients in sectors such as telecom and pharmaceuticals, its terminals in Helsingborg play an important role in societal preparedness.

Guide: Jesper Brandin, Marketing Director

Nederman
A leading global provider of industrial air filtration solutions, with newly-built headquarters in Helsingborg. The building has its own innovation centre where they research, develop and test solutions for future needs.

Guide: Thomas Niklasson, SVP Marketing & Communications.

Helsingborgshem
Learn how urban development can strengthen civil preparedness and social resilience. In the DrottningH project, the focus has been on a social approach—building a community where trust, cohesion and local networks enable people to support one another and act together in times of change and crisis.

Guides: Mikaela Åberg, Property Manager, and Samir Kafedzic, Project Manager, City of Helsingborg

Kemira
A leading provider of chemical solutions for water-intensive industries, including pulp and paper production, water treatment, and the oil and gas sector. Kemira focuses on sustainability by developing products that improve resource efficiency and reduce environmental impact.

Guide: Björn Linde, CEO

Session 2: Choose one of the following visits

Port of Helsingborg
One of the most important logistics hubs in northern Europe and Sweden’s second-largest container port, handling around seven million tonnes of cargo each year. Sea, road and rail transport come together efficiently, giving businesses fast and reliable access to both national and international markets. The port also plays an important role in Sweden’s security and defence.

Guide: Bart Steijaert, CEO

MilDef
Over the past 30 years, this Helsingborg-based defence technology company has established itself as one of the Nordic region’s leading providers of rugged IT systems for defence applications. Today, the company operates in around ten countries and supports data-driven defence, primarily across the Nordics, Europe, the UK and the US.

Guide: Olof Engvall, Head of Investor Relations & Corp Com

RecoLab
RecoLab in Oceanhamnen is a key part of developing next-generation water and wastewater solutions. It is an innovative testbed and exhibition space where new circular water systems are developed and demonstrated. Blackwater, greywater or wastewater are separated into different systems before entering the facility, enabling advanced testing of more resource-efficient and self-sustaining water systems.

Guide: Amanda Haux, Operations Manager

Öresundskraft
Öresundskraft is the city’s energy company, providing electricity, district heating, district cooling, gas and energy services to households and businesses. The company is actively working towards sustainable development, investing in renewable energy and smart energy solutions to help create a more climate-friendly society.

Guide: Fredrik Hedvall, CCS Program Manager (Carbon Capture & Storage)

Presentationsat Parken – the city’s innovation hub

May 21, 13:00–17:00

Parken, Oceanhamnen, Henckels torg 3

Learn more about the organisations and initiatives building on Helsingborg’s key strengths and strategic location. Stay for the full afternoon or join the sessions that interest you most.

13:00–13:45
LUPREP – David Gisselsson Nord, Professor, Specialist Physician, Senior Consultant in Pathology

Lund University Centre for Preparedness and Resilience (LUPREP) brings together and develops research in preparedness. Through a cross-disciplinary platform for research, education and collaboration in total defence (civil and military), it helps strengthen crisis preparedness and long-term societal resilience. During this session you will learn more about the project MedSwarm: drone-assisted healthcare in the field.

14:00–14:45
Combitech – Henrik Agardh Twetman, Business Unit Manager

Combitech accelerates the development of a smarter, more sustainable and more resilient society. By combining extensive experience and expertise from the defence and industrial sectors, the company helps ensure that organisations, communities and total defence systems are equipped to meet future challenges and opportunities. Combitech is part of the Saab Group.

15:00–15:45
HETCH – David Nilsson Sträng, CEO

Helsingborg Tech House (HETCH) is a startup and tech hub where new companies are built and developed. In just a few years, it has become a strong national player in tech, innovation and scale-ups. Today, more than 120 companies are part of the community, from established businesses to early-stage entrepreneurs. Since its launch, HETCH companies have raised over SEK 700 million in investment.

16:00–16:45
HH Connection – Fredrik Meyer, Infrastructure Strategist, City of Helsingborg

The narrowest point of the Øresund offers a real opportunity to strengthen integration between Sweden and Denmark. A fixed link between Helsingborg and Helsingør would create a shared labour market stretching from southern Halland and northern Skåne to eastern Zealand and Copenhagen. The link would also add much-needed capacity and resilience to the Øresund region. In a more uncertain world, both civil and military preparedness must be strengthened to safeguard military mobility and vital supply chains in the event of crisis or war. 

Free entry to attractions and e-bikes during your stay

City attractions
Explore some of Helsingborg’s most popular attractions with our compliments. Journalists enjoy free entry—on presentation of a valid press badge—to Kärnan, Fredriksdal Museums and Gardens, and Dunkers Kulturhus on 21–22 May. Sofiero offers free entry on 22 May.

E-bikes
E-bikes are available to borrow outside Dunkers Kulturhus. Please contact the Welcome Service on site for assistance. No advance booking is required.

Guided tours and activities
A unique tour of Helsingborg

21 May – 15:30

Discover Helsingborg on a guided tour exploring how its strategic location has shaped the city, past and present. You’ll experience different sides of the city’s beauty, from charming neighbourhoods to views out over the coast. Along the way, there will be stops to explore local scents and flavours.

Guide: Martin Hadmyr, Head of Landscape Architecture
Duration: 1.5 hours
Meeting point: Outside the entrance to Dunkers Kulturhus, Kungsgatan 11

You’ll see different sides of the city’s beauty, from charming neighbourhoods to sustainable urban innovation, public space and waterfront transformation.

Talk with Ukrainian artist Kateryna Lysovenko

21 May – 17:00

Artist Kateryna Lysovenko left Ukraine shortly after the full-scale Russian invasion. Now based in Vienna, her work has become some of the most widely recognised portrayals of Ukrainian voices and perspectives. Her upcoming exhibition in Helsingborg reflects four years of war and its impact on people and on Europe’s future.

Moderator: Martin Schibli, Utställningskurator
Duration: 1 hour
Venue: Dunkers Kulturhus, Kungsgatan 11

Helsingborg Concert Hall – “Ett hus av mod”
An orchestra in motion – from French passion to Swedish excellence

May 21 – 18:00

Go behind the scenes at Helsingborg Concert Hall, built in 1932—an architectural landmark and Sweden’s first purpose-built modernist concert hall. Renowned worldwide for its acoustics, it is home to the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra. You are invited to attend an open dress rehearsal on the evening before the season finale, performed under the direction of Chief Conductor Maxime Pascal.

Guide: Katrine Ganer Skaug, Concert Hall Director
Duration: 1–1.5 hours
Meeting point: Foyer, Helsingborg Concert Hall, Drottninggatan 19
Please note: Registration closes at 12:00 PM on May 21^st

Discover Helsingborg at your own pace with Helsingborg Marathon

May 21 – 20:30

Experience Helsingborg at sunset with Helsingborg Marathon—in walkers or running shoes is up to you. The route takes you along the coast and through forested areas, as well as past several of the city’s best-known spots.

Choose your preference to walk or run when you register.

Guides: Erik Alnervik & Johan Lundgren
Duration: 1 hour
Meeting point: Outside the entrance to Dunkers Kulturhus, Kungsgatan 11