A changing global situation means a significant expansion of the Swedish Armed Forces and a potential goldmine for businesses in Boden.
“It’s hard to think of any other organization in Sweden with as broad a procurement as the Swedish Armed Forces,” said Jonas Berglund, Head of Procurement at the Swedish Armed Forces, during Bodenxt Talks.
Boden Business Park is growing and there is great interest in Space & Place coworking. Sáme Giellagálldo is one of the members of our coworking space.
Alvina Pettersson is studying to become a business developer for the hospitality industry at the YH Academy and Albin Westerberg is studying Master of Science in Natural Resources Engineering at Luleå University of Technology. During the spring, they do an internship with us at Boden Business Park.
Boden doesn’t just grow the smart and green. The unique Boden Game Camp ecosystem attracts students and game companies from around the world to a growing industry, locally and globally. Their annual gaming conference Boden Game Changer was recently held. and the result was a success.
Markbygden Net believes in local presence and the electricity-intensive industries in the Boden/Lulu area therefore attracted the electricity network company to Boden Business Park. The company is a new tenant in our coworking space at the top of Verkstan.
Changemaker Educations has been granted permission to run the Futuregames Game Designer and Futuregames Game Programmer courses at Boden Game Camp. This was announced by the Swedish Agency for Higher Vocational Education (MYH) on Thursday.
Last week, Linnea Söderström joined us as a business developer. She is the tenants’ closest contact and will work to make Boden Business Park a vibrant meeting place for tenants, students and visitors.
The Swedish gaming industry continues to grow and break new records in turnover. This is the result of the Game Developers’ Index published by the Computer Games Industry. This year’s statistics also show that the number of women is increasing – 44% of new entrants to the gaming industry are women.
The proximity to some of Sweden’s best gaming education programs made Sparrowland choose to establish itself at Boden Business Park. The game studio is now one of around 70 companies with us.
Local presence is central to Kiwa’s business and the company sees opportunities to benefit from the region’s workforce by establishing itself at Boden Business Park. Kiwa is now one of the tenants in our coworking space.
