In 2025, six VTT-originating startups secured a combined €445 million in equity funding. Notably, each of these funding rounds exceeded €10 million. The Finnish startup sector has grown to over...
Finland is entering a period where demographic pressures and labour shortages are converging into a structural challenge. Economists, research institutions, and business organisations have...
A forumNordic investigation into the innovations, fractures and emerging governance experiments shaping the future of water in the North In March 2026, Swedish hydrologist Kenneth M Persson issued...
When people talk about innovation in Nordic industry, they usually point to batteries, telecoms or green steel. Yet a quieter transformation is taking place on the surfaces of things: on elevator...
On a global scale, the problem is almost invisible. A single diaper, sealed in its pastel‑coloured wrapping, seems harmless enough. Yet multiplied by the 170 billion produced each year, the...
On a cold morning in Espoo, a story that began in the 1960s with beakers of brownish pulp-mill liquor has reawakened as a thesis for the future of food. Engineers at a Finnish forest-industry lab...
Follow‑up to Forum Nordic’s coverage of Europe’s “drone wall” and the new geometry of lower‑airspace security. DroneFactory as a Capability Europe’s scramble to harden the lowest layer...
1. AI Microphone Technology: NoiseTag and the Future of Intelligent Sound Monitoring Researchers at SINTEF, working with Norwegian sound‑measurement company Norsonic, have developed NoiseTag, an...
Top Defence & Security Innovations Shaping Tomorrow Finland’s defence and aerospace ecosystem, an unusually dense constellation of deep‑tech SMEs, advanced manufacturers, and rapidly scaling...
There’s a particular Davos light, the kind that falls coldly on glass and snow, making even the most utopian talk feel provisional. In that light, Yuval Noah Harari said what many had been...
🇫🇮 Finland 1. 🇫🇮 Lignin‑based battery anode breakthrough Stora Enso announces progress on industrializing lignin‑based carbon anodes for batteries, using Nordic...
Varjo’s Sharp End Helsinki-based Varjo has quietly become a linchpin of high‑fidelity virtual and mixed reality (XR) training across NATO, with deployments spanning more than a hundred...
AaltoQ20 and the New Nordic Technology Frontier Finland has taken a decisive leap into the next era of computational capability with the unveiling of AaltoQ20, Aalto University’s newly built...
1. 🇮🇸 Carbfix expands CO₂‑mineralization technology Carbfix announces a new mineral‑storage site and improved injection method reducing cost per tonne. Positions Iceland as a global...
1. 🇩🇰 Ørsted unveils floating‑wind mooring breakthrough Ørsted announces a new lightweight mooring system reducing costs for deep‑water floating wind. Targets North Sea and Atlantic...
New industrial hydrogen valley aims for 37,000+ tonnes of green hydrogen annually by 2030. Anchors Norway’s leadership in hydrogen tech. Innovator: SINTEF with Norwegian industry...
🇫🇮 Jukola Cheese unveils room‑temperature Cheddar A breakthrough shelf‑stable Cheddar that can be stored dry at room temperature for long periods without refrigeration. Developed using...
The Nordics believe in free trade and open markets - we oppose monopolies and quasi monopolies. Thus we support Europe’s challenge to US browser and social‑media dominance centers on...
On 1 October 2025, Norway executed one of the most ambitious research‑infrastructure transformations in Europe: the launch of the Nasjonalt vitenarkiv (NVA), its new unified national repository...
On certain Arctic mornings, the sky looks hollow, as if cold itself has a colour. In places like Nuuk or Ísafjörður, the air carries a taut stillness that forewarns a day when technology becomes...
Norway’s headline innovation lists often hinge on R&D spend, patent counts, or startup funding. The Norwegian Innovation Index (NII) does something different: it ranks companies by...
Norway’s next chapter in cyber defence is not about connecting more systems, it’s about hardening the ones that already run the country. That shift is visible in three converging tracks: (1)...
Far above the Arctic Circle, in places few people ever visit, lie some of the world’s northernmost peatlands, vast, water‑logged carbon stores built slowly over millennia. They look simple:...
Finland has quietly done something bold. On 20 February 2026, the Finnish Defence Forces (FDF) announced that it had initiated coordinated innovation activities and would stand up a...
UXV Technologies’ newest announcements centre on advanced defence photonics, integrated soldier systems, and expanded international engagement. The most significant development is a newly...
Everdrone’s newly launched E3 medical transport drone represents a major leap in emergency‑response aviation. Fully developed in‑house, the E3 is “faster, safer, and can carry...
SINTEF’s newest updates emphasise responsible digital infrastructure, renewable energy breakthroughs, and climate‑aligned industrial technologies. A central theme is the...
Wärtsilä’s latest insights focus on decarbonisation, clean fuels, propulsion optimisation, and resilient energy systems. A major theme is reducing methane slip from LNG‑powered vessels,...
VTT’s current portfolio showcases a strong push toward advanced materials, clean energy systems, circularity, and next‑generation food technologies. Dispelix’s AR waveguide...
The opioid emergency meets algorithmic prediction Norway is stepping into one of the world’s thorniest public‑health challenges with an unusual tool: machine learning models designed to forecast...
The maritime world is at a turning point. As international shipping edges toward net‑zero targets and offshore energy infrastructure expands at unprecedented scale, traditional steel‑dominant...
On the ferry from Ísafjörður, the sea has a way of flattening thought. The bow points toward the old, empty north, Hornstrandir, and the water, always shifting, takes on the grey of layered...
On certain mornings in Húsavík, the colour of the sea seems undecided. It can look slate‑hard and old, as if hammered in place by a winter that refuses to end; or it can turn an enamelled...
At the edge of the North Atlantic, far from the world’s biggest capitals, a nation of 380,000 is assembling a brain trust for the most complex problem of our time: how to live and thrive in a...
KTH Innovation supports over 400 startup ideas per year and has helped launch 450+ companies, so there is no single finite list — but here are the 17 startups from Batch 15 of the KTH Innovation...
Chalmers Ventures has over 193 portfolio companies spanning deep tech, greentech, life sciences, energy, and more, it's not possible to list them all. Below is a curated selection of notable current...
The quest to make electronics both smaller and cleaner has often been told through the lens of chip fabs and ever‑shrinking transistor gates. But a quieter revolution is unfolding in the Nordics,...
A winter test flight over Espoo Late afternoon light fades to cobalt over the pines. A hand‑launched quadrotor lifts from a snowy car park outside VTT’s campus, its payload a prototype...
In a sector crowded with glossy videos of orange arms throwing sparks, the most interesting advances often hide in cell architecture, fixture logic, and the mundane choreography of pallets, jigs and...
