Governance
AI Sweden is a partner organization. The main bodies of our governance structure are the Partner Forum and the Steering Committee.
The Partner Forum
The Partner Forum consists of one representative for each Partner and is held once per year. Its key functions are to:
- appoint the chairperson of the Partner Forum
- appoint the Steering Committee after a suggestion by the nomination committee
- appoint the Steering Committee chairperson
- Decide on changes to the principles for collaboration
The Steering Committee
The Steering Committee will consist of a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 10 ordinary members, including the chairperson. Other Appointees shall be limited to:
- One representative from the main funding agencies
- One representative from the Host
- One representative for the so-called nodes
- The Director(s) of AI Sweden
The Steering Committee is responsible for:
- Approval of new Partners (presented by the Directors)
- Approving the high-level strategic agenda and objectives for AI Sweden
- Approval of a high-level annual budget for AI Sweden
- Appointment of the Managing Director
- Approval of changes to the Partnership model
- Approval of changes to the Guidelines
Steering committee members
The current steering committee was elected during the Partner Forum in June, 2025. The steering committee members will serve for one year at a time. These are the current members of the steering committee:
- Chair, Peder Blomgren, VP, Head of Data Office R&D, AstraZeneca
- Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn, Vice-Chancellor, Luleå University of Technology
- Magnus Hedberg, CEO, Akavia
- Niklas Wahlberg, VP System Solutions and Partnerships, AB Volvo
- Petter Bedoire, CTO, Saab
- Gunilla Nordlöf, DG, E-hälsomyndigheten (Swedish eHealth Agency)
- Ingrid Petersson, Chairperson, Lund University
- Linus Wallin, MD, Atea Sweden
- Charlotte Bergqvist, Chief Projects Officer and Country Manager Sweden, Cloudberry Clean Energy.
Appointees:
- Fredrik Weisner, Vinnova (Financier)
- Anders Carlberg, Region Västra Götaland (Financier)
- Johan Löfvenholm, Lindholmen Science Park (Host)
- Pär Johansson, LTU Business (Node representation)
- Martin Svensson, MD, AI Sweden
- Daniel Gillblad, Scientific Director, AI Sweden
- Johanna Bergman, Director of Strategic Development, AI Sweden
- Mikael Ljungblom, Director of Public Policy & International Relations, AI Sweden
- Sofie Koark, Executive Assistant, AI Sweden
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