About
We Accelerate Health Innovation
At Sahlgrenska Science Park, we help transform promising ideas into solutions that improve people's lives. Together with entrepreneurs, researchers, healthcare providers, industry partners, investors, and public organisations, we create the conditions for health innovation to thrive. Our work spans the entire innovation journey.
By bringing people, knowledge, and opportunities together, we help turn innovation into real-world impact—for healthcare, society, and the people who need it most.
"Sahlgrenska Science Park plays an important role in accelerating health innovations from emerging companies which will help us drive the transformation our healthcare system needs. By bringing together relevant representatives from academia, industry and healthcare, they are helping to create a synergy where 1+1+1 truly equals more than 3."
Boubou Hallberg
CEO, Sahlgrenska University Hospital
"By fostering collaboration between academia, healthcare and industry, Sahlgrenska Science Park helps bridge the gap between groundbreaking ideas and real-world solutions, ensuring that promising innovations translate from the bench to bedside."
Jenny Nyström
Dean of Sahlgrenska Academy
"Sahlgrenska Science Park is the vital link between healthcare needs and innovative startup solutions. Strategically located on Medicinareberget and surrounded by world-class entrepreneurs, researchers and clinicians, SSP has all the tools to accelerate groundbreaking health innovations."
Johan Malmquist
Chairman of the Board, Getinge
"Sahlgrenska Science Park has demonstrated it can bring together diverse stakeholders around important issues and challenges to drive change. Their leadership in collaborative projects helps to strengthen West Sweden as a leading hub for life science."
Jenny Almkvist
Head of Life Science Office, Region Västra Götaland
Our owners
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Our team
Meet the people driving health innovation forward
Our team brings together expertise in entrepreneurship, healthcare, innovation, and business development. Together, we help innovators navigate challenges, seize opportunities, and turn ideas into impact.
Our board of directors
Sahlgrenska Science Park’s Board of Directors brings together leaders from healthcare, academia, industry, and the public sector, reflecting its focus on cross-sector health innovation. Their expertise shapes the park’s strategy, aligning with regional strengths and global health needs.
This diverse board ensures the park remains a key hub for collaboration and innovation with regional and global impact.
Chairperson
Marianne Dicander Alexandersson
Board Director and Business Advisor
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Cecilia Dalman Eek
Chairperson of Sahlgrenska University Hospital Board, representing Region Västra Götaland.
Kristian Vramsten
Head of the Executive Committee, City of Mölndal
Anders Sundberg
Vice-Chairman at Business Region Göteborg.
Mats Lundqvist
Vice-President of Utilization and Professor in Entrepreneurship at Chalmers University of Technology.
Max Petzold
Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Gothenburg
(Adjunct Member)
Cecilia Hahn Berg
Strategist Life Science at Sahlgrenska University Hospital