Young Innovation
Workshops and company visits that give young people practical exposure to entrepreneurship and the local job market.
Lidkoping | Local growth | Partnerships
Business woven into the pulse of the city
We connect companies, associations, and civic partners through programs that make Lidkoping more active, visible, and welcoming for residents, visitors, and founders.
Welcome
Where local enterprise and community shape the next chapter.
Urgent
Service update
Registration for the spring business forum closes Friday, April 12. Reserve your organization’s place and book mentor sessions before capacity fills.
Program showcase
Programs moving across the city
Morning Forum
Monthly gatherings with insight sessions, quick introductions, and current business topics for Lidkoping’s enterprise community.
Living Centre
Collaborations that animate the town centre with temporary formats, evening activity, and visible local brands.
Open Spaces
Shared projects that make gathering spaces more accessible to new entrepreneurs, families, and associations.
Season Lift
Campaigns and activations that strengthen reasons to visit during summer, autumn, and holiday periods.
Feature and events
One week of momentum, a year of impact
Featured story
When 42 local actors built a shared autumn route
Across three intense days, shops, restaurants, schools, and cultural groups coordinated around an open city route. The result was stronger footfall, longer visits, and new collaborations that continued into winter.
Anna Johansson describes the model as a way of working rather than a one-off event: short decision paths, shared visibility, and clear roles for every partner.
See upcoming eventsCommunity impact
Numbers with people behind them
2025 snapshot
126
Active member companies
38
Joint activations
4.8k
Direct participants
Each figure reflects a network that has become tighter, faster, and more visible in public life.
Story 1
A faster entry point for new founders
Through a shared intake flow, new business initiatives gained access to mentor support, place-based dialogue, and public visibility within the same month.
Story 2
Retail and civic groups drew audiences together
When planning and promotion were shared across partners, activity in the centre increased while more organizations gained meaningful visibility.
Get involved
Step in where you can make the biggest difference
Choose a way to contribute while building relationships at the same time. This section is built for action: hover over the cards to see where each path leads.
Become a program partner
Contribute resources, venue access, or specialist knowledge to an active initiative.
Support the next generation
Meet emerging entrepreneurial talent through short, focused mentoring commitments.
Host on site
Support city activations, forums, and late-open evenings in the town centre.
Join the network
Gain access to collaboration spaces, shared visibility, and joint program development.
Photo essay
A recent evening in six frames
Voices from the network
Six quick reflections from local participants
We had more new conversations in one evening than in a typical month.
Retail owner
The collaboration gave our students real contact with working life.
School partner
It became clear who I needed to talk to and how I could contribute.
New founder
When the calendar is shared, it becomes easier to create evenings that truly land.
Restaurant owner
It felt like more parts of the city were pulling in the same direction.
Volunteer
We were seen by completely new partners who want to continue the collaboration.
Association lead
Partner spotlight
A partner opening more doors
LIDKOPING FORUM
Local collaboration partner
Featured partner
Lidkoping Forum
This partner contributes venue capacity, visibility, and coordination for activations that connect commerce, learning, and city life. Its stable local presence makes more initiatives executable with shorter lead time.
Become a partnerRecent blog posts
Three notes from current work
Why shared visibility beats isolated campaigns
A quick look at how multiple smaller senders created broader reach and stronger presence in the centre together.
Three lessons from open civic spaces last season
What we learned about place design, movement patterns, and simple decisions that made more actors feel included.
How the mentor format shortened time to first collaboration
A short report on how focused mentor sessions produced clearer next steps for new initiatives.