What is Green Innovation Park?
Green Innovation Park is a place for curious and driven people who want to create knowledge, innovations and solutions for a sustainable future. It brings together researchers, students, entrepreneurs and companies with a common ambition: to contribute to sustainable business and social development.
A unique environment for collaboration
The park offers a value-creating arena where academia, business and society meet. The unique context is enhanced by the proximity to the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), the National Veterinary Institute (SVA) and Sweden's only university animal hospital (UDS).
An ecosystem of companies of the future
Almost 90 companies operate in the area – many of them knowledge-intensive players in green industries, climate technology and life science. What many of them have in common is that they develop groundbreaking technologies and innovations for the future.
Grow with us
As a company, you have the opportunity to start, grow and scale up your business in our flexible premises. We offer:
Coworking
Modern coworking spaces for start-ups and small companies
Offices & Labs
Office environments and flexible labs for growing businesses
Development
Establish in own buildings for larger operations
How Green Innovation Park was created
Green Innovation Park is the result of a vision to open up the campus and create a vibrant meeting place for academia, business and society.
The initiative started as a collaboration between Akademiska Hus and SLU and was inaugurated in 2016. The aim was to strengthen the link between research and entrepreneurship – and to make the campus a place where ideas can be put into practice.
The transformation of Ultuna
During the early 2000s, Campus Ultuna underwent extensive development. New buildings emerged, and the area was shaped into a greener, more attractive and cohesive campus. When SLU's operations moved into modern premises in the heart of the area, new opportunities arose in the previous buildings.
It was in this context that Green Innovation Park took shape – as a natural extension of campus, where vacant premises could be filled with new energy, innovation and collaboration.
Today, Green Innovation Park is run by Akademiska Hus, and continues to develop as a dynamic place for sustainable growth and future innovations.
From historic crossroads to future knowledge hub
Ultuna has been a place of knowledge for thousands of years. From the Bronze Age to the Viking Age, the area was an important hub with a rich culture and possible ties to the god Ull.
Ultuna later became a royal estate and has throughout history been characterized by activity and collaboration – something that laid the foundation for today's modern campus.
Since the 1840s, agricultural education has been available here. Today, Campus Ultuna is a centre for sustainable development, where SLU, researchers and companies together meet the challenges of the future, and Ultuna is the place where history and innovation meet.
Photo: Provided by Lennart Hulth, former SLU employee
Communication & service
Ultuna offers a well-developed infrastructure for both work and everyday life. Here you will find everything you need – from exercise and recreation to smooth communications and good service.
Communications
Ultuna is easily accessible by bike, car and bus. In 2029, a new tramway will open that strengthens the links to Arlanda, Stockholm and the rest of the world.
Exercise & Health
In Ultuna there is everything for an active lifestyle close to nature – gym, outdoor gym, hiking trails, disc golf and spontaneous sports with borrowed equipment. There is also a botanical garden for relaxation and inspiration.
Service
Everything you need is close at hand in Ultuna – restaurants, café, meeting rooms, a to-go shop for quick errands and a medical centre for extra security.