News – Swedish Algae Factory

2019-04-12

Q1 update

Following on from our New Year’s update, here are highlights from the first quarter of 2019. If you’d like more …

2019-02-25

Sofie on TV!

Here’s the interview and article (in Swedish) with video and pictures from our facility and a graphic that describes how …

2019-02-25

On Swedish news

Yesterday we were featured on Swedish television! Here is the link to the video (in Swedish): https://www.svt.se/nyheter/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vast/sofie-vill-forandra-varlden-med-sina-algerlokalt/vast/sofie-vill-forandra-varlden-med-sina-alger

2019-01-15

2018 Highlights and 2019 Goals

What a year! 2018 has been excellent and busy, and we look forward to a successful 2019. 2018 Highlights A …

2018-12-12

Nobel Prize Week 2018

During December we had the honor to present our work at the Nobel Week Dialogue. The theme of this year’s …

2018-11-30

Article in Tidningen Kosmetik

Our CEO and Co-founder Sofie was interviewed in the Swedish cosmetics magazine “Tidningen Kosmetik” in a two-page article about our …

2018-11-11

Welcome 5 new team members!

We’ve expanded our team with five new people! A warm welcome to Swedish Algae Factory. Harriet is our new marketing …

2018-09-28

New investment in Swedish Algae Factory

Here’s our press release (in Swedish): Ny investering i Swedish Algae Factory and Here’s an article (in Swedish) titled “Walerud …

2018-08-15

New 300 sq m facility in operation

Our new algae growing facility has been built during 2018 and is now in operation, producing larger …

2018-04-05

We’re on 33-listan!

We were selected for 33-listan, the prestigious list of Sweden’s hottest tech start-ups created by the well-renowned Swedish newspapers Ny …

2018-03-24

Nature paper published

We published a paper in Nature titled ”Diatom frustules protect DNA from ultraviolet light”. Co-authors are our team members Mikael …

2018-03-08

Royal Visit to the Algae Factory

We were honoured to host Crown Princess Victoria at our facility in Kungshamn on the 7th March. Pictures feature Sofie …

2017-05-24

WWF Climate Solver 2017

Last week Swedish Algae Factory was awarded as a Climate Solver by WWF (World Wildlife Fund) in Helsinki. According to …

2016-09-12

Swedish Algae Factory on air

Listen to us talking about how algae can be utilized to increase efficiency in solar cells on Swedish Radio.

2015-11-10

Åforsk Innovation grant

Our Research Leader has been awarded Åforsk Innovation grant today! Read more about the grant and all the winners.