We bring together companies, researchers and public actors who are renewing Halland's blue and green industries with new technology – on land and at sea. An ecosystem that gives back more than it takes. ENVOLVE is run by Falkenberg Municipality's business development unit with funding from Region Halland.
What we do
Do you run a company, have an idea or do research that could make Halland's blue and green industries more sustainable and resilient? We connect you with the right partners, test environments and capital in the region.
Companies, academia, municipalities and investors who would not otherwise have found each other.
Pilot and demonstration sites where new technology and ideas can be tried before anyone invests – including Matpark and Blue Hub Halland.
Through hackathons, Envolve Dialogues and networks in Sweden and abroad.
Focus areas
We work in five areas where Halland has a real head start – on land and at sea. Together they form one connected ecosystem.
Regenerative agriculture
Regenerative agriculture that stores carbon in the soil, builds fertility and strengthens biodiversity. We connect farmers with technology, research and each other. The area builds on the feasibility study Future-Proof Regenerative Farming in Halland.
Farming the sea
Farming the sea is key to the food supply of the future. Seaweed and algae provide nutrition as well as raw material for pharmaceuticals and supplements. Halland is well placed – close to fishing harbours and planned offshore wind.
Automation, sensors and AI
Farming and production that benefit from automation, sensors and AI. We connect companies with the region's researchers and developers to tap into their expertise – and with new products developed here, including next-generation fertilisers.
Nutritious food as business value
Food is the foundation of a long and healthy life. Halland has historically had one of the highest life expectancies in Sweden, and we explore what that means for the region's food companies: how locally produced, nutritious food can become business value.
Food cluster, protein and symbiosis
Local producers in Falkenberg's food cluster process the region's raw materials, and we connect them with each other, with grocery retail and with new technologies. This area also covers next-generation protein – Halland has a precision fermentation facility looking for new partners – and industrial and urban symbiosis, where side streams become resources.
The ecosystem — the virtual hub
This is the ecosystem ENVOLVE has mapped – the actors in Halland's blue and green industries and the connections between them. The map is a way to visualise the complexity, not an exact record. It is based on our ongoing monitoring and changes over time. Organisation descriptions in the map are in Swedish.
Is your company missing from the map? Get in touch and we will add you.
Add your companyFind your way in
ENVOLVE connects actors across the whole value chain. Whatever your role, there is a place for you in the ecosystem.
Grow in Halland's ecosystem
Invest in Halland's blue and green industries
Connect your research to real-world use
Strengthen your local capacity for innovation
Envolve Dialogues
Envolve Dialogues brings together companies, decision-makers, researchers and committed individuals for open conversations about sustainability, technology and public benefit. We host it in Falkenberg during Halland Tech Week.
We want more than talk. The conversations should lead to something concrete – partnerships, projects or recommendations that can be put into practice.
Envolve Dialogues is meant as a hub for systems thinking on complex societal challenges – an open, cross-disciplinary arena where actors from different sectors co-create solutions across the whole system rather than in silos. We use the methodology of Chalmers Challenge Lab – a transformative and integrative approach to sustainability transitions.
Reference: Challenge Lab: A transformative and integrative approach for sustainability transitions (Chalmers University of Technology).
From conversation to concrete change in Halland's blue and green industries.
We bring together actors who would not otherwise meet.
An open, independent meeting place with no agenda of its own.
This year's edition
11 November 2026 · 09:00–15:00 · Falkenberg Strandbad
The oldest innovation system we know of is not digital: in nature's ecosystems there is no waste – everything is returned. This year's Envolve Dialogues is Falkenberg's day at Halland Tech Week. Farmers, businesses, the public sector, academia and students come together to put regeneration into practice – from soil and food to leadership and new technology. The programme is in Swedish.
Free of charge (SEK 600 + VAT no-show fee) · 55 places · Registration 12 October–10 November
Programme and registration (in Swedish)Previous editions
Conversations on how Halland's food traditions and food companies can contribute to a long and healthy life.
longevityhalland.seOn autonomy as an open principle – how self-governing technologies can strengthen society's resilience and self-sufficiency in food, materials, energy and preparedness, while benefiting the wider world through open source.
On the sea as a resource – algae, aquaculture and blue biorefining.
On the food of the future – new raw materials, technologies and sustainable production.
About the project
ENVOLVE 2 is a virtual innovation hub for the blue and green bioeconomy in Halland, Sweden. The project is run by Falkenberg Municipality's business development unit with funding from Region Halland and runs from 2024 to 2027.
We work with both a virtual hub (this website and the ecosystem map) and physical pilot and demonstration sites: Blue Hub Halland in Glommen and Matpark at Campus Falkenberg. What we learn there forms the basis for a proposal for a future innovation environment in the region.
Falkenberg MunicipalityWhere ideas can be tested for real before anyone invests.
Glommen
A physical node for blue innovation on the Halland coast, where offshore seaweed farming, biorefining and land-based processing meet in a circular system.
Campus Falkenberg
A food innovation platform at Campus Falkenberg. An edible park is taking shape here – a place where new growing techniques and food ideas can be tested and shown.
Status against the project goals. Updated at every steering group meeting.
Contact
Tell us who you are and we will connect you with the right person, test environment or partner in the ecosystem. We are happy to correspond in English.
Project Manager, ENVOLVE 2
Business Development Officer, Falkenberg Municipality
Project Owner
Head of Business Development, Falkenberg Municipality
Funded by
Falkenberg Municipality