The Nordic Quantum Alliance brings together leading ecosystem organizations and research partners across the Nordic region to establish a joint platform for collaboration, industry engagement, policy alignment, and investor readiness in quantum technologies. The Nordic Quantum Alliance is an initiative under the Nordic Innovation funded project ‘Nordic Quantum Coordination Pathways’.
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“The most effective way to build a fast-paced, use-case-driven quantum tech collaboration across the Nordics? Link the already existing national ecosystems. These ecosystems unite leading organizations and networks, each bringing unique expertise and contributions. A network of networks creating a Nordic quantum powerhouse, enabling our region to build world-class solutions and strengthening our long-term competitiveness,” says Sindre Bornstein, CEO of Nordic Innovation.
Why do we need a Nordic Quantum Alliance
Quantum technologies are increasingly recognized as critical enablers for future competitiveness, resilience and security, with applications expected across sectors including energy, mobility, manufacturing, finance, health and defence. However, broad industrial adoption still requires stronger coordination between research environments, emerging companies, investors, and end users.
The Nordic Quantum Alliance will address this challenge by creating practical Nordic pathways for collaboration, matchmaking and ecosystem development over the coming three years.
“The next decade will be decisive for the development of the global quantum industry. The Nordic countries have world-class research, strong industrial sectors and highly complementary capabilities. By coordinating earlier and more strategically, we can strengthen both Nordic competitiveness and Europe’s technological resilience,” says Monika Sandnesmo, Project Lead at Norsk Kvanteklynge.
The project focuses on four strategic areas:
- Building awareness of quantum technology’s industrial and economic potential
- Activating end users and strengthening investor readiness
- Coordinating Nordic engagement towards European policy and funding initiatives
- Establishing a long-term Nordic cooperation framework through the Nordic Quantum Alliance
The initiative will deliver concrete outputs including Nordic use-case catalogues, end-user networks, investor engagement activities, policy coordination and structured collaboration between research, startups, corporates and public-sector stakeholders.
The initiative also includes a Nordic–Baltic extension aimed at strengthening dialogue and future collaboration opportunities with Iceland and the Baltic countries.
Background
The Nordic Quantum Alliance is coordinated by Norsk Kvanteklynge, together with InstituteQ - The Finnish Quantum Institute, Danish Quantum Community, and Quantum Sweden Innovation Platform (QSIP). It is a part of the project ‘Nordic Quantum Coordination Pathways’ which is funded under the program ‘Nordic Forward: Resilience and competitiveness for 2050’ which aims to strengthen the Nordic region’s long-term competitiveness and resilience through collaborative innovation.
