Swedish Project Management

This service is built for international brands and retail groups that need a project manager in the Nordics without opening their own office here. Typically the client sits in Paris, Milan, London or New York, owns the concept and the brand book, and needs one accountable person on the ground in Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen or Helsinki to make the opening happen.

We also work with Nordic property owners, franchise partners and hospitality operators who need professional project leadership for a single site or a series of openings.

Building permits are handled locally in every Nordic country — bygglov in Sweden, byggesak in Norway, byggetilladelse in Denmark and rakennuslupa in Finland — and lead times vary widely between municipalities. A change of use or a new shopfront almost always triggers a permit, so planning for it at brief stage is usually the single biggest schedule risk on a retail fit-out.

Work-environment law across the Nordics requires named coordinators for design and execution — BAS-P and BAS-U in Sweden, with direct equivalents in Norway, Denmark and Finland. As client you carry that responsibility unless it is formally transferred; we make sure it is assigned and documented in each market.

Construction contracts follow national standard forms: AB 04 and ABT 06 in Sweden, NS 8405 and NS 8407 in Norway, AB 18 and ABT 18 in Denmark, and YSE in Finland. All of them end in a formal final inspection that starts the warranty period — something international clients used to JCT or FIDIC normally need translated into their own governance.

Add to that landlord fit-out guides in the major shopping destinations, national building regulations for fire and accessibility, and short winter working days across the region — all of which we plan into the programme from day one.