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The Swedish Elevator Association with Secretary General Sara Berggren has co-signed a debate article together with Åsa Strahlemon, chairman of the DHR – Participation, Action, Freedom of Movement, Oscar Sjökvist, chairman of the Association of Young People with Disabilities, Titus Fridell, chairman of the Saco student council, Elsa Berlin, vice chairman of the Swedish United Student Unions, in Altinget.se about the Swedish National Board of Housing, Planning and Planning's new building regulation proposal which states that only 20 percent of newly built student housing […]

The Swedish Elevator Association is the Swedish trade association for companies in the elevator and escalator industry. We work to ensure that all buildings in Sweden are safe, accessible and sustainable when it comes to elevators and vertical transport, to promote accessibility for everyone regardless of physical ability. We are therefore critical of the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning's proposal to ease the building requirements for student housing when it […]

The Swedish Elevator Association's Secretary General Sara Berggren has been entrusted with the role of chair of the committee SIS/TK 211 Elevators and Escalators. The greater transparency in the standardization work means that the Swedish Elevator Association will be a good representative of all member companies and can keep members informed about things that can have a major impact on their operations. The purpose of standards is to agree on clear procedures […]

On Wednesday, November 13, the Swedish Elevator Association invites its members to an autumn meeting on the theme Vital: Safe workplaces in the elevator and escalator industry to create a good safety culture in the elevator and escalator industry. The Swedish Elevator Association wants to support the elevator and escalator industry in increasing knowledge about risks and safety, increasing the skills to practically use the knowledge about risks and safety that exists, and […]

Johanna Nygårdh is Regional Director Sweden North at KONE and newly elected to the board of the Swedish Elevator Association. We asked Johanna a few questions about why they are members and what she considers to be the Swedish Elevator Association’s most important mission. KONE is one of the world’s leading companies in the elevator and escalator industry with a mission to make it easy to move around in a […]

Fredrik Bodin is CEO of Vinga Hiss and newly elected representative of the elevator group Motum on the board of the Swedish Elevator Association. We asked Fredrik a few questions about why they are members and what he considers to be the most important tasks of the Elevator Association. The Motum group was formed in 2014, but its history goes back further than that. The oldest subsidiaries ITK, Hissgruppen and Uppsala Lyft were founded […]

In last week's debate article "The EU is not an excuse for Swedish regulatory mess" (Dagens Industri, May 30), the Lift Directive was incorrectly used as an example of over-implementation of EU legislation. It may be true that Sweden sometimes over-implements EU legislation, but basing the argument on the Lift Directive shows ignorance and is extremely unfortunate. On the contrary, what Jessika Roswall (M) and Tomas […]

New and well-modernized elevators are very safe means of transportation. However, more than half of all elevators in Sweden are older than 30 years, which means that users often travel in elevators that lack important safety equipment. In recent years, there have been several accidents with older elevators in residential buildings, where children in particular have been seriously injured. […]

Support for housing for the elderly Property owners can apply for government support to arrange and provide housing for the elderly. This support can also include the retrofitting of a lift or certain modernization measures. According to the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning, there is no requirement that the elderly already live in the stairwell. The requirement is that the measure should promote the opportunity for the elderly to now or […]

Since 1992, the Swedish Elevator Association has been the Swedish trade association for companies that manufacture, install and maintain elevators and escalators.

Every year, pets are injured in elevator-related accidents. Don’t let your pet become part of the statistics. Keep your pet on a short leash and close to you throughout the entire elevator ride. When you and your pet end up on opposite sides of the elevator door, a very dangerous situation can arise. The elevator door sensors don’t detect the narrow leash straps and the door […]

Oskar Andersson is a head teacher in elevators at Xenter Vocational College in Botkyrka. We had a chat with Oskar about the 1-year training for service technicians in the elevator and escalator industry. At Xenter’s training for prospective elevator and escalator technicians, people of different ages and backgrounds gather. Regarding the prerequisites needed, Oskar says: – The only prerequisites that […]