The Göran Bredinger Scholarship
The Göran Bredinger Scholarship recognizes young social entrepreneurs who develop innovative solutions to societal challenges. The grant is worth 50,000 Swedish kronor and is awarded annually in collaboration between Forum for Social Innovation Sweden and Göran Bredinger. The initiative aims to strengthen social innovations with the potential to create social value and long-term sustainability. This year’s application period runs from May 27 to September 30.
The Göran Bredinger Scholarship
Many social entrepreneurs develop innovative solutions to pressing social problems, but often face obstacles in the early stages—such as a lack of capital, visibility, and strategic support. The Göran Bredinger Scholarship was established to address this need by providing both financial resources and recognition to young entrepreneurs driven by social impact and sustainable development.
Through collaboration between the business community and academia, the grant helps create the conditions necessary for promising social innovations to grow, spread, and contribute to a more inclusive society.
Forum for Social Innovation Sweden is responsible for coordinating the scholarship, communication, the call for applications, and the processing of applications. A jury reviews all applications and selects the scholarship recipient annually based on established criteria.
The 2026 application period runs from May 27 to September 30.
Past scholarship recipients
- 2025:Kendal Fritzell and Hans Birkedal–Schaktflow
- 2023:Ramtin Massoumzadeh– Quandify
- 2022:Hannah Lohk–Medsbag
- 2021:Daniel Vaknine and Måns Skogman–The Whistle
- 2020:Sofie Wahlström and Elinor Samuelsson–BrightAct
- 2019:Jonatan Persson–Helios Innovations
- 2018:Henning Gillberg–Repamera
- 2017:Hanne Pålsson–Vevios
- 2016:Joel Holmberg–Tour Guide
- 2015:Kristoffer Persson–Studentvikarie Sverige AB (Humly)
- 2014:Sara Magnusson –The Experiment Factory
Eligibility Criteria – Who Can Apply?
To be eligible for the Göran Bredinger Scholarship, applicants must:
- help address a clear societal challenge
- driven by results for society
- have an innovative and feasible business idea
- demonstrate a financially sustainable and growth-oriented business model
- be able to demonstrate good results
- operate in Sweden
- be in the early stages
- be between 20 and 30 years old
The jury
The jury consists of representatives from the business community, the public sector, and academia:
- Göran Bredinger, founder and CEO of the scholarship, Dieden Group AB
- Lotta Orban, Team and Project Manager, Forum for Social Innovation Sweden
- Hanna Sigsjö, Development Strategist, City of Lund
- Åsa Skogström Feldt, Managing Director, IKEA Social Entrepreneurship BV
- Anders Norman, former CEO, ALMI Skåne
- Nicklas Wallberg, Founder, Common Interest
About the collaboration
- Name: The Göran Bredinger Scholarship
- Subject: Social Entrepreneurship
- Funding: Göran Bredinger / Dieden Group AB
- Project period: Annually since 2014
- Partners: Forum for Social Innovation Sweden and Göran Bredinger/Dieden Group AB
- Responsible Forum for Social Innovation Sweden node: MSI at Malmö University
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