About us

Swedish Games Industry is a partnership organization that represents the industry in the public. The organization consists of the trade organizations Spelplan-ASGD (developers and producers) and MDTS (publishers and distributors).

Dataspelsbranschen/Näringspunkten
Visiting adress: Klara norra kyrkogata 31
Post adress: Box 3139, SE-103 62 Stockholm, Sweden

About MDTS

MDTS is the trade association for publishers and distributors of interactive entertainment. The board consists of people from the membership companies. Johan Mannerhill is the chairman of the board and Maria Tjärnlund is the managing director.

MDTS works with information, statistics, government contact and international cooperation. The mission included the official chart of best selling games and promoting the Pan-European age rating system PEGI.

The value of the Swedish market was 3 billion SEK in 2008 and more than 7.7 million games were sold.  

Members of MDTS: 505 Games, Activision Blizzard, Bergsala, Electronic Arts, Game Outlet Europe, Koch Media Konami, Microsoft, Namco Bandai Partners, Nordic Game Supply, Nordic Softsales, Nordisk Film Distribution, Pan Vision, Ubisoft, Warner Bros and Wendros.

About Spelplan - ASGD

Spelplan-Association of Swedish Game Developers is the trade association for game developers and producers in Sweden. The purpose of the organization is to create a better enviroment for a steady growth in the industry. The board consists of people from the membership companies. Chairman of the board is Johan Kristiansson and Per Strömbäck is managing director.

Spelplan-ASGD works with information, international contacts, subsidies for the industry, quality assured higher education, coordination of research and human resources related issues among other questions.

In 2008 more than 1300 people worked with game development in Sweden.

Members of Spelplan-ASGD:
Avalanche Studios, Bajoum Interactive, The Bearded Ladies Consulting, Coldwood Interactive, DDM Agents, Donya Labs, EA DICE, Expansive Worlds, Fabrication Games, Hansoft, ICE Game Studios, Illuminate Labs, Image & Form, Imagination Studios, Localize Direct, Muskedunder Interactive, Paradox Interactive, Planeto, Play 'N Go, Raketspel, Redikod, Resolution Interactive, Sim Bin, SouthEnd Interactive, Starbreeze, Tarsier Studios, Tenstar, Ubisoft Massive och Zordix.

Support members: Allopass, Bird & Bird, Chalmers University of Technology, Dreamhack, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences at Stockholm University, Future Games Academy, Swedish National Defence Collage, The Games Assembly MMÖ, Gothia Science Park/The Game Incubator, Netport Karlshamn, Pan Vision, University of Skövde, Tension Graphics (Playground Squad) and The Fundation Teknikdalen.

Co-workers

 

Ann-Sofie Sydow
Ann-Sofie Sydow
Educations Coordinator
+46(0)733 710447
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Christofer Sundberg
Christofer Sundberg
Chairman
+46(0)84427670
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Maria Tjärnlund
Maria Tjärnlund
Managing Director
+46(0)734 069069
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Per Strömbäck
Per Strömbäck
Spokesperson
+46 (0) 708 436 214
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Sten Selander
Sten Selander
Senior Executive Advisor
+46(0)733 125969
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Vic Bassey
Vic Bassey
English Editor
+46(0)704 788889
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Swedish Games Industry is a joint organisation of MDTS and Spelplan-ASGD.