When integration become a strategic priority
- lessons from Karlskoga
At the Frends user event in Karlskoga, municipalities and partners from across the country gathered to share experiences around integration, digitalization, and the future of work. The focus wasn't just on technology, but on how organizations actually use integration to enable business transformation in practice.
During the day, Frends presented both new functionality and their roadmap for the future. Perhaps even more important, however, were the real-world examples showcased by Frends and the municipalities. Österåker Municipality shared its work on a digital twin, where Frends integration platform acts as the hub, feeding the model with accurate data from multiple systems in real time. A clear example of how integration has become a prerequisite for modern governance and development.
When complexity becomes everyday reality
For many organizations, especially in the public sector, the reality looks like this:
many vendors, high pressure for change, and limited capacity. At the same time, demands for security, quality, and traceability continues to grow.
When integration doesn't work, the consequences are immediate.
Organizations slow down business transformation, build in dependencies, allow technical debt to accumulate, and make maintenance dependent on specific individuals. In these situations, integration stops being just an IT project and becomes a strategic capability.
From left: Fredrik Stark – Axonis, Sebastian Dehman – Frends, Robert Jakobsson – Frends, Peter Björnholm – Axonis.
Axonis journey - and why we were there
Axonis AB was founded in 2024 with a clear idea: to combine deep technical expertise with strong business understanding and a sustainable way of working. In just one year, we have grown from zero to nine employees - and won our first major public procurement: Solna City.
Solna is a clear example of the reality many municipalities face. With a large number of IT systems and a high inflow of digitalization initiatives, what was needed was not just integrations, but long-term strengthening. Solna City required a systems integrator who could translate business needs into technical solutions, collaborate across business, architects, and vendors, and ensure structure, documentation and governance.
What we deliver is effectively a combination of architecture and change management, where technology and business meet in everyday practice.
Partnership - more than just platform and code
When Axonis chose Frends as a partner, it wasn't just about technology. It was about how we want to work: simplicity in getting started, strong presence, transparency and co-development through continous alignment. Our growth goes hand in hand with Frends - not by chance, but as a result of our approach and partnership.
For us, partnership is built on trust, clarity and long-term collaboration. Both platform and partner are equally important, especially when integration becomes business-critical.
Our conviction
The lessons from Karlskoga confirm what we see in our projects every day: integration is a strategic capability. Success requires roles that can speak in business, not just code, and partners who are realiable over time. Axonis' ambition is to be Sweden's most valued and trusted partner in integration, automation and change management - where technology meets business understanding and delivers results.
