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The future of offshore wind

The government has announced a major investment in offshore wind power. This provides exciting new opportunities for the supplier industry in Agder. Kristiansand municipality highlights...

A boost for the Agder food region

Food producers in the region are working together to promote local food and food tourism in Agder.

Solar park on an industrial roof in Birkeland

Five actors in Birkeland are investigating whether it is possible to create a common energy source in the center of Birkeland.

The Toad project

Padda was the name of an empty float boat that was towed on the Herefossfjord. Birkenes Historielag is working on getting it exhibited, in a new building ...

Business Network for E-commerce

In the spring of 2021, a regional network for e-commerce companies in Agder was established. The aim of the business network is to strengthen the e-commerce value chain in...

Sustainable business ideas competition

The Sustainable Business Idea Competition (SBC) seeks sustainable ideas regardless of industry.

Birkenes Business Forum

Birkenes Business Forum shall facilitate business development in Birkenes by being a forward-looking driving force and sparring partner for the established...

Board networks, commissions and committees we take part in

As an active facilitator of projects for business development and growth in the Kristiansand region, Business Region Kristiansand takes part in a number of board networks,...

Nordic commissioning dialogue

Nordic Order Dialogue is a collaboration on emission-free delivery of goods and services where Business Region Kristiansand participates on behalf of Kristiansand...

ReConcile - energy efficient municipal buildings

As representatives of Region Kristiansand, Kristiansand and Birkenes municipalities are participating in the Interreg project Reconcile; reducing energy use in the construction...

Biogas Agder

3B at Birkeland is looking for new sustainable solutions in the use of energy. Today, 3B uses natural gas. 3B wants to replace that gas with pure gas. In this...

Lillesand-Flaksvand line

The Lillesand-Flaksvandbanen, LFB, was the first railroad in the Agder counties. It was opened in 1896, a few months before the Setesdalsbanen and as much as 42 years before...

Wind opportunities

Vindmuligheter is a business network for actors in Agder who want to realize business opportunities related to onshore and offshore wind power.

The university city of Kristiansand

Through collaboration, interaction and co-creation, Kristiansand is developing from a city with a university to a university city.

GRESS

Kristiansand municipality participates in the EU project Green Startup Support, "GRESS". The project runs for three years and looks at how Kristiansand municipality can...

U40

Business Region Kristiansand and the Chamber of Commerce took the initiative to create a meeting place and arena for young workers. Since 2019, U40 has developed...

Business Day

In collaboration with Sparebank 1, Azets, Skagerak Maturo, KPMG, Fædrelandsvennen, Fundament and the Business Association in the Kristiansand region, BRKrs...

Food foresight

The project Business foresight Agder towards 2030 ran from January to September 2018, and aimed to provide a good knowledge and decision-making basis for...

Join the Nordics

The Chamber of Commerce in the Kristiansand region, UiA and Business Region Kristiansand are conducting a pilot project to profile the region for international...

Boosting growth in the Kristiansand region

In the first phase of the Development Program for City Regions, the municipalities in the Kristiansand region worked on developing, anchoring and adopting a common strategic...

GenY City

GenY City is an international project that is part of URBACT III. URBACT III is a program of exchange of experience and mutual learning between cities, and...

BFK: Previous competitions

The Sustainable Business Idea Competition has been running since 2015. The winners of both 2016 and 2017 were included in the Climate-KIC accelerator, which...

South by Southwest

Business Region Kristiansand and Agder County Council have for a number of years sent a delegation to South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas. SXSW is a festival...

Three days

Scanflex, Uldal, Foss and Aanesland are some of Norway's leading wood products factories and are all located in Birkenes municipality. These joined forces with Business Region...