ACAN Sverige (Architects Climate Action Network Sweden) is a non-profit network of people working in the built environment, including architecture and construction professionals and students. It describes its purpose as advancing sustainable development within planetary boundaries. 312 The Swedish chapter was established in 2019 and is part of the wider international Architects Climate Action Network. 27
The network works through campaigns, projects and discussion. Its initiatives include Rivningskartan, developed with SALLY Future Manifestations Lab, which focuses on demolition in Sweden, and a programme of group conversations about societal development and crisis management. 511 Its contact page also lists work on forests and biodiversity, construction emissions, new members and international coordination. 3 These activities connect environmental questions in the construction sector with public engagement and professional practice. 35
ACAN Sverige operates nationally in Sweden, with listed steering-group members based in Stockholm and Gothenburg. 3 LinkedIn identifies Gothenburg as the organisation’s headquarters. 2 The 2024–2025 steering-group listing names, among others, Anna Holst, Anna Mistry Bergbom, Emiline Elangovan, Emma Svanberg, Jenny Övergaard, Malin Nylander, Petter Jacobson and Tove Sjöberg. 3 The organisation invites people to get involved through its social channels or by contacting its general email address. 3
