APV Utbildarna joins CERTANIA Group

Munich, Germany/Gothenburg, Sweden, 29th April 2026 – APV Utbildarna i Sverige AB (“APV Utbildarna”), a specialised corporate online learning and certification platform provider, has joined CERTANIA Group and will become part of CERTANIA’s Certification & Compliance segment. APV Utbildarna supports organisations with the delivery and administration of training and compliance programmes through digital course delivery, certification workflows and progress tracking. 

APV Utbildarna’s offering is focused on mandatory competence and safety training in regulated environments. The portfolio covers training areas such as infrastructure and road work, electrical installation, work environment, transport, law and fire safety, enabling customers to manage training requirements and document completion in a structured, auditable way. 

With APV Utbildarna joining, CERTANIA takes a visible strategic step to expand its training and personnel certification offering. The partnership establishes a scalable training platform that can be leveraged across the group. The platform’s digital delivery model supports efficient roll-out across geographies and provides a basis for closer collaboration with CERTANIA companies in certification, auditing and compliance services. 

“APV Utbildarna is a unique addition to CERTANIA’s Certification & Compliance segment,” says Karsten Xander, CEO of CERTANIA Group. “The company expands our certification training offering with a scalable digital delivery model and strengthens our ability to support customers with structured, auditable competence and compliance training. The founders, Staffan Carlström and Victor Lang, are true entrepreneurs and bring valuable digital marketing expertise that is relevant to the entire group.”

“Joining CERTANIA provides a strong framework to further develop our digital training platform and to make our offering available to a broader set of customers and markets,” says Victor Lang, Managing Director of APV Utbildarna. “We see clear potential to expand training coverage and to collaborate across CERTANIA’s organisations,” ads Staffan Carlström, Managing Director of APV Utbildarna. 

About CERTANIA
CERTANIA Group, headquartered in Munich, is an internationally active Testing, Inspection & Certification (TIC) company with centuries of combined experience. Its experts shape industry standards and continuously advance methods across life sciences, food and consumer goods, industrials, buildings and infrastructure, as well as certification and compliance. More information: www.certania.com.

About APV Utbildarna 
APV Utbildarna is a specialised corporate digital learning and certification platform delivering online courses with certification workflows.  Based in Gothenburg, Sweden, the company supports organisations with digital trainings and certifications across regulated training areas, enabling structured compliance documentation and progress tracking. The company operates under the brands APV and Kravkompetens. More information: www.apvutbildarna.se/en. 
 

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