About Fredrik Gröndahl

Associate Professor Fredrik Gröndahl is the Manager of the Blue Food Center at KTH. This center is financed by the Swedish Research Council, Formas and the Region of Västra Götaland, with eight academic partners and around 70 external partners engaged in the production of food both from ocean and freshwater systems. Fredrik is a marine biologist and industrial ecologist that has extensive experience within the cultivation of seaweeds and sustainable use of marine biomass. He is the coauthor of Sweden’s most used book on sustainable development and is also one of the co-founders of Nordic Seafarm, which is developing the cultivation of seaweeds in Sweden.

Agenda

March 22, 14:25

The Swedish food system – how can we become more resilient and sustainable?

This session will be broken into two parts. Firstly, the unexpected crisis in the global food supply chains and the consequences for Sweden. This will take an international outlook on the global food chains that Sweden depends on and explore how the outside world affects Sweden and our food preparedness. The second part will discuss blue food – a key to sustainable food in the future. Seafood can make a substantial contribution to our future food supply. Blue food is a seafood center that brings together research and a diversity of Swedish actors to build the conditions for Swedish production of the seafood of the future.