Axitare enters the Swedish market – Christoffer Balthammar Munther appointed Country Manager

The number of Swedes aged 85 or older is expected to increase by almost 180,000 within ten years. At the same time, the need for staff in elderly care is growing. Finnish company Axitare is now launching its smart medicine dispensers in Sweden to make medication management at home safer and give home care services more time for care.

Stockholm & Helsinki, 12 November 2026 – Axitare, a Finnish manufacturer of medicine dispensers for home care and home healthcare, is entering the Swedish market. Sweden will be Axitare’s third market after Finland and Denmark. The launch is led by Christoffer Balthammar Munther, who has been appointed Country Manager for Sweden. He will build Axitare’s presence in the country together with Swedish municipalities and regions.

More older people, and more who need support at home

Sweden is facing rapid demographic change. According to Statistics Sweden (SCB), the number of people aged 85 or older is expected to rise from 304,000 in 2025 to 483,000 in 2035, an increase of almost 60 percent. According to the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SKR), the need for employees in elderly care will also increase by 32 percent by 2033 as a result of demographic developments. The National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen) notes that older people are receiving care later and later in life. This means more older people with greater needs must be supported in their own homes, at the same time as recruiting staff is becoming more difficult.

Safe medication is a key issue

Medication management is a central and sensitive part of caring for older people at home. According to the National Board of Health and Welfare, just over eight percent of acute hospital admissions among older people are caused by adverse drug reactions, and around 60 percent of these are considered preventable. Taking the right dose at the right time is an important part of safe medication, and this is exactly where medicine dispensers make a difference.

Technology that works for many

Axitare’s medicine dispenser reminds the client when it is time to take their medication and dispenses the full dose in an easy-to-handle medicine cup, with no sachets to open. If a medication is not taken, staff receive an alert and can act. For clients who need more support, the A200 model offers video calls, allowing care staff to support medication intake remotely. This means the same solution can be used both by independent clients and by those who need more help.

The experience from Finland is clear. In a Finnish survey of 505 people with parents over 80, 71 percent preferred a dispenser with a medicine cup over sachets, mainly because it is easy to use. In the South Karelia wellbeing services county, home care visits decreased by an average of 40 percent and total home care costs by 17 percent after medicine dispensers were introduced.

Long experience of Swedish health and social care

Christoffer Balthammar Munther has spent much of his career working closely with municipalities and regions, focusing for the past ten years on welfare technology and digitalisation in health and social care. He has held leading roles in sales and business development and has worked with everything from medical technology and consumables to connected solutions, sensor technology, AI and medicine dispensers. He is based in Linköping.

“What attracted me to Axitare is the clear idea that technology can strengthen both the individual and care organisations. Digitalisation should create real value, free up time for care and give staff better conditions to focus on what matters most: the people they are there for,” says Christoffer Balthammar Munther.

“The future of care is not primarily about more technology. It is about using the right, smarter technology to give people more time for people,” he continues.

According to Lasse Rousi, CEO of the company, Sweden is a natural next step for Axitare.

“The number of older people in Sweden is growing rapidly while recruiting staff is becoming more difficult. It is the same challenge we help wellbeing services counties in Finland and municipalities in Denmark to meet. Christoffer knows Swedish health and social care from the inside. He knows the challenges home care services face and how welfare technology is implemented in practice in municipalities and regions. With him on board, we can build long-term partnerships in Sweden and show how medicine dispensers can make medication safer, give staff more time for care and give clients a safer and more independent life at home,” says Lasse Rousi.

Axitare now invites Swedish municipalities and regions to dialogue and demonstrations of the medicine dispenser.

Facts

• People aged 85 and older in Sweden: 304,000 in 2025, projected 483,000 in 2035 (Statistics Sweden, Sweden’s Future Population 2026–2070).
• The need for employees in elderly care will increase by 32 percent by 2033 due to demographics (SKR, Welfare Workforce Supply 2023–2033).
• Just over 8 percent of acute hospital admissions among older people are caused by adverse drug reactions, and about 60 percent of these are considered preventable (National Board of Health and Welfare, Medication-Related Morbidity in Older People).
• The share of people over 80 receiving home care services fell from just over 20 percent to about 16 percent between 2015 and 2025, and older people are receiving care later in life (National Board of Health and Welfare, 2026).
• Axitare works with 17 of Finland’s 21 wellbeing services counties and also operates in Denmark.

For more information, media can contact:

Lasse Rousi
CEO, Axitare Oy
lasse.rousi@axitare.fi

Christoffer Balthammar Munther
Country Manager Sweden, Axitare
christoffer.balthammar@axitare.se

About Axitare

Axitare Oy is a Finnish health technology company that develops and manufactures medicine dispensers for the home. The dispenser delivers the right dose at the right time in an easy-to-handle medicine cup, and care staff can monitor medication intake and provide support remotely. Axitare works with 17 of Finland’s 21 wellbeing services counties, and its dispensers have delivered over 10 million medication doses. The head office is in Helsinki and manufacturing takes place in Finland. More information at www.axitare.com.