Magnus Karlsson (G4)
Business Development , Maritime, Naval Propulsion
Kongsberg Maritime Sweden AB, Propulsion
Kristinehamn, Sweden, Värmland, Sweden
Interested in propulsion systems , motivated by improvements , 25 years Maritime experience where of 15 years with electrical Pod propulsion.
My organisation
Kongsberg Maritime Sweden AB, Propulsion
Kongsberg Maritime Sweden AB, Propulsion
Company
Kristinehamn, Sweden, Sweden
About me
Magnus Karlsson, Business Development, Kongsberg Maritime, Naval (Propulsion)
Magnus Karlsson was appointed to Business Development at Kongsberg Maritime in 2018. Magnus focuses on strategic assessment on how the Kongsberg Maritime Propulsion and Hydrodynamics team can support ships with advanced solutions.
Representing Kongsberg Maritime, Magnus has promoted applications for programs related to EDF, EDA, US FCT to NATO processes as NSPA and DIANA.
With the Sweden Institutes Vinnova and RISE, Magnus has enabled testbed cooperation and AI optimization.
Furthermore, he has supported ship operations analysis compared to the technology installed from the build together with Naval Architects.
Magnus Karlsson have 25 years’ experience of maritime industry from propulsion brand KaMeWa, earlier ownerships Axel Johnson, Vickers, Rolls-Royce, since 2019 Kongsberg Maritime.
Whereof 15 years in electrical podded propulsors in management roles, major project examples as propulsion system for QM2 to Cunard, Europe 2 for Hapag Lloyd and Heli deck carrier Mistral for France. power range from 7 to 21,5 MW.
Magnus have held roles from the Pod era as Project leader, coordinator, site manager, drydock coordination, project management, product design development, business cases.
Pod cooperation Mermaid in JV setting cooperation with GE s business in Nancy and Belfort
He has Industrialization experience from the Water-Jet Site establishment, operations, Total Productive Maintenance and Effectiveness evaluations.
He has a background in engineering studies at Karlstad University and has an MBA from Solvay Business School in Brussels.
My organisation
Kongsberg Maritime Sweden AB. Located in Kristinehamn, Värmland region in Sweden.
Recognized for state of the hydrodynamics and propulsion with the brand name KaMeWa.
Controllable Pitch Propellers, FPP, ABP, Promas Rudders, Water-Jets, Electrical Podded Propulsor series from Mermaid to Elegance.
Within Maritime Naval, also Control Systems, Integrated Solutions, Deck Machinery, Stabilizers, lifting systems for unmanned solutions, RAS FAS, Steering gear, Thrusters, TT.
Also sites in Norway, Finland, UK and more, around 35 locations.
Part of the Kongsberg Group with Defense and Digital
Skills
- development
- Cooperation
- Synergies
- Improvements
Interests
- Propulsion
- Hydrodynamics
- electrification
- digital
- Fluid mechanics
- EDF
- NATO Innovation