'We want to be the largest hydrogen supplier by 2030': Fika with 19-year-old founder Nils Samrud
26 sep. 2025
10:59
At just 19, Nils Samrud is plotting to build his company into the world’s largest producer of green hydrogen.
The Swedish wunderkind, who began experimenting with hydrogen in middle school, has just secured €1.1m in backing from Project Europe for his clean energy startup, Lavoit.
We sat down with Samrud as part of our Friday ‘fika’ chats, where we enjoy a Swedish-style coffee and cake break with European impact founders and investors.
The Swedish wunderkind, who began experimenting with hydrogen in middle school, has just secured €1.1m in backing from Project Europe for his clean energy startup, Lavoit.
We sat down with Samrud as part of our Friday ‘fika’ chats, where we enjoy a Swedish-style coffee and cake break with European impact founders and investors.
You started tinkering with hydrogen when you were just twelve. Why?
I was curious after a school discussion about climate change. At first, I had ideas about increasing the range of electric cars, which I presented to researchers at Chalmers. They completely rejected me. After that, I became more interested in hydrogen – and I’ve been into it ever since.