Stockholm — Available 2026

Brands
that actually
get remembered.

Martin Sahlgren

About

I've spent 15 years building brands that people actually remember — from KLM's Amsterdam Sneaker to Lotto's Tårtan. Campaigns that picked up awards, but more importantly moved the business.

My background cuts across tech, aviation, telecom, and pharma — which sounds scattered until you realise it means I can read a market fast, adapt a strategy, and get results whether the brief is a global product launch or a Nordic challenger play. Budgets I've run have ranged from 50M to 300M SEK. The questions I ask are still the same: who are we talking to, why should they care, and how do we know it worked?

Campaigns & case films

Tårtan
🥈 Silverägg 2026
Svenska Spel · Lotto
Tårtan
Längre filmer — Silverägg, KOMM 2026
Amsterdam Sneaker
🥇 Guldnyckeln
KLM
The Amsterdam Sneaker
European Marketing Award of the Year 2017
End-Up
🥇 Guld × 2 100W
Tele2 B2B
End-Up
Native Advertising Awards + Swedish Content Awards
Samsung Galaxy
300M SEK A&P
Samsung Electronics — Nordics
Galaxy Flagship
Nordic GTM — S & Z Series, 2022–2023
Lotto film
Svenska Spel · Lotto
Lotto
Brand campaign 2024
Lotto film
Svenska Spel · Lotto
Lotto
Brand campaign 2024
Samsung Galaxy
Samsung Nordics
Galaxy
Nordic flagship 2023
Samsung Galaxy
Samsung Nordics
Galaxy
Nordic flagship 2023
KLM Heritage
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Heritage
Brand film
Tele2 Unlimited
Tele2
Unlimited
B2C + B2B campaign
Tele2 Unlimited
Tele2
Unlimited
B2C + B2B campaign
Tele2 Unlimited
Tele2
Unlimited
B2C + B2B
Tele2 End-Up
Tele2 B2B
End-Up
Native campaign film
Tele2 End-Up
Tele2 B2B
End-Up
Native campaign film

Awards & industry recognition

2026
Silverägg — Längre filmer
Tårtan · Svenska Spel / Lotto · KOMM
Ag
2019
Guld — Native Advertising Awards
Best Native Advertising Program B2B · Tele2 End-Up
Au
2019
Guld — Swedish Content Awards
IT & Telekom · Tele2 End-Up
Au
2018
100-wattaren — Företag & Kampanj
Tele2 End-Up · Sveriges Annonsörer
100W
2018
Guldnyckeln — Guld
The Amsterdam Sneaker · KLM · SWEDMA
Au
2017
European Marketing Award of the Year
The Amsterdam Sneaker · KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
2017
50-wattaren — Internationellt
The Amsterdam Sneaker · KLM
50W

Roles & responsibilities

2023 – 2025
Svenska Spel
Head of Brand — Lotto
Helhetsansvar för Lotto. Strategi, varumärkesutveckling, kampanjkoncept och GTM. Rapporterade direkt till CMO.
1,5 mdr SEK
2022 – 2023
Samsung Electronics
Nordic Category Marketing Manager
GTM för Galaxy S- och Z-serien i Norden. Kreativ riktning, teamlead för 3 personer. Konsultroll.
300M SEK A&P
2021 – 2022
Karo Pharma
Global Product & Brand Marketing Manager
Brand CEO-ansvar för globalt portföljvarumärke. Avancerade i tre roller under två år.
~500M SEK
2019 – 2020
Perrigo Nordic
Nordic Brand Manager
Interim lead för 4 varumärkesportföljer. Relanserade PLACKERS i Norden (26 SKU:s) på under 6 månader.
100M SEK P&L
2017 – 2019
Tele2
Brand Manager B2B
Helhetsansvar för Tele2 B2B-varumärket. End-Up vann Guld i tre kategorier 2018–2019.
50M SEK A&P
2011 – 2017
KLM / Air France
Nordic Brand Manager → Digital Marketing Exec.
6+ år i nordiska marknadsavdelningen. Amsterdam Sneaker vann Guldnyckeln och European Marketing Award of the Year.
50M SEK A&P
2008 – 2011
Expressen
Senior Account Manager
Topptier-kunder: Tele2, Svenska Spel, Unilever, P&G, Ford, AMEX, MediaMarkt.
Brand Strategy Go-to-Market Creative Direction Campaign Development Media Mix & A&P P&L Ownership Nordic Markets Agency Management Data-Driven Marketing Omnichannel B2C & B2B Team Leadership Storytelling Product Launch