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What Grade Learning is

Grade Learning is the learning management system inside Grade's talent management suite, sold by the Swedish company Grade AB to employers that train their own staff. Grade describes the LMS as "en central del för digital kompetensutveckling" (a central part of digital competence development) within a complete talent management offer that also covers recruitment, onboarding, performance reviews and employee pulse surveys. The company says it has supported Nordic companies for more than 30 years ("en partner som stöttat nordiska företag i över 30 år") and that it serves organizations in the Nordics and beyond.

The buyer is an HR or L&D team. Grade says its LMS is built to high standards of security, accessibility and flexibility, so it can be used both by smaller companies and by large organizations with strict requirements, and that it scales from a small organization up to "en av Sveriges största arbetsgivare" (one of Sweden's largest employers). The site runs in Swedish, English, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish and Dutch.

Building and assigning courses

Grade Learning offers two ways to get content in. Composer is a built-in authoring tool for producing e-learning inside the platform, and organizations can also upload e-courses and documents they already have. Interactive exercises and tests are part of the learning environment, which Grade presents as a way to raise engagement and help learners turn theory into practice.

Assignment is based on segments. Administrators can group users by department, role or individual development goals, so new hires get onboarding courses automatically while senior staff are given more advanced training. That is the core of how a company with many roles keeps the right training in front of the right people without assigning courses one by one.

For learners, the platform has a responsive design, so employees can study on whatever device they have, wherever and whenever suits them. Grade connects this directly to completion: easy access, it says, raises the share of people who finish their courses.

Beyond the LMS itself, Grade's learning and development menu lists tailored e-learning production, competence management, a course library and CoLab. A company that wants courses built for it, or ready-made content, can get both from the same supplier, and competence management lets it track skills alongside training.

Reporting, reminders and administration

Grade promises a real-time overview of how far participants have come, their test results and any difficulties they run into. Course content can then be adjusted on the basis of that analysis and learner feedback. Simplified reporting means one click shows which courses are complete and which are still in progress, which is the view a training manager needs before a compliance deadline.

Administration is cut down with automated reminders and scheduling, which Grade says reduces manual work and frees time for more strategic tasks. The system's look can be adapted to the company's own graphic profile, so the platform carries the employer's brand rather than Grade's.

How it fits the rest of Grade's suite

Grade Learning sits beside Grade's recruitment and onboarding products: a recruitment system, job advertising, digital reference checks, candidate feedback and Grade Onboarding. Performance products cover appraisal conversations and goal management, and Pulse handles employee pulse surveys. Grade's article on how LMSs work names integration with Grade Recruit or other HR systems as the way to see an employee's whole path, from recruitment to continuous development, and the site has its own integrations page.

The customer quotes on the home page show the suite in use. Cecilia Bergensjö, former head of competence development at Peab, says that after introducing Grade Learning the company can plan new development initiatives at a strategic level based on business needs. Linus Lanker of Region Östergötland says choosing Pulse was natural because the region already used Grade's platform for learning, competence management and appraisal conversations. Petter Frisk, learning manager and developer at Telenor, describes a split in which what can be learned digitally is learned digitally, and time together is used to build culture. Marcus Lindh, CEO and founder of Distansinstitutet, says that together with Grade the school created a concept that gives participants a smooth, pedagogical experience. Nils Olsson, CEO of Lime, says Grade's talent management system creates engagement among employees and supports managers in their daily work, and at Würth Grade Onboarding is credited with giving every new employee a good start.

Security, accessibility and support

Grade backs its LMS with certifications and compliance claims printed on its home page. It holds ISO 27001 for information security, ISO 9001 for quality management and ISO 14001 for environmental management. It stores all data within the European Union, says it complies fully with GDPR and offers tools for data portability, and describes its development as security by design. The learning page adds that Grade Learning meets the WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility guidelines, which matters for public-sector employers such as regions and municipalities.

Support starts with implementation: Grade says customers get help during start-up and training for both administrators and end users, and it ships regular upgrades with new features and improvements. The learning page reports 98.25% customer satisfaction with its support and calls Grade Learning a top-ranked LMS on Sweden's largest system comparison site. Across all its products, the home page counts 1.5M completed trainings, alongside 6.6M matched candidates and 248K published jobs on the recruitment side.

Pricing

Grade publishes no prices for Grade Learning; the route in is booking a demo. Grade's own FAQ notes that LMS prices in general depend on the number of users, the functions needed and the level of support.

Who it suits and who it does not

Grade Learning suits Nordic employers, from mid-sized companies to large public bodies, that want onboarding, mandatory training and competence development in one LMS, especially if they also recruit and run appraisals through Grade. Public-sector organizations get WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility, EU data storage and ISO 27001 certification, and companies without e-learning producers can use Composer or have courses produced for them.

It is a less natural fit for an organization that only needs a standalone course player and has no interest in the wider talent suite, since much of Grade's value comes from linking learning to recruitment, onboarding and appraisals. Companies outside the Nordics should note that the customer stories and much of the site's content are written for Nordic employers, even though the site is available in English and Dutch.