About Clarvia ASBL
Clarvia ASBL is a registered non-profit association in Luxembourg (RCS F15680), dedicated to helping families navigate the administrative burden that follows the death of a loved one. All of our services are free, multilingual, and open to the public.
Our Mission
When someone dies, families are immediately faced with an overwhelming number of administrative obligations: deadlines, documents, notifications to institutions, scattered across government registries, social security systems, insurers, banks, and sometimes across national borders.
Most of this information exists in official sources, but it is fragmented, hard to find, and rarely available in plain language. Families are expected to figure it out while grieving.
Our mission is to translate this fragmented guidance into clear, structured, and accessible checklists, so that no family has to navigate grief alongside administrative confusion.
Active Programs & Services
Clarvia operates three free, public-interest programs:
1. Bereavement Guidance Service
We operate a free public service at clarvia.org that provides families with a personalised, step-by-step checklist of administrative steps following a death. An early alpha version is already available for public use.
The service is designed to protect family privacy: it does not collect, store, or share personal data.
2. Government Source Registry
Every administrative step in our checklists is mapped back to its official government source. We maintain a structured, openly licensed registry of these sources so that families and professionals can verify the accuracy of every recommendation.
3. Cross-Border Support
Our initial focus is Luxembourg, but we extend into critical cross-border corridors, including France, Germany, Belgium, and Portugal, to support migrant workers and cross-border families who face obligations in more than one country.
Funding & Independence
Clarvia is a non-profit association. We do not charge fees, display advertisements, or monetise personal data. There are no premium tiers or paid features. All services are free for every family.
Our operations are supported by corporate sponsors, grant funding, and volunteer contributions. Our tools, data, and source code are all freely available to the public.
Legal identity
Legal name: CLARVIA ASBL
Type: Non-profit association (ASBL) under Luxembourg law
Registration: RCS Luxembourg F15680
Address: 46, Rue de la Lavande · 1923 Luxembourg
Founded by: Gunther Schriver and Tommi Lindfors
Founded: May 2026
Why we founded Clarvia
“Throughout my decades leading social services and senior care, I've seen firsthand how vulnerable families are during a crisis. When you add the complexities of cross-border administration and language barriers, that burden becomes paralyzing.
I founded Clarvia because access to clear, structured support during life's hardest moments shouldn't be a privilege. It must be a given.”
Günther Schriver
Co-Founder & Director
“When my mother passed away, my sisters and I were overwhelmed. Even in a straightforward case in our home country, the administrative guides were a maze. In Europe - where families are spread across the globe, speak different languages, and interact with unfamiliar institutions - this burden is amplified beyond reason.
I founded Clarvia to ensure no family has to navigate the bureaucracy of grief alone.”
Tommi Lindfors
Co-Founder & Director
How it works
Structured workflow data from official sources
Every administrative step, deadline, and document requirement is extracted directly from official government sources and encoded in a validated, open data model.
Multilingual checklists from verified data
The guidance families receive is generated from verified data, available in English, French, and German to reflect Luxembourg's multilingual reality.
Open-source infrastructure designed for Europe
Everything Clarvia builds, including the data model, validation logic, and publishing layer, is open source and designed to be reused across European jurisdictions.
Governance and transparency
Clarvia operates openly. Our governance standards, contribution guidelines, and source code are all public.