Roll forming is a common sheet metal forming process and it is used for producing profiles to vehicles, buildings, furniture etc. The use of the process increases every year due to the high production speed that can be used, 10 - 40 meters per minute is common. Though roll forming is a well known sheet metal process it is still not entirely understood due to the geometrically complex process. The use of finite element simulation in sheet metal forming in general is common but not in the case of roll forming, due to the profile can have a complicated cross-section and up to 40 forming steps can be needed and the simulations time can be several days. However, the computers have become faster and the demand for finite element simulations increases from the industry. The objectives with this study is to compare finite element simulations with experimental data for the roll load, roll torque, strains and spring back when a U-channel is roll formed.