Nordfjell Gold at Chelsea Flower Show
One of the world’s top garden designers happens to be Swedish. Ulf Nordfjell has won two gold medals and a “Best in Show” for his previous two Chelsea Flower Show gardens. This year Nordfjell united the classic style of French and English gardens and won another gold medal. The Laurent-Perrier Garden is what you would probably describe…
Eurovision: Will UK sing along?
Fraser Nelson, The editor of Spectator was quite surprised to have Katrina Leskanich (Katrina and the Waves) sing Happy Birthday to him on his 40th birthday. Walking on Sunshine is perhaps a tune that is more closely associated with Leskanich. Fraser’s birthday happened to coincide with a Eurovision event at the Swedish residence.
UK-Nordic-Baltic trade
The Nordics and the Baltics are significant markets for the UK. Sweden alone is the UK’s 10th largest export market. Last week the UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) in cooperation with the Lord Mayor of the City of London invited a large number of business people to an event at Mansion House. The purpose was to showcase commercial opportunities in…
Swedish craft at Collect art fair
There are some really great Swedish artists from the galleries blås&knåda and Sebastian Schildt showcasing Swedish contemporary craft at Collect, the leading international art fair at Saatchi Gallery.
Swedish Culture Minister in London
This week the Swedish Minister of Culture Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth visited London.
State Opening of Parliament
It was quite an experience to attend the State Opening of Parliament. This is the most well-known and colorful state occasion in the United Kingdom. The chamber in the House of Lords was packed with guests including the Lord Mayor, judges, ambassadors and high commissioners. This is the time when members of the House of Lords wear their parliamentary robes….
Professor Yan Xuetong on international relations
Every six months the Swedish Embassy and the ECFR co-host a dinner where we invite an expert on international relations from the academic world.
UK – Swedish bilateral on transport
The Swedish Minister for Infrastructure Catharina Elmsäter–Svärd yesterday visited London to meet with her British counterpart Secretary of State for Transport Patrick McLoughlin.
Standing ovations for Doktor Glas
The greatest risk in life is to take no risks at all. Imagine setting up a Swedish play in Swedish with English surtitles in a West End theatre.Most people would probably advice against such an idea. However when Mr Wallander/Krister Henriksson stars alone on the stage in Doktor Glas it is a different story. His magnificent performance of Doktor Glas in…
UK – Swedish MoU on defence
This week both the Swedish Minister of Trade Ewa Björling and the Minister of Defence Karin Enström visited London. Björling was on her way to an informal ministerial meeting in Dublin and attended an embassy event on Tuesday evening. On Thursday Enström attended a political exercise at the Ministry of Defence and signed a UK- Swedish Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
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