British Nobel Prize Laureates
Every year in December I invite the British Nobel Prize Laureates to lunch at the Swedish residence to honour their great achievements. This year we very pleased to celebrate Professor Peter Higgs being awarded the Nobel Prize in physics.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for European Affairs
Last week the Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Jan Björklund and The Minister for European Affairs Birgitta Ohlsson visited London. Björklund met his counterpart the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Birgitta Ohlsson had meetings with her counterpart the Minister for European Affairs David Lidington as well as with James Brokenshire, MInister for Security at the Home Office.
Try Swedish
Try Swedish has been a very successful concept to promote Swedish gastronomy. Recently Try Swedish offered a three day culinary expedition at Aveqia cooking studios in Farringdon. This was an open invitation to Londoners to participate in a gastro safari across Sweden together with three of our country’s top chefs. I went to Aveqiia to have a peek at the…
Never Wipe Tears Without Gloves
When we learned that Jonas Gardell’s award winning drama Never Wipe Tears Without Gloves had been acquired by BBC4 to mark World Aids Day – we thought it would be a perfect reason to invite the renowned author, playwright, artist and comedian Jonas Gardell for dinner – together with several wonderful and insightful people. The dinner turned out to be…
Swedish Christmas Fair
Today was the opening of the Swedish Christmas Fair at the Swedish Church in London. This is a very special event that many of us look forward to every year. The fair is the perfect place to visit to prepare your home for Christmas. There is everything from beautiful handicraft to delicious Christmas foods. In addition you will not be…
Order of the Polar Star bestowed on Paul von der Heyde
On Friday I bestowed Paul von der Heyde with The Order of the Polar Star, on behalf of His Majesty the King of Sweden. Paul has been very active in the Swedish business sector, both as CEO of Kinnarps and as Chairman of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce. He has worked tirelessly to promote Swedish-UK business relations, but also more…
NoNoNo at Ja Ja Ja Festival
On 8 and 9 November the two-day Ja Ja Ja festival brought music, film and food from the countries of Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway to London’s Roundhouse in Chalk Farm in North London. We were really pleased to see the Swedish bands NoNoNo, Shout Out Louds as well as Postiljonen perform during the festival.
The Danish rock bands…
Explosive Collider at Science Museum
I can highly recommend the exhibition about the Large Hadron Collider at the Science Museum. Yesterday I attended the official opening of the exhibition and was quite impressed. It was a breath-taking feeling to step inside the world’s greatest experiment and learn about atom-smashing. The Collider takes us on a trip through the 27 km underground tunnel – the Large…
Industrial Forum
We were delighted to have Börje Ekholm, CEO of Investor as keynote speaker at the latest Industrial Forum. It was an honour to have Their Royal Highnesses Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel as well as the Swedish Minister of Trade Ewa Björling present during this very special evening. I think we all came away from Mr Ekholm’s presentation with…
Swedish Royal Visit to the UK – Tech City, City Hall and Cambridge
Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria and His Royal Highness Prince Daniel visited the United Kingdom on 7 – 8 November. Their Royal Highnesses were accompanied by the Swedish Minister of Trade Ewa Björling.
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