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The Entrepreneurial Days is a great opportunity to collect information about the U.S. business and investment climate and a terrific opportunity to meet with lots of other companies with the same aspirations and with all kinds of USA related service providers. I attended the Entrepreneurial Days 2010 primarily to get in touch with Swedish...
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Cynthia H. de Lorenzi, Chief Executive Officer, Success in the City "I attended Entrepreneurial Days 2010 because I was intrigued and excited to meet entrepreneurs from around the world and discover innovative ideas for launching and growing business. We were amazed by the beauty of Gothenburg! The most valuable part of Entrepreneurial Days was the...
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The Washington Post recently published a story about five economic lessons to learn from Sweden: “Almost every developed nation in the world was walloped by the financial crisis, their economies paralyzed, their prospects for the future muddied. And then there’s Sweden, the rock star of the recovery. This Scandinavian nation of 9 million people...
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"The success of a rain dance is a matter of timing." With that quote from a Native-American Chief, former Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) opened his remarks at the green energy seminar entitled Innovations towards Zero held at House of Sweden on June 9th, 2011. Over 100 years have passed since the first electric car...
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SACC-USA's president, Therese Lindé was recently interviewed by the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet. The Swedish-American Chambers of Commerce’s contribution to the Swedish-American exchange and SACC’s upcoming activities were highlighted in the story.
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The SACC Carolinas member Scandinavian Child, LLC (SCI), a marketer and distributor of premium children’s products in North America, announces the acquisition of Svan AB, the Sweden-based designer and manufacturer of bentwood high chairs, bouncers and mini furniture marketed under the Svan and Anka brands. Svan CEO, Kjell Hagström, will join Scandinavian Child...
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Margaret Anderson Kelliher, the Executive Director of the Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA), considers bringing a delegation of Minnesota software and information technology business leaders to attend Entrepreneurial Days at Telecom City in Karlskrona in September, 2011.
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Husqvarna has received this year’s Mayor’s International Community Awards, in Charlotte N.C. in the large company category. Husqvarna was honored for their community service and volunteerism in the Charlotte market. - Husqvarna has been a valued member of the SACC Caralinas chamber for many years and we were all there for support, said Thomas...
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On May 17 the Swedish Embassy, the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce of Washington DC and Deloitte arranged a seminar with focus on corporate responsibility and energy as design. The seminar, that is part of the Embassy of Sweden 2011 program “Fabric of Life,” attracted 60 participants to House of Sweden in Washington D.C.
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On April 19, Tomas Brunegård, CEO and managing director of Sweden’s largest Media Publishing Company Stampen, visited UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism to share his view on the current newspaper and media industry - an outlook that proved unusually optimistic for our times.
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