‘Success Stories’ 
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From the fashion capital of the world- SACC Trainee works with Patrik Ervell, NYC
It seems as if time in New York City passes by faster than anywhere else in the world…or maybe it’s just in our world, in the Fashion World – where nothing is ever considered finished until there is no time left. After spending 4 years at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, Belgium [...]
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Giovana dove into the SACC Trainee Program
Giovana Silva Lerda has signed a project contract with the Conservation International Brazil team to carry out some serious hands-on research. She landed this job due to the experience she gained during an internship at Horizon Dive Adventures, Inc. in Key Largo, Florida on a J-1 visa sponsored by the Swedish-American Chambers of Commerce-USA.
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Senad Santic: Living the dream in San Francisco
The software engineering student Senad Santic went to the U.S. in June last year as member of Chalmers University of Technology’s internship program CETAC. The Swedish-American Chambers of Commerce helped him get his six months internship as a web development intern at Cypress Private Security in San Francisco. Senad is now sharing his experience.
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Anna Zetterholm: A list and an opportunity that made me cross the Atlantic Ocean
When I finished my MBA degree the work environment in Sweden was bleak because of the global economic crisis. With this in mind, I was looking for possibilities to add to my resume and stumbled upon the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce and their J-1Trainee/Intern visa. It gave me an opportunity to gain practical knowledge as well as the experience of working and living in the United States.
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Former SACC Trainee lands a job in Rockford
In 2006, an Industrial Partnership Agreement was created between Lidköping and Rockford at the SACC E-Days in Lidköping with the overall purpose to generate business opportunities for each city. In 2008, as one outcome of this agreement, Linnea Bengtsson began working in Rockford as Lidköping´s International Business Development Trainee. Linnea holds a Bachelor Degree in [...]
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Per Johansson, Trainee at Goswami, Strand & Seaborn in San Francisco, CA.
Per Johansson, or Patrick as he is called in the U.S, has been working as an International investment trainee at the law offices of Goswami, Strand & Seaborn in San Francisco. Unlike most of the SACC trainees, I am a little older and it is because I after a long career in the IT and [...]
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Michelle Roos, Marketing/Business Development Trainee at American Viking Productions, Los Angeles, CA
My name is Michelle Roos and I am currently undertaking the second year of my Bsc (Hons) in Business Administration at the University of Bath in England. I was born and raised in Stockholm, Sweden, but having a mother from Thailand and a family that loves to travel, I’ve spent summers and winters abroad experiencing [...]
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Annamaria Sundbye, Intern at the Institute for Women´s Policy Research, in Washington D.C.
After graduating with a Master in Public Administration from University of Gothenburg I had the opportunity to work with one of the leading think tanks in the United States, through the sponsorship by the Swedish American Chambers of Commerce-USA. This experience has given me the opportunity to see how researchers and policymakers interact in a [...]
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Karin Sörensen, Marketing and PR Assistant Intern at VisitSweden in New York
As I have always enjoyed experiencing different cultures, an international career has become a natural choice for me. I am studying international business with German specialization and I have spent one year as an exchange student in Freiburg, an idyllic student town in southern Germany. I have also had the great opportunity of spending one [...]
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Carl-Johan, intern at Royal Caribbean Cruises
To suddenly change environment from the very dark and cold Swedish winter to the warm and exotic life in Miami was a great experience for me. I think Miami is so much more than just an American big city and I believe this was one of my biggest surprises when I first arrived. Miami is [...]
