Transatlantic Day

About


​​​​​​​Transatlantic Day is an invitation-only forum for thought leaders, hosted annually by the Swedish American Chambers of Commerce in Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Lund. In 2026, we marked the 250-year anniversary of the U.S. Constitution and 243 years since Sweden first recognized the United States. Guided by the principle “seek first to understand, then to be understood,” we examined the state of affairs of the Transatlantic relationship and explore the opportunities of partnership.

Our upcoming days are as follows: 

Transatlantic Day – Gothenburg, Sweden: Nov. 3
A select number of tickets are available to non-members/ partners here:  

Transatlantic Day – Lund, Sweden: Dec. 1

Transatlantic Day – Stockholm, Sweden: Feb. 3 

Please express your interest to CEO Karin Hammar if you are interested in sponsor seats at Transatlantic Day by calling +1 202 415 1899 or +46 76 636 2418, or email [email protected]. 
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​​​​​​​Click here to see the sponsorship menu.
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Thank you to all the leaders and friends of the Swedish American Chamber of Commerce for the 2026 edition of the Transatlantic Day.

More photos by Patrik Engberg from the Transatlantic Day in Stockholm here!


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Now is the time – A decisive year for Sweden and the United States


In a feature in Swedish daily Svenska Dagbladet SvD, our CEO Karin Hammar speaks about ways to match Swedish business and innovations with US markets.

Read the full article here.​​​​​​​

Gothenburg Speakers 


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Per Cedergren
Chairman, Swedish American Chambers of Commerce USA, Inc. 
781
Marianne Drain
Senior Commercial Officer, U.S. Embassy Stockholm
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Nancy Fischer
Global Head of the Regulatory Practice, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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Cristina Petrescu
CEO, Securitas AB 
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Karin Hammar
CEO, Swedish American Chambers of Commerce USA, Inc.
80
Henrik von Sydow
Business Strategist, Carnegie Investment Bank
792
Torbjörn Sjöström
CEO, Novus
8110
Andreas von der Heide
CEO, Consilio International
8210
Christina Nyman
Chief Economist, Handelsbanken
838
Olof Manner
Senior Advisor, Swedbank
842
Fredrik Wadsten
CEO, Triathlon
851
Mats Lundqvist
​​​​​​​Professor in Entrepreneurship, Chalmers University of Technology
861
Magnus Demervall
CEO, Företagarna
871
Fredrik Nilsson
VP of the Americas, Axis Communications
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Patrik Andersson
​​​​​​​CEO, Business Region Göteborg
891
Malin Parkler
CEO, Pfizer Sweden
90
Anders Wesslau
General Manager, Managing Director Sweden, Merck Group
9210
Anders Persson
Head Ecosystems, Strategy and Projects, AstraZeneca BioVentureHub
9110
Malin Appelgren
​​​​​​​Partner, Paues Aberg Communications
935
Pia Irell
​​​​​​​Pike Impact Investor, Advisor
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Åsa Zetterberg
Director General, Tech Sverige
941
Thomas Gårdängen Founder, Crunchfish
951
Sofia Eklund
Partner, Triathlon Group
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Anders Ölme
​​​​​​​Partner Business Manager, NVIDIA Nordics
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Peter Dahlen
Managing Director, American Chamber of Commerce in Sweden 
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Dr. Tomas J. Philipson
Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago
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Elisabet Kopelman
​​​​​​​Economist, U.S. Specialist, SEB 
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Lotta Edling
​​​​​​​Editorial Director, Bonnier News 

Stockholm Speakers 

View the program here.
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371
Per Cedergren
Chairman, Swedish American Chambers of Commerce USA, Inc. 
381
Mathias Arvidsson
CEO, KPMG Sweden  
391
Ambassador Christine J. Toretti
Ambassador of the United States to Sweden 
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Mark Brezinski
President & CEO, Brezenski Global Strategies, Former Ambassador of the United States to Poland & Sweden 
4210
Lars Strannegård
Principal, Stockholm School of Economics 
438
Joel Halldorf
 Professor in Church History, University College Stockholm  
1910
Ambassador Jan Eliasson
Former Ambassador of Sweden to the United States
40
Lena Sellgren
​​​​​​​Chief Economist, Business Sweden   
3111
Jens Magnusson
​​​​​​​Chief Economist, SEB 
2510
Andrew Gilmour 
Former Senior CIA Analyst
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Biörn Riese
Partner, Jurie Advokat AB
274
Anna Hensel
​​​​​​​Managing Director, Kroll Risk Advisory 
293
Niklas Rossbach
Centre for Societal Security Analysis, The Swedish
​​​​​​​Defence University
283
Hanna Linderstål
CEO & Founder, Earhart Business Protection Agency
301
Fredrik Hillelson CEO, Novare  
335
Mattias Persson
Chief Economist, Swedbank 
3210
Annika Winsth
Chief Economist, Nordea  
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Alexandra Stråberg
Chief Economist, 
​​​​​​​Länsförsäkringar 
634
Vahid Zohali
CEO, IBM Sweden
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Christian Levin
President & CEO, Scania CV AB and TRATON SE
651
Daniel Szirányi
Head of Automotive, KPMG 
661
Sara Övreby
Head of Public Policy, Google Norden 
671
Anton Osika
Co-Founder, Lovable
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Jon Arnell
​​​​​​​Chief Investment Officer, Von Euler & Partners
1141
Lisa Bjurwald
Editor-in-Chief & Publisher, Alltinget ​​​​​​​
4111
Jens Henriksson
​​​​​​​CEO, Swedbank 
591
Adam Kostyal
President, Nasdaq Stockholm
60
Monica Lanner Wiiburg
Director, Capital Markets, KPMG Sverige 
6110
David Bagge
​​​​​​​CEO, 
Marketmate Stock Picker  
22261
Oscar Stenström ​​​​​​​Director & Senior Advisor, Wallenberg Investments AB

691
Magnus Nordéus
Group Head of Trade Compliance, Ericsson

Lund Speakers 

View the preliminary program here.
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371
Per Cedergren
Chairman, Swedish American Chambers of Commerce USA, Inc.
1101
Erik Renström
Vice Chancellor, Lund University
434
Marc C. Elliott
​​​​​​​Vice Provost for International Affairs, Harvard University
270
Molly Steenson
CEO, American Swedish Institute, Honorary Consul, Princeton Board Mbr
729
Henric Johnson
Rector, Blekinge Institute of Technology
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Nancy Fischer
Global Head of the Regulatory Practice, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
274
Anna Hensel
​​​​​​​Managing Director, Kroll Risk Advisory
293
Niklas Rossbach
Centre for Societal Security Analysis, The Swedish
​​​​​​​Defence University 
541
Malin Frenning
CEO, RISE Research Institute of Sweden 
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Jeanette Irekvist
Chief Commercial Officer, Ovzon
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Christer Fuglesang Astronaut/Space Advisor, SAAB 
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531
Johan Eklund
CEO, Sydsvenska Handelskammaren​​​​​​​
932
Pontus Herin
TV anchor, reporter, Dagens Industri newspaper, Dagens Industri TV
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Jodi Goldberg
Regulatory and Commercial Contracts Attorney
​​​​​​​Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
1141
Lisa Bjurwald
Editor-in-Chief & Publisher, Alltinget ​​​​​​​
1234
David von Laskowski
CEO, Green Food Systems, Picadeli
1324
Andrew Gilmour
Scholar-In-Residence, Center for The Study of Statesmanship, Catholic University of America
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Gustav Bolin
​​​​​​​Partner, McKinsey Sweden
3111
Jens Magnusson
​​​​​​​Chief Economist, SEB 
1714
Åsa Wikström
Head of People & Culture, Foxway
761
Sindra Petersson Årsköld Senior Advisor, European Spallation Source, ESS 
461
Christian Lindfors
​​​​​​​CEO, Science Properties  
741
Maria Stromme
Professor, Nanotechnology, Uppsala University, Board Mbr ESS ERIC
536
Christian Orsing
​​​​​​​Chairman of the executive committee (Mayor) City of Helsingborg
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Tom Erixon
​​​​​​​CEO, AlfaLaval
751
Karin Holmqvist
​​​​​​​Head of Strategy Implementation, Saab
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Marcus Pettersson
​​​​​​​CEO, Rundfunk Media 
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Thomas Engstedt
​​​​​​​Nanovac  
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Jonatan Kruse CEO/Founder, Swedish Frames
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Marie Bengtsson CEO, Advenica 

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