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 September 28, 2010
The Swedish Chamber of Commerce cordially invites you to a
Master Class Luncheon with
Keynote Speaker and Honorary Guest:
Mr. Mikael Ohlsson
CEO Ikea Group of Companies

"Growing IKEA -together"

Venue: Swedish Chamber of Commerce
Address: Kamer van Koophandel Amsterdam
De Ruyterkade 5, 1013 AA Amsterdam

 

August 30, 2010 

The Swedish Chamber of Commerce is very pleased to welcome three new interns to the office in Amsterdam.
Evelina Jarbin, Erik Westerlund and Jennie Henriksson started their internships on August the 30, 2010.

Evelina Jarbin has completed a bachelor in Service Management and is currently studying for a bachelor in Business Administration, both educations at the University of Lund. Her responsibility at the Swedish Chamber is communication. Since the Chamber celebrates its 50th anniversary this year the autumn will be busy for Evelina, with several exciting events to cover.
Email:evelina.jarbin@swedishchamber.nl

Erik Westerlund has finished his bachelor studies in marketing at Vaxjo University.
His responsibility is the JCC, Junior Chamber Club. As JCC already has many great
events planned for the coming months Erik is looking forward to meeting the members
Email:erik.westerlund@swedishchamber.nl 

Jennie Henriksson has finished her bachelor in Business Administration and Economics at Karlstad Business School. She will take care of the Chambers events during this fall. With the Swedish Chamber of Commerce Anniversary Programme Jennie has an interesting experience ahead
of her. Email:jennie.henriksson@swedishchamber.nl

We wish Evelina, Erik and Jennie lots of success and a pleasant time in Amsterdam and we hope that their internship at the Chamber will be a positive experience and give them valuable knowledge for their future careers!

The new JCC season has already started. The first event was the very popular traditional Crayfish Party last Saturday in Amsterdam together with the Swedish Chamber and Svenska Klubben. The excellent Toast Master Tobias Johansson from the JCC Committee guided us through the songbook and we believe that both Swedish and Dutch guests learned a couple of new schnapps songs during the evening.

For Event photos please visit www.swedishchamber.nl and Go to JCC past Events!

By Hans Duijn                                               

The Amstel Hotel in Amsterdam formed the stately decor for the Swedish Chamber of Commerce Master Class Luncheon, held on 7 June 2010 with Victor Muller, CEO of Spyker Cars NV, as honorary guest and key-note speaker. Early 2010 Spyker Cars became headlines news with the audacious acquisition of Saab Automobile AB and Victor Muller was celebrated in Saab-town Trollhättan as the hero who saved Saab from being dragged in the overall bankruptcy of parent company General Motors.

From the balcony admired by the attendants of the luncheon, who totalled a very respectable 90, Victor Muller arrived in the new 9-5 with Swedish plates, the first sample from the assembly line of this new Saab flagship model. Tall and with a youthful appearance, Muller (51) captured the attention of the audience with a ‘Hans Brinker’ type of story on the succesful attempt to acquire Saab with a company (Spyker Cars), which represents barely 1% of the size of  its take-over target. 

June 17 - 20, 2010 The Swedish Chamber of Commerce Study Trip

About 25 Chamber members participated in the Chamber Study trip to Stockholm this summer where very interesting and innovative sustainability presentations were given by Kista Science Centre, Hammarby Sjöstad, SCA and Stockholm Business Region. The Duch Ambassador Mr. E. Craanen invited the members of the Swedish and Dutch Chambers to his lovely Residence for a very nice reception. At the following dinner at Stockholm Sheraton Mr. Michael Treschow, Chairman Unilever addressed the guests with a very inspiring speech. On Saturday June 19th we were delighted to join the celebrations of the Royal wedding of the Crown Princess and Mr. Daniel Westling. The Swedish Chamber of and Commerce would like to thank the Frisian Yacht Club and the Royal Netherlands Navy for the very special reception on deck of the Hr.Ms.Urania in Stockholm.

The Swedish Chamber of Commerce would like to thank all the participants for joining the Swe-Cham on the trip to Stockholm and for making the Study Trip to a great success. We would also like to thank Mr. Björn Skala, former Swedish Ambassador to Sweden in the Netherlands and Mr. Olle Werner, former Chairman of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce for joining us in Stockholm.

To view pictures from the trip, please click here

September 23, 2010 

It is the genuine pleasure of Inter IKEA Systems B.V. to cordially invite members of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce, Svenska Klubben, SWEA, Svensk-Nederländska Föreningen, Svenska Skolföreningen, Svenska Kyrkan Rotterdam as well as the Swedish Trade Council and Visit Sweden to a welcome reception for Mr. Ambassador H.E. Håkan Emsgård and Mrs. Emsgård on Tursday September 23, 2010 from 17:00 to 20:00.

The reception will be held at the WestCord Hotel next to the IKEA Concept Center in Delft, Olof Palmestraat 2.

We hope you will be able to join us in extending a warm welcome to Ambassador Emsgård.

Please register with Joyce Köster of Inter IKEA Systems B.V. via email: Joyce.Koster@Inter-IKEA.Com by 10th of September.

September 6, 2010 

Håkan Emsgård is appointed Ambassador to the Netherlands. He is currently head of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs European Union Department. He has worked with European issues at the Ministry since 1997. He has previously worked at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London, where he represented Sweden, Iceland and Estonia on the Board of Directors. He has also worked at the International Department of the Ministry of Finance.

Håkan Emsgård will take up his post September 6, 2010.