The Swedish Lucia Tradition
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What does midwinter have to do with white gowns and candles? It’s Swedish Lucia!
The annual candlelit Lucia procession on 13 December is perhaps one of the more exotic-looking Swedish customs, with girls and boys clad in white full-length gowns singing songs together.
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2023 Swedish Presidency in Focus During European Parliament’s Stockholm Visit
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On 30 November, the Government met with the European Parliament’s Conference of Presidents, which was visiting Stockholm ahead of the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
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This was the first formal visit from an EU institution in connection with the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the first half of 2023. The agenda included a study visit to Stockholm Exergi, discussions about the upcoming Presidency’s priorities and cooperation between EU institutions.
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Lucia Celebrations in Amsterdam and the Hague 2022
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Click here to find out about the many various opportunities to celebrate the Swedish Lucia traditions with Lucia choirs and Christmas carols in Amsterdam and the Hague in the coming week.
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Credits: Sofia Sabel/imagebank.sweden.se
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Get into the Nobel Prize spirit in Stockholm this week!
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The prestigious Nobel Banquet may be the reserve of a carefully cherrypicked guestlist – laureates, international academia, royalty and a good number of students – but you’ll be able to get into the spirit, too.
During Nobel Week 2022 – on 5-11 December this year – an array of public events take place across Stockholm. Click here to read more.
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Netherlands Startup Employment 2022 Report by TechLeap.nl
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How did the employment market change throughout 2022? Which Dutch regions and industry sectors have generated the highest number of jobs in the past year? And what professional skill sets are most sought-after by Dutch startups?
This is the 4th edition of the Netherlands Startup Employment report by Techleap.nl, CBRE and Dealroom.co presenting the key
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employment trends and developments
in the Dutch job market in 2022.
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Karin Ehnbom-Palmquist presented Swedish Chamber of Commerce for the UK’s Extraordinary Member Award 2022
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The Swedish Chamber of Commerce for the Netherlands would like to congratulate Karin Ehnbom-Palmquist for being presented with the Extraordinary Member Award 2022 by the Swedish Chamber of Commerce for the UK.
The Swedish Chamber of Commerce for the UK (SCC) is pleased to announce that Karin Ehnbom-Palmquist has presented the Extraordinary Member Award, on December 2, 2022 at The Landmark
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Hotel in London. Karin receives the prize for her “passionate and long-term support of the international scholarship programmes at Swedish Chambers across the world, and in particular to the Swedish Chamber of Commerce for the UK”. Read more here.
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The Ericsson Mobility Report November 22
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Global mobile network data traffic doubled over the past two years. What’s driving this growth?
The November 2022 issue of the Ericsson Mobility Report is now available. Packed with industry-leading projections and analysis of the latest trends, this is a must-read to keep up with the changes in the telecom industry.
Click here to read more.
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Sweden’s COP27 Talks Concluded
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The talks that began at the COP27 Climate Change Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh just over two weeks ago have now ended. One of the most crucial issues for the EU, through which Sweden is negotiating, was establishing a work programme for emissions reduction.
“We went to COP27 with high ambitions and expectations that all countries would continue in the positive spirit of COP26. So we are somewhat disappointed to see
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that not all countries had the same approach. Together with my EU colleagues and through my role in the negotiations, I did my utmost to ensure we’d achieve an ambitious outcome,” says Minister for Climate and the Environment Romina Pourmokhtari.
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The Lights are on in Amsterdam
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From December 1, 2022, the lights of Amsterdam Light Festival Edition 11- Imagine Beyond was turned on!
For the next 53 days, 20 light artworks turn the historic center of Amsterdam into an outdoor exhibition space. From interactive lampposts, to a giant ball of yarn and from luminous fireflies to an installation that makes it seem like the water is burning. The works of Edition 11 trigger your imagination. Be sure to come and see them and get your tickets now!
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Sweden Tops the Current Country Sustainability Ranking ROBECO
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In the Country Sustainability Report by Robeco the Scandinavian countries consolidate their leading positions In Spring 2021, the Nordics continue to sustain their sustainability leadership in the world.
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Attaining an ESG score of 8.92 on a scale of 1 to 10 (best), Sweden tops the current Country Sustainability Ranking, just ahead of its Nordic neighbors Finland, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland. Click here to read more.
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Equal Power and Influence for Women and Men – that’s what Sweden is Aiming For
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Sweden has long been a strong promoter of gender equality, and the country has a law against gender discrimination. But board rooms remain male-dominated. Let’s take a closer look.
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The overarching Swedish principle is that everyone, regardless of gender, has the right to work and support themselves, to balance career and family life, and to live without the fear of abuse or violence.
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Why should you care about CSDM?
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Let’s take a moment and ask ourselves why should we care about ServiceNow’s Common Service Data Model (CSDM)? Why do we need it? In this article by Swedish Chamber of Commerce Member Einar & Partners you will find the answers:
ServiceNow’s CSDM is the answer to making your CMDB, as well as your applications, “service aware”. It is the best practice framework for CMDB data modelling and management.
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When it comes to implementation of a complex framework like CSDM, it is important to know what value it brings to your enterprise. CSDM can be utilised as the blueprint for mapping your IT services in the ServiceNow platform. The value that CSDM creates can be summarized as:
- Better visibility on how your business delivers services
- Increased efficiency
- Higher productivity
- Better informed decision making
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Management Trainee Ellen Olofsson About her Scholarship at the Swedish Chamber
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The School of Business, Economics, and, Law at the University of Gothenburg has made an interview with Ellen Olofsson, Scholarship recipient 2022/2023, about her experiences at the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Amsterdam. Click here to read the full article (in Swedish).
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November 22, 2022- Women Business Leadership Masterclass III
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On November 22, 2022, the Swedish Chamber of Commerce hosted Masterclass III in the Women Business Leadership Program – The Road to Successful Leadership. In this Masterclass, Executive Coach and Program Manager talked about how to be empowered and confident to take action, how to create a Power Network built on trust and how to start with small “ant-steps” toward your goals and how to implement the leadership style that suits who you are.
In this last Masterclass, Certificates were awarded by Malin Hedlund to those who had successfully joined all three Masterclasses The Road to Successful Leadership this fall.
This was the last Masterclass for this year and for the Women Business Masterclass Series, and the Swedish Chamber of Commerce would like to thank Malin for this year, for being a fantastic coach and for her very interactive and inspiring Masterclasses with practical exercises and individual tasks with the goal to work on personal development and growth and to become a successful leader. We hope to welcome you back next year for interesting Women Business Leadership events in a different form.
For more event photos please visit our website.
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November 24, 2022- Chamber Executive Breakfast
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On November 24, 2022, the Swedish Chamber of Commerce had the honour to invite its Memebers to an Executive Breakfast Meeting at the Swedish Residence in the Hague featuring Peter van der Poel, Managing Director, Ingka Investments, the investment arm of Ingka Group (largest owner and operator of IKEA retail in the IKEA franchise).
Peter leads the investment agenda and was sharing how he and his teams are carefully balancing Ingka’s investment activities that contribute to the financial resilience of the company, the development, and innovation of the retail business and Ingka Centers – with the ambition to have a positive impact on people and our planet.
The Swedish Chamber would like to thank Peter van der Poel for a very interesting and inspiring presentation, we would also like to thank H.E. Ambassador Johannes Oljelund for a warm welcome and a delicious breakfast at his beautiful residence as well as all participants for making this event into a great success.
For more event photos please visit our website.
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November 29, 2022- Tech Finance
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On November 29, 2022, the Swedish Chamber of Commerce hosted this year’s last Tech Table - Tech Finance/ VC Investment.
In this very inspiring session, we brought together experts and stakeholders from both Sweden and the Netherlands to explore the dynamic evolvements in Venture Capital, Technology, and the various ways companies can become investment ready or boost their innovation through tech investments.
The Swedish Chamber of Commerce would like to extend a warm thank you to our fantastic speakers Per Nordling, Founder of Partinc Capital, Rick Klooster, Founder and CCO at Future Insight Group, Linn Koeman, Business Developer, Future Insight Group for The Nordics, Wolter Rebergen, Commercial Director at Younium, Wessel Ploegmakers, Partner and Co-head Main Capital Partners Nordics
Also, a warm thank you to John Dekker, Senior Innovation Advisor at the Netherlands Innovation Network Sweden, for opening remarks and to our Moderator Lex Keukens, Lawyer at TeekensKarstens advocaten notarissen.
We would also like to thank our partners TK TECH and The Embassy of Sweden in The Netherlands, Netherlands Innovation Network Sweden, The Dutch Chamber of Commerce and Partinc Capital as well as everyone who joined the Swedish Chamber Tech Finance/ VC Investment and made the event to a success.
For more event photos please visit our website.
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The Swedish Chamber’s Lucia celebration has a long history dating back to 1960. Today, it is our most important social event of the year, bringing together business people from across the Swedish-Dutch community.
We welcome all members to sign up together with colleagues, partners, and business relations for a Christmas Luncheon with Swedish traditions and hospitality.
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The Swedish Chamber of Commerce is very pleased to invite its members to the New Year's Reception at the Swedish Ambassadors Residence in The Hague.
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The Swedish Chamber of Commerce together with partners Sweco and Husqvarna would like to invite our members to our network event at Sweco Netherlands Head Office for an event about the Green Transition.
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On Lucia night, December 13, 2022, The Young Professionals welcomes you to our next Afterwork.
December 13 is our traditional Swedish celebration Lucia, which this year will be hosted together with PRLab in their cozy venues. We invite you to a celebratory evening including traditional Christmas wine and cookies, Lucia songs, and of course, mingling opportunities with the Young Professional Community and the PRLab network. Since this event is hosted in the Christmas spirit, a few gifts will also be given to some lucky lottery winners! This event will be the last YP Afterwork for the year 2022 and we hope you want to come to celebrate this Swedish Christmas Tradition together with our YP Community and PRLab.
The Swedish Chamber of Commerce is happy to announce that this event is free of charge.
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Meet Swati Narval, Chairwoman of the Swe-Cham YP Committee
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What would you like to achieve with YP?
I joined the Swedish Chamber’s YP program as a mentee 2 years ago and it fascinated me how professional and well run the whole thing was so I started to volunteer in the YP committee on a liaison role. I myself have been on a journey of huge changes in life, career and also countries so as a young professional
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myself, I know first hand how challenging, interesting but sometimes lonely that experience could be. So in this role as the Chairperson, together with the rest of the YP committee members, I want to share and use those learnings and experiences to empower and develop the young talent and professionals so they feel supported in a new country & feel confident to take their personal and professional journey to the next level. We will bring a lot of new and exciting lineups of inspirational speakers & activities in the new year so stay tuned.
Welcome to join the Swedish Chamber’s Young Professionals to become a part of a vibrant Swedish – Dutch Young Professional Communitiy.
Vistit our Member site to read more about Membership and how to sign up!
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Meet Young Professionals Committee Member Alexander Ljungström
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What would you like to achieve with YP?
As a founder of a company, I would like to develop a supporting network for other entrepreneurs in YP. Getting to know the bureaucracy in The Netherlands is not an easy thing and taking the step of starting your own is a bold move. As a YP committee member, I’d like to share my direct experiences
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and knowledge in this field. Additionally, I’d like to work on the content strategy of YP to attract talented and driven individuals. The Netherlands and Sweden has a long-standing history of trade, and it starts with the younger generation. Being visible in the right places is key.
Why should you join the YP?
YP is a great place to create both professional and personal relations that makes a difference. Everyone in YP is in one way or another related to Sweden and happen to live or be involved in The Netherlands.
It’s a niche, which makes it more important to find like-minded people in that niche. And the fun events and smiles, of course!
Why YP?
Network & fun. I think everybody in YP has an inner curiosity about the world, cultures & career. Combining that with upholding Swedish traditions and organizing events is fantastic.
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Meet Young Professionals Committee Member Malin K. Petrocchi
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What would you like to achieve with YP?
As a member of the Young Professional network, I have benefitted both in terms of growing my network and in terms of upskilling in many areas. Having seen first-hand the value-add, I was inspired to get involved myself. I plan on devoting my time and energy to help create events and initiatives that continue to bring value to our members.
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Why should you join YP?
YP is a vibrant community. Whether you want to grow your network, meet other like-minded professionals or learn new skills, YP is the place for this and so much more.
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Meet New Young Professionals Committee Member Joachim Rittfeldt Hofvenschiöld
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What would you like to achieve with YP?
I would like to meet more like-minded people as well as reach out to more people in my network to share the same great experience I had when joining YP. Give advice on new exciting events and activities we can create in the upcoming months.
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Why should you join YP?
Young Professionals opens many different doors for networking, business, friends, events and on a personal level.
Why YP?
When I first came to the Netherlands I looked into finding a way to remain connected with Swedish traditions, companies, and people. I came across YP and already at the first event I made a lot of new connections and now friends. The YP network has been a great opportunity for me to get better integrated when I moved to Amsterdam both from a personal but also professional point of view.
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Click here to read more about our Young Professionals Committee.
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