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Member Spotlight Meet Ajdoan Muliqi new member in SACC Texas and recently installed in Dallas. Ajdoan Muliqi from Mora, Sweden, recently moved to Dallas with his family to take on the role as Sales Manager for Swedish steelwork solution company MAFI. H ...
What is it like being an intern at SACC Texas? Alejandro Escobedo is an intern at SACC Texas, placed in Houston. We asked him a couple of questions on what it is like being an intern, sand how it is to work with Swedes. What is your background? What a ...
Coming out of Lidköping, Sweden, Johanna Evertson is a new board member for SACC Dallas. In her work for SACC Dallas, Johanna will focus on members and membership, making SACC Dallas a valuable partner for all members. Who are you, and how c ...
Dear SACC friends, I hope you and your loved one are staying safe and sound. It’s only been a few months since Covid-19 changed our world forever, and already it’s starting to feel repetitive to talk about “unprecedented and challenging ...
SACC Texas board member, André Persson, writes in the Swedish morning newspaper Svenska Dagbladet, about the strip club Bucks Wild's desire to be considered a restaurant in order to open up its operations a little earlier. An English translation is provid ...
On May 20, SACC Dallas held its first interactive "Quarantini" event. The topic was the telecom industry in the shadow of the pandemic, initiated by board member Patrik Löwenborg. Inspired by the success, Patrik will now arrange more quarantinis and h ...
The consulate General of Sweden in Houston regret to inform you that the mobile passport machine will not be coming to Houston or any other destination in the US during 2020. We apologize for the inconvenience this will cause you. For pa ...
Can you tell us a bit about yourself? I have been with IKEA for more than 25 years. I started in Belgium as a Department Head, then moved to China as Purchasing Manager for IKEA Trading Shanghai. In the U.S., I have lived and worked in New Jersey, ...
The Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce (SACC) in Dallas-Fort Worth is looking for a proactive and organized Secretary of the Board. SACC-Dallas is part of the statewide business network SACC Texas, with local chapters in Austin, Dallas and Houston. I ...
Irv Munn is a Certified Financial Planner™ and president of Munn & Morris Financial Advisors. He received his undergraduate degree from UCLA and his Masters degree from the University of Texas. He has been providing financial planning serv ...
The purpose of our 2019 Annual General Meeting was to present our 2018 milestones as well as to look into our 2019 plans. We had a very inspiring meeting in January, where we also talked about how we add value to SACC members. For more information, click ...
Are the Astrid Lindgren books and movies part of your childhood too? Then do not miss the upcoming release of Becoming Astrid, the poignant true story of Swedish icon Astrid Lindgren (author of the Pippi Longstocking books) in her teenage years as she str ...
Join the immigration attorneys at Peek Toland & Castañeda PLLC on October 10th, for an informative social gathering and a presentation on the various types of employment-based visas and business visas available to European companies and startups in Te ...
We organized a successful crayfish party (also known as kräftskiva and crawfish party) at the Dallas Design District on Sept. 8. We shared this unique yearly tradition with our Swedish Women's Educational Association International, Inc. (SWEA) and Sw ...
Swedish Citizens can vote at the Consulate August 16 - August 27, 2018. Please see the attached flyer. As a Swedish citizen living abroad you will need to extend your right to vote every 10 years to not fall out of the electoral register ...
Last month an array of Europeans and their American friends in Austin joined millions around the world to celebrate the “Olympics” of pop music as the 63rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, also known as Eurovision, unraveled from Lisbon, Portugal. ...
Swedish start-up Uniti will be launching it’s new two-seater Electric City Car made from recyclable carbon fiber and organic composite materials. At just over $17,000, it now has orders worth over $58,000, and will be initially offered to buyers in Northe ...
Norwegian Air has cancelled two of its direct routes between Sweden and the US, due to the newly implemented Swedish aviation tax. The new tax has been in effect since April of this year, and may not be the only reason for Norwegian Air’s flight cancellat ...
Dallas, Texas: Emanuel Naaman, we are very glad to have Monkey Sports Inc. as our newest Business Member of Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce (SACC)– Texas. Please tell us the story of Monkey Sports, what is your business? &nb ...
We’re happy to announce the launch of Happy Ears to the US market. During last year’s SXSW our Austin chamber worked closely together with Happy Ears and other Swedish companies in an effort to help forward their cross Atlantic initiatives. Although ...
Apex Systems, the nation's 2nd largest IT Staffing organization, has an immediate opportunity for a Bilingual Analyst opportunity to work for our client who is one of the world's largest and most admired companies. If you're looking for an organizat ...
SACC-USA and SACC-New England would like to welcome you to our flagship event SACC Summit 2017 - the premier business and networking event that will this year feature the theme: Business Through Innovation. Click here for more information
Through SACC-USA, SACC-Texas is pleased to offer the SACC-USA Trainee Program. The SACC-USA Trainee Program provides U.S. companies with highly qualified trainees from Sweden. Consider this a cost-efficient way of accessing Swedish tale ...
This month, SACC Houston is throwing their Nordic Traditional Event on Wednesday June 28. A traditional meal with pea soup, Swedish and Finnish pancakes, beer, wine and punch, will be served at Chef Søren's Kitchen. This is a night of netwo ...
Meet Andreas Drakenberg, our new Marketing & Event Intern. Since arriving in Texas earlier this year he’s been occupied planning and coordinating events for our chapter in Austin. What’s your connection to America? I can’t say that I have one, apa ...
As one of the European Union Chambers of Commerce in Houston, the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce was proudly one of the hosts of the 2017 Second Annual Europe Day Celebration. In a well-organized, elegant, and high-profile evening reception at Gr ...
Interview with Gwen Workman owner of the Wooden Spoon, Scandinavian shop in Plano. Gwen, we are glad to have you as a Business Member of SACC-Texas. Can you please tell us a bit about yourself and your background? What made you open a Scandinavian shop ...
Fredrik, can you tell us about yourself and how you ended up in Dallas? My background is 15+ years’ experience of international sales and marketing, supporting brands developing OEM and Private label accessory solutions for a wide range of technology pro ...
Dear fellow SACC Texas members. I will have the privilege to work side by side with the resigning president Stefan Lloyd and gradually taking charge during the year. As the new President for SACC Texas, I would like to introduce myself. I immigrat ...
Are you a Young professional? Then look no further, Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce (SACC) - Dallas is very excited to be kicking off our Young Professionals (YP) Program 2017 with a series of events this spring. YP's is a section of SACC - Texas ...
Henrik Jonhansson, Vice President SACC-Austin This spring has been an unusually busy for the Swedish Community. Usually things slow down a bit after SXSW in Austin, but not this year! We hosted the inaugural Female Investor and Entrepreneu ...
Austin, Texas: Scandinavian Spaces will open up their first showroom in Austin this fall. The company prides itself in helping businesses increase employee engagement and wellness through their interior design solutions and partner brands (Kinna ...
Clay Pearson, SACC-Houston SACC-Houston recently welcomed Clay Pearson and Sofie Castacio as new members of the SACC-Houston board. Clay Pearson describes himself as far from a native Swede, but instead as a long-time ”Swedeophile”. He grew up in ...
Niklas Syk, SACC-Austin's new treasurer Welcome to SACC, would you like to tell us a bit about yourself? I moved to Austin in June last year from Stockholm, Sweden. I’m originally from Västervik , a small town about three hours south of ...
Mollie Silverhelm from SACC-Austin with Clarence Blomberg. New Sweden, is an iconic vestige of a pocket of Swedish settlers who moved to the area east of Pflugerville in 19th century. Several Swedish settlements in the area included New Sweden, Carlso ...
Dear SACC –Dallas and Texas friends, When I look back on what we have accomplished during the first half of 2015, I can’t help but recognize the great response to our activities and wonderful support from you, our community, towards SACC. There has be ...
A post on Facebook recently read “Houston we no longer Have a problem” referring to the fact that customers can now find Swedish Pick and Mix Candy at IKEA in Houston. It is true that there is something special about the Swedish candy that Swedes miss whe ...
Henrik Johansson, Vice President SACC-Austin Greetings from Austin, the capital of Texas! In the month of March, the city is also the capital of the world for the creative industries. The SXSW festival starts on March 12th and attracts over 70,000 ...
Foto: Linus Hallsénius • Tell us about your musical development that has led you to where you are today? Well I started learning to engineer and produce music before I even consider making an album which was very important for me. By doing ...
Transmode is a global provider of packet-optical networking solutions, working with enabling fixed line and mobile network operators supporting the rapid growth in video and data traffic. Their solutions are important building blocks in next-generation, h ...
Logo Find Your F.I.T. Camilla Ahlqvist, a SACC Texas member, who currently attends Texas A&M University in College Station started her own business in January called "Find Your F.I.T.". F.I.T. stands for Focused Individualized Training and provide ...
Austin, the capital of Texas, also called the “Silicon Hills”, is the place where start-up companies blossom. The business magazine Forbes ranked Austin as number one amongst 65 city regions in the USA when it comes to creating new job opportunities. One ...
We haven’t seen that many Swedish players in the Dallas Stars in the last years, but for the 2014/2015 season there are actually three on the team. SACC-Texas interviewed Dallas Stars goaltender Anders Lindbäck and defensemen John Klingberg and Patrik Nem ...
Dear SACC-Houston friends, As we are in the final planning of the traditional annual SACC-Houston Holiday party next week, it is also time to summarize a fantastic 2014. This is the time of the year you realize that time flies. 2014 started off with ...
Åsa Algard is a new member of SACC-Houston. She decided to join the organization after starting going back to work to meet more Swedes and professionals. Åsa and her husband moved from Stockholm to Houston 14 months ago with their two kids, Olivia (4.5 ye ...
Malin Backlund just arrived in Dallas, Texas to start her five month internship with SACC-Texas. She will be living in Dallas but working as Marketing and Organizational Strategy Trainee for all of SACC-Texas. What attracts you to Texas? There is a ...
David Svensson, IKEA Trading Area Manager in Houston IKEA Trading has been a Corporate Member with SACC-Texas since December 2013 and we got a chance to talk to David Svensson, the IKEA Trading Area Manager in Houston. David started worki ...
South by Southwest (SXSW) is one of the most popular festivals and trade shows for the creative and interactive industries in the US. SXSW was held in Austin in March and while all the Swedish participants have gone back home, the buzz has continued long ...
SACC-Texas celebrates 30 years this year and we have met with two of our former presidents who played a crucial role in the formation of SACC-Texas; Gunnar Nilsson, who is one of the founders of SACC-Houston, and Richard Koehler who expanded SACC-Houston ...
Gunnar Peters started River Trinity Club de Futbol (RTCF) in Irving in 2012, wanting to create a soccer club similar to those in Sweden. “In Texas, in my experience, you have soccer clubs where the teams within the same club don’t support each other. They ...
November 24, 1958 - November 11, 2013 Anders Nilsson was one of the founders of Swedish American Chamber of Commerce in Texas in Austin in 1997 and served as the Vice President of the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce in Austin for twelve years ...
Matias Bonnier It's been a little more than two years since I took that fateful call on I-93 somewhere between Boston, Massachusetts, and Concord, New Hampshire. A voice on the other end asked if I would be interested in becoming the next Chairman Ele ...
Representatives from SACC chapters from all over the United States gathered in Washington, D.C. on September 18, for the annual SACC Summit and to celebrate SACC-USA’s 25th anniversary. The Summit was held at the House of Sweden and the newly appointed Sw ...
The Swedish saying "Ensam är stark" (Alone is strong, direct translation) is hardly true when it comes to creating successful networking events. Instead collaborating with other organizations and chambers becomes essential. The key is truly in being able ...
The Swedish-American Chambers of Commerce USA (SACC-USA) is the umbrella organization of the 18 regional SACC Chambers in the U.S. and Sweden. SACC-USA acts as a bridge between the American and Swedish markets, promoting business through industry specific ...
A lot of things are happening in SACC-Texas this year; we are celebrating 30 years as a Chamber, we have a new President, we are increasing our focus on communication to members as well as between members to enhance our network, and SACC-Texas is doing ...
The second annual 'The Swedish Affair' event was held in Los Angeles on June 9th and 10th at the famous Rockstar Mansion in Hollywood Hills. The event was created last year to celebrate the Swedish creative industries (Games, Film, Music, Design, Fashion ...
Jarl Dahlfors is the President and CEO of Loomis U.S. and Executive Vice President of Loomis AB, the parent company of Loomis U.S., since 2009. He started working for Loomis AB in 2007 as Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with prior experience as CFO of ...
"That positive can-do attitude about Texas" Texas is continuously ranked as the best state for business and this comes as no surprise to the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce (SACC) Texas new Dallas Vice President Marcus Klintmalm. His family moved ...
Karlskrona and Växjö hosted this year’s E-days. The two meetings focused on IT/Telecom and Cleantech. Both cities are located in the southern part of Sweden and both have excellent communications to the rest of Europe. EU has elected Växjö the “Greenest C ...
Interview with Erica Swenson-Ingebrigtsen, Director of Sales and Marketing, Stockholm Imports, Inc. Who started the company and where? My father, Chet Swenson, a California entrepreneur with family ties to Sweden, formed Stockholm Imports, Inc. In th ...
SACCTX: Tell us about yourself and how ended up in Texas? Anders Eriksson Eriksson: I was born in Eskilstuna, Sweden but lived most of my childhood in Lidingo, a suburb outside Stockholm. I came to Texas on a tennis scholarship in 1989 and spent tw ...
November in Gothenburg, Sweden does not sound appealing - gray skies, wind and rain. This was not true this year. Gothenburg was greeting us with bright sunshine. The sun was also shining on the businesses in the Western region of Sweden where they recei ...
An interview with Jan Persson, CEO, Lamiflex Inc. Jan Persson, CEO of Lamiflex Inc. We recently had the pleasure to sit down with our newest business member, Jan Persson, CEO of Lamiflex Inc. Persson recently moved to Houston to take on the challe ...
Ola Melzig is one of our new business members in SACC Texas. With his business partner and wife Joan, Ola runs the event production company M&M Productions. Ola has earned a stellar reputation in the global entertainment industry as technical producer ...
Interview with Bo Bostrom, Realtor and Associate with Virginia Cook Realtors in Dallas, Texas. Bo is currently a Realtor for the Virginia Cook Realtors in Dallas, Texas, and provides quality services to both residential as well as commercial clientele ...
SACC Texas Houston YP SACC Texas in Houston has been working with the young professional’s community and cooperating with the other European chambers young professionals groups for quite a while. This spring a push was made to start the development of ...
2conciliate Business Solutions AB (www.2c8.com) was founded in the city of Karlstad four years ago by JanE Larsson (picture) and Boo Lofberg. The company developed the 2c8 Jan E Larsson Modeling Tool that is used to create, visualize and publish pr ...
Does the combination of gin and Sweden sound odd to you? Well, not to Swedish Master Blender and beverage creator Henrik Facile. Living in Austin since a few years back, Henrik is proud to see one of his creations hitting the shelves in liquor stores acro ...
“Julotta” is a traditional Swedish church service held early in the morning on Christmas Day. "Jul" is the Swedish word for Christmas, and "otta" is the time just before dawn. The tradition goes back to the Middle Ages, and everyone that could, attende ...
A sample from our October/November 2008 Newsletter: COMING TO NORTH AMERICA - A READINESS CHECKLIST Up and coming Swedish technology companies know that to build a viable business they eventually need to have a presence in North America. As the larges ...
A sample from our April/May 2007 Newsletter: Christer Fugelsang – Our Hero!! In Houston on January 18, 2007, the Consulate of Sweden and the Swedish American Chamber of Commerce-Texas together with SWEA and the Swedish Club of Houston joined in an exc ...
A sample from our October/November 2006 Newsletter: WHEN CAN I GO BACK? By Brian Buser My name is Brian Buser and I am a second year MBA student at The University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business. I have a strong interest in entreprene ...