We are excited to introduce three new members to the SACC Houston board, all bringing fresh insights, ideas, and inspiration from Malmö and Skåne. Please join us in welcoming Ilona Kiebler, Mikael Olsen, and Siavosh Derakhti. Ilona Kiebler: Ilona Kiebl ...
SACC Houston: Celebrate 21 Years of the Nordic Golf Tournament!
🎉 Come Swing Into Action at Our 21st Anniversary Nordic Golf Tournament! 🎉 Get ready for an unforgettable day of golf, networking, and celebration as we mark 21 years of the Nordic Golf Tournament, proudly hosted by SACC, DACC, NACC, and FACC! Whethe ...
SACC Texas Welcomes New Intern Henry Cronholm-Levin
SACC Texas is pleased to introduce Henry Cronholm-Levin as its newest intern. With a rich academic background and a unique connection to both Sweden and the U.S., Henry brings a diverse perspective to the team. We sat down with Henry to learn more about h ...
Still Time to Register for SACC Summit Chicago 2024
The Swedish-American Chambers of Commerce (SACC-USA) will host its annual SACC Summit in Chicago on September 18-19, 2024. This event is a prime opportunity to connect with representatives from all 20 regional SACC offices and get insights into the busine ...
SACC Texas member Eleiko recognized as fast growing Swedish company
SACC Austin member Swedish fitness equipment manufacturer Eleiko has been awarded the SACC USA Business Award by the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce (SACC) at a ceremony in the House of Sweden in Washington, D.C. For the second time, the award was ...
EXECUTIVE FORUM 2024: The Future is Now: Outlook and Insights at Crucial Junctures
The Executive Forum is a flagship event hosted by the Swedish American Chambers of Commerce each spring in Washington, D.C. This high-profile gathering features prominent speakers, in-depth discussions, and valuable networking opportunities at the stunn ...
SACC-USA to Host Seminar in Swedish Parliament on Strengthening U.S.-Sweden Trade
As Sweden intensifies efforts to boost foreign trade with the introduction of a new national strategy, the Swedish-American Chambers of Commerce USA (SACC-USA) is set to host a seminar in the Swedish Parliament on January 23, 2024, focusing on strengtheni ...
AZBVH’s Texas Trade Mission: Expanding Life Sciences Collaboration
AstraZeneca BioVentureHub (AZBVH), in partnership with SACC-USA and regional chambers, embarked on a transatlantic trade mission from October 10 to 21, strengthening life sciences ties between Sweden and key U.S. states, including Texas and Houston. The d ...
Meet Estelle Klavberg: Our New Marketing Intern for Fall 2023
We are excited to introduce Estelle Klavberg, the newest addition to our SACC Texas team. Estelle, a talented Swedish Advertising and Marketing Communications student has joined us as a Marketing Intern for the fall of 2023. Originally hailing from the ...
Elevate Your Outdoor Living with EcoWorks
Ready to take your outdoor living to the next level? EcoWorks is your go-to destination for creating luxurious, exceptional outdoor spaces that exceed your wildest dreams. Member Offer: Enjoy a 5% Discount! Our team of skilled designers and craftsmen is ...
Discover the Flavors of Europe at Copenhagen Restaurant
Are you ready for a culinary journey to Europe? Copenhagen European Kitchen & Bakery in Katy, TX, brings the charm and flavors of the continent to your plate. Member Offer: Enjoy a 10% Discount! This family-owned gem is all about wholesome, scrat ...
Exclusive Partnership Between SACC Texas and Hilton Hotels
We're thrilled to share some fantastic news with our SACC Texas members. We have officially partnered with the Hilton Houston Post Oak, offering exclusive benefits for our members and their partners. "This unique offer applies to all SACC Texas member ...
HRH Prince Daniel of Sweden Becomes Patron of the Swedish American Chambers of Commerce
In a move that strengthens the growing ties between Sweden and the U.S., HRH Prince Daniel of Sweden has officially become a patron of the Swedish American Chambers of Commerce USA (SACC-USA). Prince Daniel, known for his commitment to entrepreneurship ...
Meet Alan McKinney, the new Marketing Intern for SACC Houston
Alan McKinney, a Marketing student at the University of Houston, is a new Marketing and Event intern for SACC Houston, effective immediately. Please tell us a bit about yourself. I am a Marketing student at the University of Ho ...
Meet Moa Svendsen new intern SACC Houston
Moa Svendsen, originally from Trelleborg in Sweden, is based in Chicago, where she is studying for a degree in Sport Management. Moa’s internship is assigned to Houston, but she will be available to help all three Texas chambers when necessary. Could y ...
PRESS RELEASE: Sustainable Transition – a new industry event in Houston focusing on green innovations from Sweden and Texas
PRESS RELEASE Sustainable Transition – a new industry event in Houston focusing on green innovations from Sweden and Texas HOUSTON (February 7, 2023) – The new SACC Texas industry event, Sustainable Transition, brings together Sweden and Texas – spe ...
Gustav Jörtsö is the new board treasurer at SACC Houston
SACC Houston’s new treasurer is an outdoors geek and likes the open atmosphere in Houston and seeks to strengthen SACC Houston’s economic performance. Who are you, and how come you ended up in Houston? I am originally from Uppsala but have been l ...
Welcome, Fanny Christoffersson, new intern at SACC Texas!
Fanny Christoffersson is joining SACC Texas as a new Marketing and Events Intern, effective in January 2023. On Fanny's behalf, we are also looking for an internship at one of our member companies somewhere in Texas starting asap in 2023. What is y ...
Welcome to SACC Houston New Year’s Reception on January 27!
Kick off the new year by mingling and networking with SACC Houston at Copenhagen European Kitchen and Bakery in Katy. Here we meet and eat plenty of the fantastic menu, a mix of Danish and Asian food composed by the Danish owners Pernille and Michael. Bri ...
Swedish American Chambers of Commerce Annual Meetings and Conference “SACC Summit”
Photographer: Åsa Johansson Bagley FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – PRESS RELEASE Swedish American Chambers of Commerce Annual Meetings and Conference "SACC Summit" Washington, D.C., November 7, 2022 --- The Swedish American Chambers of Commerce, Inc., SA ...
SACC USA Business Survey, October 2022:
PRESS RELEASE The mid-term elections will be a thriller says new survey from SACC USA Donald Trump will run in the next presidential election in 2024, but he will not face President Joe Bi ...
Meet Victoria Andersen new board member at SACC Houston
Victoria is taking on the role of Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Partnerships. From that platform, she would like to jointly create new business opportunities for Sweden and Swedes in this great hub and promote Swedish culture to the ...
Thanks for participating! – SACC Dallas : The creation of Biamp as a growth engine
SACC Dallas had the honor to visit the Biamp Office in Plato and listen to CEO & Co-chairman Rashid Skaf tell us about the business. Rashid Skaf joined the company with the acquisition by Highlander Partners. ...
Helene Honeybone is new Honorary Consul at the Consulate of Sweden Dallas
Swedish origin Helene Honeybone moved to Dallas twenty-five years ago where she is running her own ad agency. As a new Honorary Consul, succeeding Tina Klintmalm, she wants to use her background and connections and assist SACC-Texas in creating new opport ...
Thank you, Saga Löwenborg!
Saga Löwenborg has been an invaluable intern for SACC Texas during the last year. We would like to say thank you to Saga, as she is now moving on to attend the University of Portsmouth in the UK to continue her studies on supply chain management. How w ...
Welcome Sandra Wexén, new SACC Texas intern!
Sandra Wexén is studying the master’s program International Business & Management at Uppsala University. Starting in August, Sandra will be acting as SACC Texas Intern Marketing Lead, being responsible for marketing of all SACC Texas events. What ...
Say Hi to Elisabeth Axberger, new SACC Texas intern
Law student Elisabeth Axberger from Stockholm is one of SACC Texas new interns, starting in August. Elisabeth will be responsible for Administration and Back-office functions. Based in Austin she will serve all three boards. Could you tell us a bit abo ...
What is SACC USA Business Award, André Persson?
During the SACC USA Executive Forum in June, the SACC USA Business Award was presented. The initiative is based on an idea from André Persson. We asked him a few questions. What is SACC USA Business Award? In short, it is an award to highlight fas ...
Interesting and important insights from the SACC Texas Survey 2022 Report
Earlier this spring, SACC Texas conducted a Survey led by SACC Houston Vice Chair, Johanna Miceli. Here you can take part of the whole report or just read the executive summary. Executive summary: We need to recruit 18–25-year-old people. Th ...
Swedish Election 2022
General Election to the Parliament, City and County (Riksdag, Kommun and Landsting) will take place in Sweden on September 11, 2022 Swedish citizens living abroad can vote in the Election to The Parliament (Riksdag) Voting location: The Consulat ...
An interview with resigning Intern Motolani Gbogi
What are you going to do now, could you tell us a little bit about your new assignment? I am going to complete my master’s degree in finance at the University of Houston in December 2022, and thereafter pursue a career in Corporate Finance. I am cu ...
Member Spotlight: Adam Dahlstrom, the newest board member of SACC Austin
Meet Adam Dahlstrom, the newest board member of SACC Austin. Swedish origin Adam Dahlström grew up in Houston but recently moved to Austin, where he is taking a seat in the SACC Austin bo ...
Survey from SACC Texas: Let us know your thoughts on the SACC Texas Membership
Survey from SACC Texas: Let us know your thoughts on the SACC Texas Membership Dear SACC Texas member, SACC Texas is conducting a survey to get insight to your thoughts and needs as a member, and thereby incre ...
An interview with resigning Intern Sophie Emerson
Communication and Webmaster Intern, Sophie Emerson, is moving on to take a position with IES Abroad (The Institute of International Education for Students) in Chicago. Read more about Sophie’s insights and learnings being with SACC Texas. What were you ...
Member Spotlight: Christopher Westerlund with Matica Biotechnology
Meet Christopher Westerlund a native from Gothenburg working with Korean company Matica Biotechnology in College City. Could you tell us a bit about Matica Biotechnology and what you do? Manica Biotechnology is a contract development and manufactur ...
Meet Baxley Miceli, a Skåne-American moving back to Houston
Baxley Miceli is Manager for Great IT, an IT infrastructure, network and client management company, based in Houston. But before that Baxley lived in Malmö, Sweden for almost twenty years. Here he tells us a bit about the biggest differences between doing ...
An interview with resigning Intern Kysa Sager
Kysa Sager has held the position as Intern Marketing Lead during 2021 and 2022. As she is now taking on a position as Consumer Public Relations Intern Weber Shandwick in Chicago, Illinois, she tells us about her next assignment on Weber Shandwick as well ...
Finnair starts non-stop flights between DFW and Helsinki in March
Finnair will start nonstop flights between DFW airport and Helsinki Vanta airport starting in March. That is great news for many Nordic people working and living in Dallas Fort Worth. We talked to Finnair's GM for North America, Caroline Borawski. ...
Eleiko, a leading weightlifting equipment provider, relocates to Austin,TX
Globally known as the leading equipment provider for serious weightlifters and Paralympic weightlifting, Eleiko has moved it's Headquarters from Chicago to Austin, Texas. On site is both their office and a high-end weightlifting gym, hosting a unique setu ...
Jesper Palmborg and Johan Schneider from SACC-USA Talent Mobility Program appreciated the hospitality in Texas
After traveling through ten states starting in Washington DC going north, Jesper and Johan made it to Texas after visiting Denver Colorado. On site in Texas, the two interns paid visits to Austin, Dallas and Houston. We took the opportuni ...
Carl Stenberg, a new Board Member in Houston, will work with SACC-USA Talent Mobility Program
Carl Stenberg, a new board member in Houston, will work with SACC-USA Talent Mobility Program. Being a young Private Equity lawyer in the Houston, Carl Stenberg is looking forward to work with the SACC-USA Talent Mobility program and start going to the ...
Press release: Slow recovery of business travel between Sweden and the United States says members of the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce in a new survey
Travel is important for business, but the pandemic has taught us that many meetings can take place digitally, and therefore it will take some time after 2022 before business travel resumes after the pandemic. This according to SACC USA's recurring survey ...
SACC USA Business Survey 3, 2021 Results
Following are the results of the third and final SACC USA Business Survey of 2021. SACC members from all regional chambers completed the survey in October. See press release here.
Virtual Networking and Fall Cocktails with Erik Andersson from Hendrick’s Gin
Join us for a fun networking event with a casual and fun atmosphere. Attendees will get a chance to network with SACC members from different SACC chambers and learn how to mix up fall cocktails. During this live and interactive online event, you will lea ...
SACC Summit 2021 will look into the Future
The annual SACC Summit is a catalyst for future business success. This year we bring together high level decision makers, industry leaders, academics, and members from our 19 chambers, in Phoenix, Arizona, 2-4 November (with an internal meeting for SACC m ...
SACC Houston’s new Board Member, Robert Moreno
With a background as CRM Manager for Microsoft Sweden and current Corporate eCommerce Manager for Weatherford, Robert Moreno will look into SACC Texas digital framework. Meet SACC Houston’s new Board Member Robert Moreno, who also claims to be an avid cra ...
Talent Mobility Program with Jesper Palmborg
As USA opens after the pandemic, interns and trainees will also be able to travel. Jesper Palmborg is one of the Project Managers for SACC USA's Talent Mobility Program. He explains to us how SACC members can benefit from the program and how it wor ...
Meet the three Swedish scaleups from #AccessUSA that are considering coming to Texas
#AccessUSA is an accelerator program created by Startup Sweden, directed towards Swedish scaleups that are looking to expand to the US market. To strengthen the support to the companies, Startup Sweden has partnered up with the Embassy of Sweden in Washin ...
Gary Bruce from PDI
“The Lone Star State is the favorite choice for many Swedish companies coming to the U.S.” PDI, Prosperity Developers International is a consulting firm with presence in Florida, North Carolina and Texas, specializing in helping Swedish companies co ...
Member Spotlight: Chase Poole at Eco Works
Eco Works thinks it's important to have international trade with countries like Sweden Eco Works from Houston is a full service provider for outdoor needs, building pools, but also other outdoor structures. Chase Poole is the COO of Eco Works, and he app ...
Press Release: SACC USA Business Survey
Inflation exceeds the forecast in the U.S., says one of five members of the Swedish American Chamber of Commerce Johan Marcus, CEO of SACC USA Inflation will rise above the annual forecast of 2.6 percent and the low interest rate will not exceed 0.25 per ...
News: Meet the interns
Meet our new SACC Texas interns for 2021-2022!Meet Sophie Emerson, Motolani Gbogi, Saga Lowenborg and Kysa Sager. They are all part of the new intern team that will help SACC Texas for the upcoming year, starting August 15. Welcome, Sophie Emerson, Intern ...
Member Spotlight: Forward Vision Marketing
Forward Vision Marketing wants to connect with SACC Texas Forward Vision Marketing, based in Dallas, is a full service B2B marketing agency specialized in technology and communicating in a business-to-business marketplace. Dyanne Williamson runs the agenc ...
News: Christoffer Svanberg new board member at SACC Houston
Christoffer Svanberg, CEO of leading industrial real estate advisor in the Nordics, Nodepole will join the SACC Texas board of Houston. He is very much looking forward to taking part of the interesting development in Texas. “We live in a very exciting tim ...
SACC TX Internship Announcement
We are now looking for three motivated interns for 2021-2022! The positions are 12-18 months long internships located in Texas or can be remote. The positions are varied, very hands on and offers a unique opportunity to gain valuable experience and ...
Texas, one of designated sites for Startup Sweden’s #AccessUSA program
Texas is one of seven possible sites for ten Swedish tech startups that are coming to the USA in the fall, as part of Startup Sweden’s #AccessUSA program. Andreas Ek, Project Manager at Start Up Sweden, says that Texas was on the shortlist from the beginn ...
Marcelo Campos at Swedish Roxtec appreciates the network SACC Texas provides
Marcelo Campos at Swedish Roxtec appreciates the network SACC Texas provides Brazilian born Marcelo Campos is a Texas veteran and appreciates the strong relationships created throughout the years with several members of the Swedish Community. Could ...
Welcome as a new intern at SACC Texas, Felicia Nordgren!
Welcome as a new intern at SACC Texas, Felicia Nordgren! Felicia Nordgren is an intern at SACC Texas, based in Stockholm, Sweden. She tells us a bit more about how it is to work remote as an intern, also having a seven-hour time difference. What ...
Member Spotlight: Ajdoan Muliqi
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 TX?
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 ...
August Strindberg at the Alley Theatre in Houston
The Alley Theatre has pivoted to doing filmed projects online. The new digital 2020-21 season will be available for free to all who register for tickets at alleytheatre.org. Three of the short plays are by August Strindberg, translated and Directed by Rob ...
Chairman of the Board, Henrik Johansson on what will take place in Austin 2021
Hi Henrik, what do you have going on in SACC Austin 2021? We're shaking things up in Austin in 2021. I am taking a step back to make room for some new talent on the board and Mollie Silverhjelm and Joel Galmor will step up and take MY place. I will still ...
Patrik Melander, Chairman of the Board in Dallas, tells us about 2021
What kind of upcoming events would you like to highlight in DFW during 2021? You can expect at least two events per month. We will continue the CEO spotlights with many interesting and intriguing speakers - Nobel Price, Startup Worldcup. Another exciti ...
Meet Göran Haag, CEO and Founder of Champion Fiberglass
- A Legendary Member and the Founder of SACC Texas Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your career path? I am born in Stockholm, Sweden. After graduating chemical engineering from RIT (or as we say in Swedish, civilingenjör i kemi ...
Brittany Young from the DFW Board explains the purpose of SACC Texas Young Professionals
For who have you created Young Professionals? Young Professionals is for anyone looking to connect with others within the first ten years of their careers or upper education journeys. Why should I join Young Professionals? Young Professionals is ...
Jonas Dahlström is Chairman of the Board in Houston and tells us about the upcoming 2021
Hi Jonas Dahlström, Chairman of the Board at SACC Houston. What can we expect from Houston in the nearest future? We hope that the society will open up again and we can start to plan for real live meetings. In the meantime we will continue with the digit ...
SACC USA Business Survey no 1, 2021
The SACC USA Business Survey number 1, 2021 was conducted between January 11-20, 2021. The survey aimed to find out how SACC USA members perceived that Joe Biden's proposals for solutions in the environmental field could be of benefit for Swedish co ...
2020 in the rear mirror for SACC Texas chambers
2020 has, to say the least, been a tumultuous year. We've talked to the chairmen of our chambers in Dallas, and Houston to hear how they have handled the past pandemic year. Patrik Melander, chairman of the board, SACC Dallas: How would you ...
Greetings from Hans Cederlund, Chairman SACC Texas
Dear SACC Texas friends! A strange and eventful year is going to an end as I am writing the Editorial for the 10th and the last SACC Texas Newsletter of 2020. Covid-19 has truly affected SACC Texas in so many ways and has forced us to take our import ...
Welcome Alisha Kornhammar, SACC-Dallas Board Member
Your last name gives us a Swedish vibe. Could you tell us more about that? That’s because it is Swedish! It is my new family name. My personal heritage actually isn’t Swedish though (at least not that I’m aware of). My ancestors have been Americans for f ...
Meet Brittany Chang, our new board member in Dallas
Could you tell us a bit about your background? I attended the University of California, Irvine to get my Bachelor’s degree in Education Sciences with a specialization in Children’s Learning and Development. While completing my undergraduate degree, I w ...
SACC USA Business Survey Results
Check out the results of the first ever SACC USA Business Survey to see how Swedes across the country felt about the US economy and the US general election in September 2020 SACC-USA-Business-Survey-no-1-2020 Summary: 57 percent of the responde ...
Greetings from Hans Cederlund, President SACC Texas
Dear SACC Texas Friends! We are certainly living in turbulent times. Already on the other side of the election, we do know that this kind of political uncertainty is not ideal for business development. However, Sweden is well positioned, sins ...
Greetings from Patrik Melander, Chairman SACC Texas
Dear SACC friends, I hope that this newsletter finds you all safe and in good health. I also hope that you have had a fantastic summer and stay- or vacation, despite the pandemic. As for me, I have had a wonderful summer in Sweden, with few frien ...
Welcome Johanna Evertson, new board member for SACC Dallas!
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 ...
Greetings from Henrik Johansson, Chairman SACC Austin
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 ...
Greetings from Jonas Dahlstrom, Chairman SACC TX – Houston
Dear SACC Friends, I hope this newsletter finds you all safe and healthy. It is amazing how fast time is flying given the current circumstances, and we have already reached the midpoint of 2020. Initially, Texas was doing relatively well in terms o ...
Read the latest update on 2020 SACC membership dues
Dear SACC Texas member, Our inability to arrange in-person events makes you as a paying member even more important for a nonprofit organization like SACC Texas, simply because member fees are now our only source of income. With events no longer taking ...
SACC Texas Board Member André Persson writes in Svenska Dagbladet
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 ...
“Quarantini” – a new interactive event appreciated by many
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 ...
Online meetings replaced physical events for SACC Texas
For Patrik Melander, it has been a hectic spring with changed plans and a total turnaround of the event program. With Covid-19 everything had to be changed. But Patrik is cautiously optimistic and believes in a comeback for the physical event after th ...
1080 Motion – Delivering Swedish Sports Science to the Global Stage
The following article was copied from the SACC-USA website. The original article may be found here. Attacking the final hurdle of the 400m finals at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, American track athlete Dalilah Muhammad had only one ho ...
Welcome Alejandro M. Escobedo, new intern at SACC Texas!
Tell us a bit about your background and what you are doing currently? I am 19 years old and studying full-time as a student at Rice University. Texas has been my home since birth, but I still struggle with the summer heat and humidity. At Rice, I s ...
Greetings from Patrik Melander, Chairman SACC Dallas – Fort Worth
Dear SACC Austin, Dallas, Houston and Texas friends, A belated Happy New Year, I hope you all have had a good start of the new decade. Here at SACC Texas we are in full swing, already having conducted the Swedish Semla After Work in Austin as well as a ...
Welcome back, Birgitta Mossler!
Birgitta Mossler is making comeback as a board member in the Dallas chapter. Here, she explains why she wanted to rejoin the board and how she wants to contribute to SACC Texas. Welcome back to the SACC Texas board, Birgitta Mossler. What made you come ...
SACC Texas partner with Texas based completions company to provide internship opportunity!
About Christopher Westerlund The story begins with Christopher Westerlund, a native Swede that works as a Finance Director in the oil field completions industry. Chris has been a member of SACC TX since he moved to the U.S. in 2008. Chris has ...
Meet Patrik Löwenborg, new Board Member SACC Dallas!
Patrik Löwenborg is new board member in the Dallas Chapter. He has a long background from Ericsson and the Telecom industry and has been living in Dallas for three years. Patrik is a dedicated foodie and will mainly focus on working with our joyful even ...
Greetings from Patrik Melander, Chairman SACC Dallas – Fort Worth
Dear SACC -Dallas and Texas friends, I hope you all have had a great fall so far, and that you were not hit by the powerful tornado that swept over Dallas a couple of weeks ago. Time flies when you are having fun, and fall is soon tur ...
Mobile Passport Station
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 ...
Apply for internship at SACC Texas!
The Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce (SACC) Texas is looking for a proactive, ambitious and result-oriented intern/trainee to join our team on a part time position, starting as soon as possible. SACC-Texas was founded in Houston in 1983, and it is ...
Dear SACC – Texas friends
I hope you all had a fantastic summer and holiday. For the first time in many years, I could spend the summer combining work with a couple of weeks vacation, in a summery Sweden with morning jogs, swims, sauna and nice dinners with friends and fam ...
André Persson is new Board Member SACC Texas, Dallas and Chief Communication Officer for SACC Texas
Hi, André, and welcome to SACC Texas, Dallas and the role as Board Member in the Dallas Chapter and Chief Communication Officer for SACC Texas. Could you please tell us a bit about yourself? Thank you. I am born and raised in Stockholm, Sweden, w ...
Meet Marcus Hagegård, new board member for SACC Houston!
SACC-Houston is happy to announce that we on our last board meeting welcomed a new board member: Marcus Hagegård. Tell us a bit about yourself Marcus! I am 46 years old. Born and raised in Sweden. I have spent most of my adult life in the ...
Meet Christina Thoerngren, new board member for SACC-Dallas
Christina Thoerngren is the new Vice Chair Woman and Secretary for SACC Texas, Dallas Christina has a background as a Lawyer in Stockholm, Sweden, and she moved here to Dallas earlier this year with her two children and husband, who work at Ericsson. & ...
Greetings from Patrik Melander, Chairman SACC Dallas – Fort Worth
Dear SACC -Dallas and Texas friends, Now, in the midst of July, it is time to summarize the activities of the first six months for us at SACC Texas. I can only say that it has been a very active and eventful start for 2019, full of interesting and fu ...
Apply for Internships at SACC Austin
The Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce (SACC) Austin is looking for a proactive, ambitious and result-oriented intern/trainee to join our team on a part time position, starting as soon as possible. SACC Austin is a part of SACC-Texas, which was ...
An Interview with IKEA Frisco Store Manager Kristien Verbeke
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, ...