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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 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! 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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
- 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. & ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Can you tell us a bit about yourself, what do you do? My name is Patrick Juthberg and I am from Sweden. I have a fantastic family with five great grown up children and three grandchildren. My family is still in Sweden, but my fantastic l ...
Hi there! My name is Elin Sjödahl and I am the new intern at Swedish-American Chambers of Commerce (SACC) Texas. I am very excited to join the SACC-Team! I will mainly be helping out in Houston as this is where I will be based, but I will also be the ...
SACC-USA’s flagship event, Executive Forum 2019, will be held on June 13 in Washington D.C. Executive Forum is the premier event in the U.S. for Swedish corporations and their executives, arranged in collaboration with the Swedish Embassy in Washington D. ...
Hohoho! The Christmas Holidays are closing in, and with that we are happy to be able to offer You a Special price i.e. $5 off regular price on Julglögg by Swede Mikael Sjöblom at Sjoeblom Winery in Napa Valley. Sjoeblom Winery is also one of our Christmas ...
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 ...
Two days in Texas showed us that the Swedish-American business cooperation is stronger than ever. The annual #SACCSummit conference is where our 20 regional chambers and the companies that makes Sweden such a powerful force of international trade meet ...
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 ...
The Swedish institute and the Swedish Film institute will celebrate the Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman who in 2018 was born 100 years ago. Come for the Rice Cinema screening of "Bergman Island" on September 7th, 2018 with speaker Jan Holmber ...
SACC Summit Sustainable Business Innovation October 25-26, 2018, Houston, Texas PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT: The Innovative Future Of Energy An interesting challenge in the traditional energy business is the upcoming retirement of current business leaders in ...
Every year, around this time, we invite all of our members to pick a flower and come celebrate one of Sweden’s most treasured holidays together with us in wonderful Pease Park. You might already have guessed it… but of course we’re talking about the Swedi ...
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 ...
Amazon is rumored to be establishing itself in Sweden soon. “One of the hottest topics in Swedish e-commerce right now, is when - not if - Amazon will establish itself in the country.” Amazon Web Services recent investment in multiple real estate purchase ...
The Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (SACC-USA) held a successful Executive Forum on May 24, 2018, in collaboration with the Embassy of Sweden. The Executive Forum focused on business opportunities in the Age of Disrupt ...
The first-ever SweDish dinner, organized by SACC-Texas in Dallas, was a big hit! Executive chef Martin Almgren prepared a delicious six-course traditional Swedish meal in the vibrant Dallas Design District. Attendees also enjoyed Swedish candies from Cand ...
High Quality API Event Series Visits Austin To Emphasize Global API Design Practices On June 11 – 13, Nordic APIs will host their second API event in the USA, modeled after their successful event series in Europe. During this two and a hal ...
Welcome to Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce in Austin! We're excited to have you onboard! Tell us a little bit about yourself. Thank you. I am very excited to become a part of SACC-Texas in Austin! My name is Felicia Anto ...
The Embassy of Sweden and SACC-USA have once again mapped Swedish-affiliated companies and their economic impact in the United States. This is an updated third edition of this popular publication, and it shows that economic interactions with Swedish busin ...
Can you tell us a bit about yourself? My name is Gustaf Rabe, and I am responsible for the business development team for USA and Canada. I am from Gothenburg, Sweden, and I have worked at Tetra Pak for 17 years -- 14 of those have been based in De ...
Premier gaming lifestyle festival DreamHack returns to Austin, Texas Friday, June 1–Sunday, June 3, 2018 at the Austin Convention Center. The 24-hour-a-day, non-stop festival will be jam-packed with more than $400,000 in pro ...
Would you like to coach someone you can share your knowledge with while receiving new ways of thinking? Are you looking to be coached by someone to exchange your ideas? Do you value networking? Are you interested in participating in a program th ...
Conveniently located just steps from the festival, House of Scandinavia by AmEx and SAS is your home away from home at SXSW, and the perfect spot for networking and daily recaps on everything innovative. Enjoy premium food and drinks as well as curated en ...
Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce (SACC)-Texas is looking for a Communications & Website Management Board Member to join one of our SACC Texas local chapters´, Austin, Dallas or Houston, as soon as possible. YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE OF •Mainly webpa ...
Scholarship Offer One-year Master Program in International Business Strategy at Linnaeus University, Free tuition! Internship with AIF Management AB, in parallel with studies September 2018 to June 2019 Location: Kalmar, Sweden Applicati ...
Johan Marcus, the SACC-USA President and Executive Director visited Texas during a four day long road-trip in December. Our very own SACC-Texas President, Hans Cederlund located in Houston joined Johan on his tour. The aim was for us in SACC-Texas to show ...
Meter Television are now conduction a nationwide casting for season 8 of the Emmy award winning TV show "Allt For Sverige". Season 5, 6 and 7 was beyond successful, and they broke records in viewings. They are searching for Americans who badly ...
Are you, or do you know, an American tech or IT student interested in an internship in Sweden? The Swedish-American Chambers of Commerce of the USA is reaching out to tech students or graduates to join Swedish companies for traineeships up to 1 ...
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 ...
My name is Andreas Drakenberg and I currently hold the position of trainee at the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce in Austin. In my opinion, without sounding too biased, the position in the capital of Texas is superior by far to other internships avai ...
Patrik Melander, we are very happy to welcome you to the Board of Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce (SACC) in Dallas! You will be heading the Dallas chapter of SACC-Texas, can you tell us about your background? Thank you Johanna! We ...
We're happy to announce a successful SACC Texas Golf tournament which was held on November 4th at the Tour 18 Golf Court located in Houston. The event was ample fun for all teams who joined in! In all, we had 3 teams from Dallas, 2 teams from Austin and 1 ...
On October 25-26 2017, SACC-USA and SACC New England hosted the annual networking event SACC Summit in Boston. Members, business partners and chamber representatives were invited, whereof SACC Texas had six chamber representatives present. The theme this ...
Back in September SAS announced that they will charter two direct flights from Stockholm to Austin during next year’s SXSW festival in March. This will be the first time that Arlanda gets a direct line to the capital of Texas. Austin is not one of S ...
Ericsson opens a design center in Austin. The focus will be on microelectronics and accelerating the commercialization of 5G. According to the press release, the design center is already open and recruitment of staff is under way. The aim is to have 80 e ...
Apply for Internships at SACC Texas The Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce (SACC) in Texas is looking for 2 proactive, ambitious and result-oriented interns/trainees to join our team, starting as soon as possible. Focus will be to find someone for ...
Mobile Passport Station The Swedish Embassy in Washington, DC offers a special consular service by using a mobile photo station that enables Swedish citizens to apply for regular passports at a number of Swedish Consulates in the U.S. The mobile pas ...
Houston, Texas: Carl, we are very glad to have Aeon LLC as a Business Member of SACC-Texas. In short, can you please tell us about yourself? I am originally from Baton Rouge Louisiana, but have been a resident of Sugar Land, Texas since 2008 ...
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 ...
Austin, Texas: SACC Texas´ Business Member in Austin, Scandinavian Spaces, is a B2B company that aims to provide companies with ergonomic, sustainable and highly attractive furniture. They do this by promoting their products to interior designers and ...
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
Austin, Texas: Exciting news! Airline Norwegian will launch a new route from Gatwick, London to Austin-Bergstom, Austin. The route will open in March next year and Norwegian will use the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft to traffic the line. Ticket ...
Dallas, Texas: Andreas, we are glad to have Ecolean as a Business Member of SACC-Texas. In short, can you please tell us about what Ecolean does? Ecolean is a supplier of innovative and lighter packaging solutions. By using a minimal amount ...
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 ...
Austin Chapter August Back to Work After Work September &n ...
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 ...