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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 Dear SACC Texas member, SACC Texas is conducting a survey to get insight to your thoughts and needs as a member, and thereby incre ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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. ...
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 ...
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. 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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
#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 ...
“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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...