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 ...
SACC Summit and the 25th Anniversary Celebration
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 ...
Building Bridges
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 ...
SACC-USA and SACC-Texas – a Strong Collaboration
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 ...
What’s New in SACC-Texas
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 Swedish Affair
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 ...
Interview with Stefan Lloyd – the New President of SACC-Texas
As of January this year, the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce (SACC) Texas has a new President. Stefan Lloyd lives in Dallas and first joined SACC in December 2011, replacing Sweden’s Vice Consul Tina Klintmalm as Vice President of SACC-Dallas. It was ...
Jarl Dahlfors – a Houston Expatriate and Future President and CEO of Loomis Group
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 ...
Texas is Wide Open for Business – Interview with the new Vice President of SACC-Dallas
"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 ...
Interview with Dennis Rylander – Co-Founder of Ranger Creek Brewing & Distilling
Stockholmer Dennis Rylander made his American debut in Dallas at the age of 21. After getting his undergrad from UT Dallas and MBA from UT Austin McCombs business school, he turned one semester into a new home. After spending some time in San Diego, he wa ...
Interview with Henrik Facile – Bringing Swedish Punsch to America
Kronan Swedish Punsch owner Henrik Facile began creating new spirits and flavors 20 years ago in his hometown of Stockholm before moving to Texas with his wife in the 1990s. His liquid pieces of art have been praised and featured in the New York Times, Hu ...
SACC-Texas in Austin honoring Anders Nilsson
Anders Nilsson At the SACC-Texas annual meeting 2011 Anders Nilsson was honoured with a “Lifetime Achievement Award” for his work with the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce (SACC) in Texas. Anders Nilsson who was one of the founders of SACC-Texas i ...
Report from Entrepreneurial Days in Växjö
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 ...
The Story of Stockholm Krystal Vodka
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 ...
Meet SACC Young Professionals
SACC-USA Young Professionals (SACC-USA YP) is an interactive section of the Swedish-American Chambers of Commerce (SACC) for young professionals with an interest in Swedish-American relations. SACC-USA YP is dedicated to provide a forum to develop and s ...
Interview with Anders Eriksson, owner of Polo Tennis and Fitness Club – Austin, TX
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 ...
Interview with Gustav Einarsson, owner of Texas Sports Academy
SACCTX: Please give us a brief describtion of your academy. Gustav Einarsson: Texas Sports Academy (below called TSA) was started in August 2010. The concept is originally from Sweden. During the spring 2011 we have our first tuition semester with p ...
E-Days in Gothenburg, November 8-10 2010
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 ...
Thinking Global, Acting Local
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 ...
From Molecules to Treatments
The Houston Chapter of Swedish Chamber Of Commerce in Texas invited to a Wine Reception featuring Jan-Åke Gustafsson, Director for the Center for Nuclear Receptors and Cell Signaling at University of Houston. Jan-Åke Gustafsson, a renowned Swedish scie ...
Ola Melzig – the man behind the world’s largest scene
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 ...
All About Energy!
Interview with Mats Olsson, Corporate Director of Technology at Dresser Inc. I met up with Mats Olsson at Dresser Wayne’s head quarters in Austin. Dresser Wayne is the largest division of Dresser Inc. and the area where Mats has spent most of his impr ...
Dallas Real Estate Market: Signs for promising future growth
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 ...
Young Professionals in the Swedish American Business community
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 ...
Market entry experience in Texas: 2conciliate Business Solutions
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 ...
Crossing Geographical and Culinary Borders: a Swedish Chef at the Hilton
The Hilton Garden Inn in Allen receives guests from all over the world, but so far the closest they’ve come to having Swedes stay the night were two Norwegians who recently stopped by. The Swedish chef, Jan Loov, is hoping this will change, especially con ...
A toast for Swedish gin – the Right Gin
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 ...
Changing the Game in Executive Recruitment
A successful business is formed from a blend of 3 key ingredients: an innovative product, a viable business plan, and the right people. "People are the secret to the sauce," says Swedish native Bjorn Kirchdorfer, Partner at Top Gun Ventures (www.topgu ...
Julotta – a Swedish tradition kept alive in Texas
“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 ...
SACC-Texas assists NASA with Space Station broadcast
How did a small Swedish owned consulting and translation firm get to work with NASA? You guessed it SACC-Texas. We helped with connecting the parties for the live Swedish/English simultaneous translation that took place during the Discovery/ISS 128 flight ...
SACC-Texas Newsletter April/May 2009
A sample from our April/May 2009 Newsletter: SACC-TEXAS CELEBRATES 25 YEARS! In 1983 the Swedish American Trade Association (SATA) was formed in Houston. And although the original organization existed in name but a few years, the concepts, interests, ...
SACC-Texas Newsletter October/November 2008
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 ...
SACC-Texas Newsletter April/May 2008
A sample from our April/May 2008 Newsletter: SWEDEN AND TEXAS - A STRONG ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP The Austin chapter of SACC-Texas recently hosted a visit by Claes Hammar, Minister for Trade and Economic Affairs, at the Embassy of Sweden in Washington, D. ...
SACC-Texas Newsletter November/December 2007
A sample from our November/December 2007 Newsletter: INTERVIEW WITH AMBASSADOR MICHAEL WOOD, UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO SWEDEN by Elise Peters On a recent spring day, Swedish Council of America Executive Director Elise Peters had the opportunity to me ...
SACC-Texas Newsletter April/May 2007
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 ...
SACC-Texas Newsletter October/November 2006
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 ...