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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 ...
🎉 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! Whether ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
Cilla, tell us about yourself, who you are and your background? I am born in Miami, FL by Danish/Norwegian parents, and was taken to Sweden as an infant. Grew up and graduated in Stockholm and have also lived in Vetlanda, Marstrand (Gothenburg) and V ...
Dear SACC Houston and Texas friends, Astrid Marklund, Jonas Dahlström and Patrik Svahn with Russ Capper from the GHP (Greater Houston Partnership). It’s already end of September and most people are back in normal routines after a long&nbs ...
Amason is a Swedish musical band that will play in Austin during SXSW. Amanda Bergman is the lead singer and SACC-Austin had the opportunity to have an interview with her. • Tell us how Amason was born? Amason was born in Pontus Winnberg's head, I gu ...
In Texas, food trucks have been around for a long time and in the last few years they have become more popular. Food trucks can be found almost everywhere; from parks to outside big sport events. In Sweden, food trucks are a fairly new concept, first st ...
On March 27th, the Swedish-American Chambers of Commerce USA in collaboration with organizations such as Volvo, the city of Gothenburg, the American Chamber of Commerce in Sweden, and Connect Väst, brought the U.S. market to Gothenburg through one-day eve ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...