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The Swedish Chamber of Commerce would like to extend a warm -Thank You, to all our members and guests who attended the Swedish Chamber of Commerce's 62 Lucia Celebration on December 9, 2022, at Hotel Hilton Amsterdam. A special thanks to Keynote speakers , Managing Director Scania Benelux and Swe-Cham Chairman , Managing Director/CEO Scania Production Nederland B.V, Zwolle for their interesting presentation of Scania as well as giving an insight in their challenges for the coming years. We were very happy to feature Lund’s Academic Choir who gave a fantastic traditional Lucia performance and brought the light in the dark days before Christmas to all present guests. The Lucia performance was followed by the great charity Raffle Ceremony with fantastic prizes and happy winners. A big thank you to the generous sponsors of the lovely prizes and to all members and guests who generously bought raffle tickets for the benefit of the  which brings children’s theater for the support of terminally sick children at academic hospitals throughout the Netherlands. During the Swedish Chamber Lucia Luncheon, we collected EUR 940,00 which we are happy to donate to the Gilat Foundation on behalf of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce. Finally, we extend our sincere thanks to the Event Sponsors  and  for making this event possible and to  for the pleasant collaboration.                               The Swedish Chamber wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We are looking forward to welcoming you to our many events in 2023.

The Swedish Chamber of Commerce for the Netherlands would like to congratulate Karin Ehnbom-Palmquist for being presented with the Extraordinary Member Award 2022 by the Swedish Chamber of Commerce for the UK.

The Swedish Chamber of Commerce for the UK (SCC) is pleased to announce that Karin Ehnbom-Palmquist has presented the Extraordinary Member Award, on 2 December at The Landmark Hotel in London. Karin receives the prize for her “passionate and long-term support of the international scholarship programmes at Swedish Chambers across the world, and in particular to the Swedish Chamber of Commerce for the UK”. Karin Ehnbom-Palmquist chairs the Scholarship Fund for Swedish Youth Abroad, which donates scholarships for placements at Swedish Chambers across the world. The fund has supported young students to join the SCC in London for the last five years, enabling both the students and the organisation to grow and develop. For the Chamber, it has provided a necessary conduit for developing the business offering. The fund, under Karin’s leadership, has initiated partnerships with a large number of Chambers in the world, and now offers scholarships across all continents making Swedish Chambers more competitive in the world. The Extraordinary Member Award is presented to Karin today at the Swedish Chamber’s Annual Christmas Luncheon – the largest Swedish Christmas luncheon outside of Sweden - at The Landmark Hotel in London, by the SCC Chairman Jan Olsson, CEO Nordics at Deutsche Bank. The award is presented annually to formally acknowledge and recognise individual support and contribution to the Chamber’s mission and work by members of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce for the UK. Karin is the fourth recipient of the award, following Håkan Winberg in 2020, Count Bertil Bernadotte in 2019, and Dr Anders Wall who received the first award in 2018.   Text and photo Swedish Chamber of Commerce UK.