Date: June 14, 2023
Time: 17.00 – 19.00
Venue:
Swedish Chamber of Commerce, Edge Olympic, Fred. Roeskestraat 115, Amsterdam
On June 14, 2023, the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with Business Sweden were very pleased to host the event “Enabling Technology Innovation: The Role of the Ecosystem – Insights from Sweden and the Netherlands” and to welcome representatives from several Swedish business regions together with Swedish companies and members and guests of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce for the Netherlands.
On behalf of The Swedish Chamber of Commerce and Business Sweden, we would like to give a warm thank you to our fantastic speakers: Myrthe Hooijman, Director Policy & Governmental Affairs, Tech Leap., Jan Sundelin, Partner PartInc Captial, CEO Tiekinetix, Board Member Swedish Chamber of Commerce and Chairman the Swe-Cham Tech Committee., Jelmer Wind, Co-Founder / Business Lead Team5PM, and Alexander Ljungström, Managing Director, Einar & Partners for their engaged presentations and for sharing their expertise and experiences. A special thanks to Tomas Korseman, Trade and Invest Commissioner of Sweden to Benelux at Business Sweden and Christina Härd, Business Sweden Benelux for the great cooperation and excellent networking opportunities. Finally, most importantly, we want to give a big thank you to all the attendees for joining us and contributing to the success of the event.
June 1, 2023
09:30-11:15
Swedish Chamber of Commerce
Edge Stadium
Fred. Roeskesstraat 110
On June 1, 2023 the Swedish Chamber of Commerce had the pleasure to welcome Mattias Frumerie, Director, Head of Delegation to UNFCCC Ministry of Climate and Enterprise Climate department, Stockholm, to engage with some of the Swedish Chambers Patron Members and sustainability experts on how to accelerate climate actions globally.
At the same date the Swedish Government announces that Sweden’s chief negotiator Mattias Frumerie has been appointed Ambassador for Sweden’s global climate work. The climate ambassador’s mission is to lead and represent Sweden’s international climate work. Mattias Frumerie has been Sweden’s chief negotiator for the climate negotiations within the UN climate convention, UNFCCC, for just over three years and he continues as chief negotiator also in his new role as ambassador. Sweden was one of the first countries to appoint a special climate ambassador to raise the importance and ambition of international climate work. Many other countries have now followed and appointed their own climate ambassadors.
“Happy, honored and humbled to be appointed as Sweden’s Climate Ambassador in addition to continuing in my role as Head of Delegation to UNFCCC UN. Looking forward to further strengthening the #TeamSweden effort in encouraging and ensuring more ambition in #ClimateAction globally, highlighting the urgency and opportunity of Climate Action. Proud of the solutions Swedish actors can offer to facilitate the transition in countries globally,” says Mattias Frumerie in a reaction on his LinkedIn.
The Swedish Chamber of Commerce for the Netherlands would like to thank Mattias Frumerie for a very inspiring and insightful meeting and we wish him the best of luck in his new role as Ambassador for Sweden’s global climate work.
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May 30, 2023
18.30-21.00
Hosted by Swe-Cham Patron Member Heussen Advocaten en Notarissen
May 22, 2023
16:00-19:00
Venue: Klarna Amsterdam
On May 22, 2023, the Swedish Chamber of Commerce organized the second Tech Table which this time about Fintech and hosted by Klarna Netherlands. We would like to give a warm thank you to our fantastic speakers: Näva von Rosen, Head of Expansion at Klarna; Damien Perillat, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of Billie; and Anna Blyablina, Co-founder and Chairwoman of the Board at Sthlm Fintech Week for their engaged presentations and for sharing their experiences. The Fintech event was moderated by our Tech Table moderator, Lex Keukens, Attorney at Law/Partner at Swe+Cham Member TK Tech and member of the Swedish Chamber Tech Committee. We would also like to thank Wilko Klaassen, Global Klarna Open Banking & Bank Transfer Domain Lead and Managing Director (CEO) Sofort., for the pleasant hosting of the event and for providing excellent network opportunities with drinks and snacks at Klarnas HQ in Amsterdam.
ABOUT THE SWEDISH CHAMBER TECH TABLE SERIES
Tech Tables is a platform for Swedish-Dutch tech leaders, entrepreneurs, and investors to meet, learn, and discuss the latest trends in technology. The Swedish Chamber of Commerce’s Tech Tables invite Swedish Chamber Members and leading experts, exciting entrepreneurs, and challengers alongside passionate changemakers from Sweden and the Netherlands to participate in the exciting discussions on how technology will shape the future and what can we learn from each other.
April 25, 2023
16.00 – 18.00
Venue: NORNORM
Edge Olympic
“The future of office furniture is flexible and circular”
On April 25, 2023, the Swedish Chamber of Commerce together with Member company NORNORM welcomed our members and guests to an inspiring company presentation “The future of office furniture is flexible and circular” at the show room office of NORNORM at Edge Olympic in Amsterdam. We would like to thank Douwe Dirks for his inspiring presentation about the principles of NORNORM and how the circular business plans work for them. A lot of food for thoughts which was proven at the mingle and talks at NORNORMs show room/office after the presentation. We would like to thank Douwe Dirks and Patrick Nijssen, NORNORM for hosting this company visit and for sharing the essential idea behind the future office build on circularity, where every piece of furniture is kept in a loop from one workspace to the next, and every product carefully maintained and refurbished to extend its lifespan. Good for business, people and the planet.
Click here for more information about NORNORM.
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On April 20, 2023, the Swedish Chamber of Commerce held its 63rd Annual General Meeting & Chamber Luncheon, at Hilton Amsterdam.
Click here to read the Press Release from the Annual General Meeting.
The Swedish Chamber of Commerce was very proud and pleased to welcome Marloes Borsboom-Turabaz as our Honorary Guest and Keynote Speaker to this Chamber Luncheon. Marloes gave a very personal presentation about her Biography of Ehsan Turabaz, former Chairman of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce, international relations leader at Inter-IKEA, honorary consul general, and founder of the Friends of Afghanistan foundation. In this book which was launched last month at Inter IKEA Systems in Delf . Marloes shared stories from her book portraying Ehsan’s journey and passions as well as his great commitment to Afghanistan.
We would like to extend a warm thank you to Marloes Borsboom-Turabaz for sharing her story with us and also wishing her lots of success to continue to support Ehsan’s work at the Friends of Afghanistan foundation. We would also like to thank Hilton Amsterdam for excellent hosting of the Chamber Luncheon and a warm thank you to all participants who made the Chamber Luncheon a great success.
The Biography Ehsan Turabaz can be ordered via www.stvva.nl or be bought at the bookstores Bruna (Herenstraat, Rijswijk) or Paagman (Frederik Hendriklaan, Den Haag). The entire proceeds of the book benefit the Friends of Afghanistan foundation.
Photo credit: Hanne Hansen Photography
Please credit Hanne Hansen Photography when using any of the event pictures.
Digital Event- Trade Talks: Netherlands
April 19, 2023
09:00-10:30
On April 19, 2023 the Swedish Chamber hosted a virtual Trade Talks Event together with Västsvenska Handelskammaren. Click on the picture to watch the event (in Swedish).
Speakers:
Kerstin Gerlagh, General Manager, Swedish Chamber of Commerce
Nils van Dijkman, Partner at HEUSSEN/Honorary Consul General for Sweden
Alexander Ljungström, Managing Director, Einar & Partners
Lotta Gunnarsson, Director Software Development at booking.com
Kerstin Gerlagh, General Manager, Swedish Chamber of Commerce 
Nils van Dijkman, Partner at HEUSSEN/Honorary Consul General for Sweden
Alexander Ljungström, Managing Director, Einar & Partners
Lotta Gunnarsson, Director Software Development at booking.com
VAD ÄR TRADE TALKS?
Trade Talks by Swedish Chambers är ett gemensamt initiativ inom internationell handel på initiativ av Sveriges regionala handelskammare i samarbete med svenska utlandshandelskammare och marknadsexperter.
Som deltagare i Trade Talks interaktiva webinars, 5 stycken under 2023, kommer du att få ta del av expertis från vårt världsomspännande internationella nätverk. Självklart kan man även ta del av enstaka webinars.
For more information:
https://www.vastsvenskahandelskammaren.se/kalender/trade-talks-nederlanderna/
MARCH 28, 2023
16:00-18:00
Venue: Swedish Chamber of Commerce
On March 28, the Swedish Chamber of Commerce hosted Tech Talent – New strategies to attract and maintain tech talent, which was the first event in the Tech Tables series this year.
In this very interesting and inspiring session, we gathered tech specialists from Sweden and the Netherlands to discuss which lessons the recent development in the tech sector can be learned, how companies must rethink to reskill and upskill their teams, and strategies to find the right people and to build stronger, more innovative and inspiring teams.
The Swedish Chamber of Commerce would like to extend a warm thank you to our fantastic speakers, Jan Sundelin, CEO TieKientix and Chairman of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce Tech Committee., Armanda Willems, Country Manager at Lime Technologies, Fieke Weber, Lawyer at TeekensKarstens advocaten notarissen, Jeffrey Kenens, Partner Employment Law, TeekensKarstens advocaten notarissen, Yoss Perl, Regional Sales Director at HR-software company Hibob, Paula Bruneheim, Head of Enterprise Sales, Proxify , Andreea Morga, AI Tech & Ed Trendsetter/ Technology Consultant, Tech Labs Rotterdam & Growth Mentor Academy. Also, a warm thanks to our Moderator Lex Keukens, Attorney at law/Partner TK Tech.
We would also like to thank our partners TK Tech and The Swedish Embassy in the Netherlands and everyone who joined the Swedish Chamber Tech Talent and made the event to a success.
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Tech Tables is a platform for Swedish-Dutch tech leaders, entrepreneurs, and investors to meet, learn, and discuss the latest trends in technology. The Swedish Chamber of Commerce’s Tech Tables invite Swedish Chamber Members and leading experts, exciting entrepreneurs, and challengers alongside passionate changemakers from Sweden and the Netherlands to participate in the exciting discussions on how technology will shape the future and what can we learn from each other.
