HE Henrik Cederin Ambassador of Sweden to Australia – Thank you and see you again

 

Dear SACC members, dear friends,

After three productive, enjoyable but also challenging years, I am in early August leaving Canberra to return to Stockholm. I have very much enjoyed my time at the Embassy in Sweden, so beautifully situated in Yarralumla in central Canberra. We have a great Embassy team and Sweden has a good standing in Australia. Equally, I have tremendously enjoyed the very fruitful cooperation that we have with SACC and all SACC members. SACC does a wonderful job in raising the Swedish flag and in promoting further strong interaction between Sweden and Australia. The way that the challenges emerging with the pandemic have been turned into opportunities, gives testimony to the strategic vision and creativity which characterizes the work of the Chamber.

It is always difficult to pack up and leave a place that has been good to you. Australia is one such place. I want to thank all of you that I have been dealing with. It has been wonderful to travel the country and to meet SACC members and Swedish companies in the various states. The interest to work together within the Swedish community to share Swedish perspectives with Australian stakeholders is strong and encouraging.

Team Sweden in Australia – The Embassy, SACC and Business Sweden – will continue our joint efforts to promote Swedish interests. There is a great potential for Sweden in Australia and we can be optimistic about future prospects.

 

See you again,

Henrik Cederin

Ambassador of Sweden to Australia

 

 

 

Thank you to Ambassador Cederin from the SACC and its Board

Dear Ambassador Henrik Cederin,

We would like to express our sincere gratitude for your remarkable contribution and support to the Swedish Australian Chamber of Commerce (SACC) and the Swedish-Australian business community. Your conscientious work with the SACC and member organisations have supported the SACC in bringing many Swedish and Australian industry representatives and companies together to maintain and to further develop business and trade relationships while supporting the SACC and the Swedish and Australian businesses in introducing new connections, finding opportunities and new areas of collaboration.

The SACC is very thankful for the close cooperation and opportunities we have had working with the Embassy of Sweden and Business Sweden under the TEAM SWEDEN initiative. We especially would like to highlight and thank you for hosting the very successful launch event of the SACC Sustainability Committee in April 2022. These joint efforts have further developed Swedish-Australian business relations and have been invaluable for the SACC and its members.

Thank you for your devotion as an Honorary Member of the SACC board, you will be greatly missed, and we wish you and your family all the best in the future.

Best wishes,
The Swedish Australian Chamber of Commerce Board

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  1. May 2022 SACC Executive Forum and Business Networking Event in Sydney, Petra Andrén, Head of HealthTech Investments, Tattarang, HE Henrik Cederin Ambassador of Sweden to Australia and Jan Gardberg President of SACC
  2. November 2019 Launch Event of the SACC Brisbane QLD Chapter, Chapter Chair and Vice President of SACC Teresia Fors and HE Henrik Cederin Ambassador of Sweden to Australia
  3. March 2020 Nordic Open Golf Day Sydney HE Henrik Cederin Ambassador of Sweden to Australia with the winning team from Elekta
  4. May 2022 Nordic Open Golf Day, HE Henrik Cederin Ambassador of Sweden to Australia and Mikael Dahlgren, CFO Alfa Laval and SACC Board Member
  5. October 2020 Virtual Executive Forum, HE Henrik Cederin Ambassador of Sweden to Australia and Marcus Wallenberg, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, SEB
  6. April 2021 Sustainable Mining Event in Perth WA, Chapter Chair Figge Boksjö, Brent Steedman, Partner at Grant Thornton, Chapter Board Member Joseph Olsson, SSAB, HE Henrik Cederin Ambassador of Sweden to Australia, Lisa Jahrsten Honorary Consul of Sweden to Western Australia, Peter Campain, General Manager Plant & Procurement  Barminco, Martin Melin, Senior advisor automation at Scania and Stuart Evans, Global EHS Vice President, Sandvikwith partners from Scania and Sandvik
  7. April 2021 SACC Business Networking Event in Melbourne
  8. April 2021 Company visit to Epiroc Western Australia 
  9. May 2021 SACC Executive Forum in Sydney at Telstra Customer Insight Centre, Vicky Brady, Chief Financial Officer and Group Executive, Strategy & Finance at Telstra, Emilio Romeo CEO, Ericsson Australia & New Zealand and HE Henrik Cederin Ambassador of Sweden to Australia

SWEDELINK Newsletter Winter 2022

Winter news from SACC, with info and registration details for the Innovation, Tech and Design Summit 2022, Business Award Entries, upcoming events, links to recent events and more…

https://www.swedishchamber.com.au/?na=view&id=15

The Carlsberg Scandinavian Film Festival is on now in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Canberra

The Carlsberg Scandinavian Film Festival is on now with a great selection of Scandinavian films check out their websites for film locations, session times and tickets https://scandinavianfilmfestival.com/

 

There are some very good Swedish films featured this year and the centrepiece of the festival is the Swedish film The Emigrants

This is a stylish new adaptation of The Emigrants, starring Gustaf Skarsgård, Sofia Helin, Laurence Kinlan, Lisa Carlehed and Tove Lo by internationally acclaimed Norwegian director Erik Poppe, an epic period drama see the trailer here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1XzFFO10fs&t=3s&ab_channel=SFStudios