Widely known as one of the world’s most beloved dance-pop performers, Robyn will perform at Austin City Limit (ACL) Music Festival on October 13th 2019. Link for tickets. Read more about Austin City Limit Music Festival.
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Stockholm Brass Ensemble in Houston
Stockholm Chamber Brass team up with brass students of The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University to give a joint concert of works for large brass ensemble and quintet. October 3rd from 7:30pm – 9:00pm at Hirsch Orchestra Rehearsal Hall. Programme Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Overture Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) – Suite from L’Orfeo and L’incoronazione …
Swedish company Ericsson chooses TX
Ericsson is a Swedish multinational networking and telecommunications company headquartered in Stockholm. The company now selects Lewisville, TX, for its first 5G smart factory in the United States. Opening in early 2020, the fully connected and automated smart factory will make Advanced Antenna System radios that enable 5G deployments. Ericsson invested $100 million into the …
David Lagercrantz – U.S. Book Tour
Friday, August 30th at 7:00 PM – Austin Book Store: Book People 603 N Lamar Blvd. Austin, TX 78703 Saturday, August 31st at 4:30 PM – Houston Book Store: Murder By the Book 2342 Bissonnet St. Houston, TX 77005
Farmer Wants a Wife
Farmer Wants a Wife is a reality television series. The basic structure of the program is that a number of farmers are presented with women/men from the city, from whom they choose one to be their spouse. Swedish channel 4 is now seeking Swedish speaking farmers living in the USA to participate in the show. …
The Scandinavian Stipend Foundation
This memo is to inform you, your colleagues, friends, and families, or any one interested that the 2019-2020 Stipend Application is now open and applications are accepted. Below you will find some brief facts about this year’s stipend program: Up to $2,500.00 USD to be applied towards your studies in the 2020-2021 academic year. Application …
EU-Election
Election to the EU parliament will take place on Sunday, May 26, 2019 in Sweden. The Consulate of Sweden in Houston will be open for election during the period May 4, 2019 – May 17, 2019 during regular office hours. Monday, Wednesday & Friday, 9.00 am – 2.00 pm As well as: Saturday May 4, …
Finland Again Happiest Country!
The Swedish neighbor Finland has the happiest population in the world. Rounding out the rest of the top ten are countries that have consistently ranked among the happiest. They are in order: Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, New Zealand, Canada and Austria. The US ranked 19th dropping one spot from last year. The Finnish …
Best Foreign Language Film
Houston Film Critics Society, HFCS, nominated the Swedish film Border (Swedish: Gräns) as one of five movies to the Best Foreign Language Film of 2018. Honorary Consul General Astrid Marklund attended the Houston Film Critics award show representing the Swedish film Border that was nominated. Customs officer Tina is known for her extraordinary sense of …
TV series Great Swedish Adventure
Meter Television are searching for Americans with Swedish ancestry for a reality TV-show. A nationwide casting for season 9 is now being conducted. Previous seasons was beyond successful, and broke records in viewings. The search is for Americans who badly want to find out more about their Swedish heritage and come over and be a part …