This was the third year for The Swedish BBQ Team, Lingon & Dill, to participate in the BBQ- cook off at the Houston Rodeo. The team has won many BBQ contests in Europe and they compete in the International village together with teams from England, Canada, Australia and Japan. The Houston Rodeo BBQ contest is […]
Category Archives: Past Events
Unga Klara in Houston
Unga Klara is a Swedish Theatre visiting Houston during the first two weeks of November, 2019. Unga Klara was invited by Alley Theatre and their Director Rob Melrose and the program was a collaboration between Unga Klara and Alley Theatre. This is a unique theatre approach which is concentrating on youth and their issues in […]
ABB opening in Houston
On October 9, 2019 ABB opened their first Laboratory Robotics Center at the Texas medical Center (TMC) in Houston On the TMC campus, ABB’s team will collaborate with medical staff, scientists and customers from the healthcare industry on the research and innovation of non-surgical medical robotics systems. This will include logistics and next-generation automated laboratory […]
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
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 […]
Sweden’s National Day Celebration!
Sunday June 2, 2019 A fun celebration with traditional Swedish food, live music by David’s Jazz Trio, Swedish songs, quiz games, fiskdam (candy) for the children. After the buffé strawberry cake and coffee was enjoyed.
Talk by Nobel Prize winner
Wednesday May 22, 2019 Nobel Prize winner Dr. James Allison spoke at a luncheon at Baker Institute. Dr. Allison first gave a presentation in his research work at MD Anderson CancerCenter. After the Luncheon Ann – Christine Langselius, CEO of Miraculum interviewed Dr. Allison on various topics like his research work, music and Sweden. The […]
SXSW Austin 2019
SXSW (The South by Southwest) is a conference for creative industries, film and music. Sweden has a large presence by individuals, companies and music groups in these fields. This year the Scandinavian Countries had a joint facility called the Scandinavian House. This is a project initiated by Scandinavian Airlines. During the conference Scandinavian Airlines also […]
IKEA grand opening in San Antonio
This is the 49th IKEA store in the US, and it is located in a suburb of San Antonio called Live Oak. A large crows was gathered outside the store for the opening ceremony which also was attended by The Mayor of Live Oak together representation from IKEA and the Swedish Embassy. Meeting with Ron […]
