The film festival, taking place on 15th -24th October in Bangkok, will be showing two Finnish movies competing in the world cinema category. full news..

Avoid traveling to the Thai southern provinces Narathiwat, Yala, Pattani and Satun, recommends the Swedish embassy in Bangkok its citizens.
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Prime Minister Göran Persson arrived Wednesday in Bangkok for an official visit to Thailand which lasts until Friday. full news..

Sweden is making a coordinated marketing campaign for the jet fighter aircraft system JAS Gripen during Prime Minister Göran Persson´s official visit in Thailand.full news..

The National Danish Performance Team (NDPT) on December 18 arrived in Chiang Mai to entertain Thai schoolchildren, students and families, starting from the north to the south of the country, as part of its World Tour 2003-2004. The tour also includes, after Thailand, similar activities in Malaysia and Singapore.full news..

Bjorn Henriksen is one of only four Danes living in the Thai seaside resort of Bang Saen. A few months ago he and his wife Nuan expanded their restaurant and guesthouse located attractively right on Bang Saen Beach Road.full news..

Trade and business were high on Swedish PM Goran Persson’s agenda when he toured Thailand and Singapore the past week. full news..

Scandinavian Woodworking Machinery Co., Ltd. - an importer of woodworking machinery and tools from Europe to Thailand – has recently changed its name to Scanmach Asia Co., Ltd., effective January 1, 2004 as a result of the company’s merger with its Danish supplier Junget A/S early last year.full news..

Having produced handmade porcelain in Denmark for 225 years, Royal Scandinavia has started a joint venture with Patra, one of Thailand’s biggest chemical factories, which is situated 80 kilometers north of Bangkok. Here two Danish China painters are in the process of educating 11 young Thai people in painting the relatively new set – “maga-mussel”, which is the new version of the old “mussel-set”.full news..

On Saturday 10 January, the funeral of one of the long time Danish residents of Thailand, Mejnert Lynge Badstue Lund took place at Wat Chaimongkol in Pattaya where a large number of friends had gathered to pay their respects. It was a touching scene the following day when his step daughter Gaye, accompanied by some twenty of Mejnert’s closest friends, poured his ashes from the white linen into the clear sea off Koh Larn where many of his friends have earlier been laid to rest. In the silence after the boat engines had been cut, the only sound heard was the song of the Danish singer Kim Larsen “..og om lidt er vi borte..” played on a portable tape recorder.full news..

Senator Pensak Howitz is excited with the coming revival of an active Thai-Danish Almuni. In fact, Mrs. Pensak Howitz has twice established associations like this, where Danes and Thai people could meet and develop personal or academic relations.full news..

The celebrations to mark the 200th anniversary of Danish fairytale author Hans Christian Andersen (1805-75) will be a major cultural event in 2005 in Denmark as well as around the World. In South East Asia, Singapore has been selected for major celebrations. In Thailand, plans are also currently being made but nothing as of yet finalized. In China, a dedicated web portal www.hca2005.cn was recently established. Here, also Mandarin speaking people from the rest of Asia can follow the latest international news and events generally relating to Hans Christian Andersen.full news..

Educated as a nurse back in Denmark, Johanne Henriette Christensen spent most of her adult life in Thailand where she died November 7, 1939. Her dedication to improve the lives of Thai women and children was outstanding. Still, today only few people would know that Bangkok Christian Hospital is for instance founded on the outstanding child birth clinic established and operated by this remarkable Dane.full news..

After building up GPV Asia (Thailand) to a successful enterprise, Hans Danielsen left Thailand earlier this year and has now taken up the position of General Manager for Danish company DentalMan A/S. full news..

Danfoss (Thailand) Co., Ltd. has announced that General Manager Prasansak Suwanpotitra has left the company as of January 1, 2004. The new Country Manager is Klaus Stove who also keeps his position of Business Area Manager, Asia Pacific – Industry.full news..

Besides the benefit of reducing pesticide and toxic-chemical usage, which helps improve food safety of Thai farm products, the Danish funded “Integrated Pest Management” (IPM) project has also helped Thai farmers reduce their costs.full news..

Eight Danish sky divers took part in breaking the world record in Mass Freefall Jump on 24 January. Four of the Danes jumped together with 672 other jumpers over Sanam Luang where a strong easterly wind blew several skydivers off the landing field and into trees around the area. Three skydivers were injured from a harsh landing, none of them Scandinavian and none of therm seriously.full news..

TAC, a Swedish indoor climate systems supplier headquartered in Malmö, has received an order to deliver the complete building management system (BMS-system) for the passenger terminal complex at Bangkok’s new international airport, Suvarnabhumi Airport.full news..

Jyske Bank (Schweiz) will host an evening on April 22 for members of the three Scandinavian chambers of commerce in Thailand as part of the bank’s upcoming visit to meet with investors in Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia in April and May.full news..

The county of ÖÖstergötland in south central Sweden has signed a contract with Scandinavian Healthcare, SHC, to send open clinic patients for treatment in Thailand. full news..

Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) is changing its contact numbers for Bangkok as the office is switching to new digital telephone lines, effective February 1, 2004. The new telephone number will be 0 22645 8200. In addition, the Bangkok office now closes on Saturdays in addition to public holidays and Sundays to be in line with most other airlines.full news..

The Danish government, through Danish Development Co-operation (Danida), on December 19, 2003 signed the letter of intent to support five emission reduction projects in Thailand as Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects encouraged by the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, the international agreement designed to combat global greenhouse effects by reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG).full news..

Sweden extends its ban on imports of poultry meat and products made of poultry from certain countries to 15 August 2004, reports the National Food Administration of Sweden. full news..

The Danish chicken farmer Henning Sørensen has been fighting to save his chicken farm in Buriram, Thailand, since the bird flu hit the country and paralysed the poultry business.full news..

Baan Sabaijai is a very special Norwegian hotel in Pattaya, Thailand, which opened on the 5th of February as a result of six months hard work, and a dream come true for owner and psychiatrist Oskar Jørgensen. With Baan Sabaijai - which means house of content - he will combine his passion of working with mentally disabled people and running a hotel.full news..

70 year old Norwegian Kristian Bo started by the end of January on an 18,000 kilometer bicycle ride from Bangkok to Norway, which is expected to take him six months. ScandAsia met the bold Norwegian just before he started his transcontinental journey.full news..

A cooperation agreement has been signed between the World Childhood Foundation - WCF, which is founded by Queen Silvia of Sweden, and the Association for the Promotion of the Status of Women - ASPW, under the patronage of Princess Soamsawali of Thailand.full news..

Norwegian Ambassador to Thailand, Mrs. Ragne Birte Lund hosted this year’s Garden Party of the Scandinavian Society Siam. The party was very successful with more than 150 paying guests, including Miss Thailand World, who is half-Thai and Swedish by nationality but whose father is in fact Danish.full news..

Over the next 7 months, Michael B. Pedersen of Jysk Rejsebureau in Bangkok will drive a Thai “Tuk Tuk” all the way over 18,000 kilometres from Bangkok to Aarhus – through tropical forests, mountains and deserts passing 15 countries on the trail.full news..

Sida, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, will support drug prevention activities in northern Burma and Thailand through a new aid package valued at SEK 6.7 Million to the Swedish organisation Diakonia.full news..

No country escapes the effects of migration any longer, says Swedish Migration Minister Barbro Holmberg in an interview with Scandasia. full news..

The Thai joint venture Carlsberg Brewery (Thailand), set up jointly by Carlsberg and Thai whisky tycoon Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi, announced Friday that is has stopped all production of the Danish beer, reports Thai press.full news..

“While markets remained challenging through 2003, we improved our position in several market segments,” says Bjørn Ove Skjeie, CEO of Nera ASA.
     “Nera’s agreement with Nortel in Q4, our strengthened market positions in Southeast Asia and the Americas and its global leadership in broadband satellite solutions are examples of this.”full news..

Kilroy Travels has decided to have one of its staff members employed as an ambassador - or representative - in Bangkokfull news..

Thai authorities are taking the next step forward to ensure further awareness in environmental matters. Last week Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) advisor Khun Pradech Phayakvichien was in Stockholm to meet with representatives from SIDA, WWF, some of the biggest tour operators in Scandinavia and the head of the Swedish Global Compact. The purpose for his visit was to discuss a Thai initiative, Green Leaf Programme, to ask for their opinions, advices and knowledge.full news..

No public comments were heard from Carlsberg’s Asian divisions to the argument between Beer Chang and Carlsberg since the Thais shut the Wang Noi brewery last Friday.
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René Treumer Andersen is the new counsellor of the Danida Environment and Cooperation section at the Royal Danish Embassy.full news..

The Danish Biotech company Aresa has invented a gene manipulated plant that can detect landmines. The invention can possibly revolutionise the hunt for landmines in Southeast Asia full news..

Major Choakdee Dhamasaroj, vice president and general manager of Nera (Thailand) Ltd., was on February 17 named the new president of the Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce by the new board of governors, which comprises of two new members.full news..

The COE of the Carlsberg group, Nils Smedegaard Andersen reveals that the brewery’s lewel of investments in Asia will be low in the foreseeable future. full news..

Thailand pushed up the Danish export figures to South East Asia in 2003 together with Singapore and Vietnam. Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines pulled the figures down. The export to Thailand rose to almost 1,1 billion DKK.full news..

Ericsson South East Asia predicts that telecom operators in 13 countries of its coverage, including the ten South East Asian countries, will be investing about US$4.5 billion in existing second-generation (2G) networks and for third-generation (3G) deployment over the next two years. With this prediction, the company hopes to secure a sizeable chunk of the forecasted spending.full news..

Late February this year, a Danish journalism student arrived in Bangkok to start his 6-month internship with Bangkok-based Scandinavian news agency Scand-Media Corp., Ltd. Only in his second week in the city of mangoes, he has already covered one of the hottest issues that have been dampening the Thai economic outlook.full news..

After 28 years of employment in DSB (Danish State Railways), the Danish signalling engineer Jørgen Thyge Falster has worked with railway safety around the world. Now he is ensuring the safety in Bangkok’s subway, which starts this summerfull news..

The Swedish industry group SCA has acquired the Asian baby diaper company Drypers, which is based in Kuala Lumpur, for SEK 640 million.full news..

Buddharama Temple, a Thai Buddhist association in Sweden, likes to raise a Buddhist temple in the outskirts of Fredrika, a municipality in northern Sweden.full news..

The Swedish privately owned cosmetics company Oriflame will send out a prospectus to potential investors this week, reports Swedish daily DN.full news..

Heavy snow and strong winds has forced Norwegian cyclist and adventurer Kristian Bo to give up his bike trip from Bangkok to Oslo. full news..

“The bar girls make the customers feel special. They satisfiy all of the man. This is prostitution with compassion,” says Steinar Nilssen, a master’s degree student who has been collecting data for his thesis on the interaction between sex buyers and bar girls in Pattaya, Thailand. For hours, night after night during the past six months, he has visited beer and go-go bars in the Thai seaside destination and investigated the meeting between the plenty Western men and Thai bar girls.full news..

Some 600 Swedish travel agents voted Thailand number one destination again.full news..

SAS flights to Bangkok may not be closed down as reported by the Danish press. Mikkel Nielsen of SAS corporate information office says he has issued a correction to the press reports which the newspapers have used to soften up their stories on the Internet.
      Initially, the papers wrote that the route would be closed down before the end of March no matter the outcome of current negotiatins between the management and the union of the cabin crew.
      Meanwhile, SAS Country Manager Miklos Puskas yesterday informed that SAS will most likely close down its office in Hanoi.full news..

Scandinavian Airlines, SAS, has just announced that there will be a temporary reduction of frequencies on the service Copenhagen – Bangkok – Singapore.full news..

The seven months long fight between Carlsberg and its former Thai partner, Carlsberg Brewery (Thailand) Company Limited (CBTL) has taken a new turn.full news..

Sinsakhon Printing City is the Thai printing industry’s
answer to Silicon Valley. The Dane Benny Thomsen is director in Charoen Aksorn,
the group behind the project. We caught up with him to learn more about the
ideas and visions behind the new city. full news..

Fisherman-turn-resort owner in Prachuap Khiri Khan, the gateway province to southern Thailand, is in the midst of building his second resort on Koh Talu island, aimed at drawing high-end Scandinavian and northern European clients.full news..

Scandinavian Healthcare has decided to scrap the original location of Bangsaen for its rehabilitation center and relocated to Pathum Thani north of Bangkok.full news..

Michel Deleuran is the man behind the rudder of Maersk in Thailand. In a rare insight he presents the Thai activities of the discrete Danish shipping giant.full news..

”Sssssssssssssssssssss!” hisses professor Michael Meschke imitating a cymbal the Thai classic instruments orchestra forgot for today’s rehearsal of the old epic Ramayana.full news..

Autoliv, a Swedish multinational in automotive safety systems, is investing in six new crash-test sleds in Malaysia, Thailand, China, Korea and Australia.full news..

The recent turbulence about flight reductions in the SAS group has now been
settled, and the route to Bangkok and Singapore survives.full news..

The home appliances, motorcycles and sewing machines supplier Singer has signed a USD 1.9 Million contract with Swedish software provider IFS.full news..

ScandAsia met Michael B. Pedersen and Tina Helen Pedersen -- the Danish couple who are currently on their 18,000-kilometre ‘tuk-tuk’ journey from Thailand to Denmark -- after they had travelled across Malaysia and arrived in Singapore. Until now -- 3,000 kilometres from the starting point in Bangkok -- the most overwhelming experience has been how the locals everywhere have welcomed the tuk-tuk team with big smiles and gifts. And there are 15,000 kilometres more to go amid many different climates, crossing deserts and passing mountains in the next 12 countries along their way.full news..

A new evaluation report concludes that Denmark has made a lasting finger prince on the environment in South East Asia full news..

The Royal Danish Embassy in Bangkok will lead the first ever Danish business delegation to Cambodia on May 17 and 18, 2004. Danish Ambassador Ulrik Helweg-Larsen will himself be leading the delegation together with Commercial Counsellor Tine Hylleberg.full news..

Once again Georg Jensen is expanding its company in Chiang Mai. In March it has moved into a brand new factory, built by its own company. Behind the success is a young manager, who doesn’t believe the original ambitions were high enough.full news..

In March this year the northern city of Chiang Mai, which is already famous for its beautiful art and handicraft, has become even more colourful when a Dane together with his two partners opened a new art gallery, La Luna Gallery.full news..

For forty year, Peder Jorgensen was a Danish missionary and head of a local school for poor children in Ubon Ratchathani province. Now, that he has retired and moved back to Denmark with his wife Ruth, Peder Jogensen has made it his hobby to collect evidence of the many known and mostly unknown Danes who like himself spent their active adult lives in Siam.full news..

Danish artist Elizabeth Rømhild will showcase her latest collection of oil-on-canvas paintings, “Bliss”, at H Gallery in Bangkok from April 5 until May 1.full news..

The Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce’s Breakfast Meeting on April 7 will feature a topic that expatriates working in Thailand and local managers working in a foreign company should not miss - Dr. Leif Thomas Olsen’s talk on “Cultural shock at the office – being a Thai in a foreign company”.full news..

Air Force Inspector Maj Gen Jan Andersson, Chief of the Swedish Air Force, was the only European air force head to attend the RTAF, Royal Thai Air Force, 90-year jubilee held at 27th March.full news..

Håkan Wallenius has come a road well travelled – it is the way he has travelled it that makes all the difference. His is not a rags to riches tale, but his story does take us from provincial Träskvik to prosperity in Thailand and it is a journey of success not least because, today, Håkan is that rare breed of man who can say quite frankly that he is happy with his lot in life.full news..

”Ecologic disaster looms in the wetlands of Laos and Thailand. It is high time for the world to react,” says Swedish researcher Nils O L Carlsson at Lund University.full news..

As a consequence the Swedish company founds a new company, Boll Business Management and partners with Aspectum to secure ultimate customer relationship management solutions.full news..

Thai software developer of building automation system, Energy Maintenance Service Co., Ltd., is the first and so far the only Thai company to have fulfilled its cooperation with a Danish partner under Danida-supported Private Sector Partnership Facility programme. Now, only about a year after the jointly developed products had gone into commercial production, the company has already travelled almost half way into a second success - developing another environmentally friendly product with another Danish partner.full news..

After five years at tremendous pace and with extraordinary results, Ivar Hoff, regional head of the Norwegian Trade Council since 2002, leaves his Bangkok base, and returns to new adventures in the Norwegian Mountains.full news..

Allan, aka the fisherman Harald Mikkelsen from Nord Kap in Norway, loves Lamai on the eastern side of Koh Samui. For the past five years it has been his permanent home. Last year he went into business, buying into the bar “Mellow Head” together with a Swedish friend.full news..

Prateep Ungsongtham Hata from Thailand on April 16 received World’s Children’s Prize and the Global Friends’ Award at Gripsholm Castle in Mariefred, Sweden, where Her Royal Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden helped children award the prizes.full news..

The story of Norway’s beloved Crown Princess Mette-Marit has now been printed in Thai language again, now as a pocket book titled “Mette-Marit… Chaoying Phu Plick Chom Prawatisart” (Mette-Marit… The Woman Who Changes the History) after having been published earlier as series in a popular Thai biweekly women’s magazine ‘Ploy Gam Petch’.full news..

The Swedish cosmetics multinational Oriflame grew its Asian turnover by 20 percent to Euro 7.4 million during the first quarter 2004 compared with the same period last year. full news..

Lars Hobaek, DTAC’s advisor to the CEO, will be giving an insight about the latest solutions and strategies in the highly competitive Thai Telecommunication market at the Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce’s (TNCC) breakfast meeting on May 11 at Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit Hotel, Bangkok.full news..

The young Dane Brian Christensen has started his own tour agency, Evolution Tour, on Ko Chang. It focuses on quality for the mature travellers to the island – an island which have developed a lot in the last few years.full news..

The number of insurance cases grows rapidly for Euro-Center Thailand, which services travellers and expatriates all over Asia. With the expansion of business cases in recent years, the company has move to a new office located very centrally in Bangkok since June last year, and opened a satellite office in Peking half a year ago.full news..

The Wedding of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark to Miss Mary Donaldsson of Australia will be broadcasted live from Copenhagen to Bangkok, at the Admiral's Pub & Restaurant, Sukhumvit Soi 18, on Friday, May 14, 2004.full news..

Norwegian paint manufacturer Jotun has growing market shares in Thailand. The company is also building new factories in Jakarta, Shanghai and Dubai, and doubling the capacity at their factory in Vietnam. At the same time Jotun is setting up dealer network in both Laos and Cambodia. full news..

Tommy & Gun Svensson will for the next three months, from 16 May and until mid-August, be working as temporary new priest and assistant at the Scandinavian Church in Bangkok. During this period, the current priest and assistant, Lennart and Lis Hamark, will have their parental leave followed by their regular summer vacation.full news..

On Sunday, 13 June, 2004 election of members of the European Parliament will take place. Danish, Swedish and Finnish citizens may vote in this election provided they are registered and eligible to vote in national parliamentary elections back home.full news..

The Danish Embassy in Bangkok is cutting down in staff at the commercial sector. This is a consequence of lack of demand of the Embassy’s services and a result of insufficient Danish investments and export to Thailand.
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Rambøll Thailand, the consulting firm from Denmark that provides a full range of multidisciplinary services, has recently moved from its old office on Ladprao Road, Bangkapi to a new premise in Bangkok’s business locality of Silom. The new office is on the 12th floor of Sathorn Thani Building 2 on North Sathorn Road.full news..

Increased focus on wastewater treatment in Thailand strengthens the Danish joint venture LUXCARE. Recently the company opened the first of four new plants.full news..

Several Swedish and Sweden related exhibitors displayed their goods and know how at the recent Architect 04 trade fair in Bangkok.full news..

Members of the Scandinavian Society Siam elected Gregers Møller as Chairman for the year 2004-2005 at the Annual General Meeting onWednesday 12 May 2004. The meeting, which was conducted by former Swedish Chairman Anders Lundquist, further elected the following new members of the Board: Max Falck, Trygve Gundtved, Charlotte Fung Korff, Jarmo Kihlstrom and Kenneth Radenkrantz, while Hakan Alm, Anne-Marie Hauslo, Thomas Raldorf, and Jorgen Udvang, were reelected as Board Members.full news..

In Bangkok, the wedding back in Copenhagen of Crown Princess Frederik and now Crown Princess Mary was celebrated at Admiral’s Pub & Restaurant sponsored by Maersk. Ambassador Ulrik Helweg-Larsen welcomed the guests of whom quite a few were Swedes, Norwegians or Australians. full news..

Ethnically-inspired arts and crafts of Sop Moei will be showcased in Bangkok at the exhibition “The World of Sop Moei Arts: Colours of a Matriarchy” on May 25–30, 2004 at Nai Lart Park Bangkok. The unique and beautiful handicrafts are produced by Pwo Karen people in Sop Moei District under a programme supported by the Swedish government.full news..

The first ever Danish business delegation to Cambodia left the capital Phnom Penh on Tuesday 19 May with a sense of mission completed. Among the 17 participating companies were Kitti Chaiwattanatorn and Poul Haugaard Petersen from ECCO (Thailand) Co., Ltd. interested in establishing a factory in Cambodia for producing semi-manufactured shoe parts for completing at the factory in Ayutthaya.full news..

Chairman of The East Asiatic (Thailand) Plc., Mr. Anders Normann, will be awarded the title of Knight of the Dannebrog Order on Monday 24 May 2004 in Bangkok. With his forty-year contribution to the Danish-Thai business community and bilateral relation, he will be the first Danish businessman residing in Thailand ever to receive the top Danish honour.full news..

Thai style houses built with Swedish quality standards is one of the offerings in Stefan Widing’s new venture Logans Thailand.full news..

Global brand furniture maker Koefoed last year closed down its plant in Denmark due to operating difficulties. It was also last year that the 70-year-old Danish company has formed a business alliance with Thai furniture maker, OK Wood Product, who now manufactures and exports its products under the Danish firm’s brandname.full news..

“If every locally employed mid-manager had the opportunity to communicate directly with his foreign counterpart in either the local subsidiary or the overseas parent company without misunderstandings, business potential could increase 50 percent or more.” This is what former management consultant (and newly appointed Chairman of The Thai-Swedish Chamber of Commerce) Leif Thomas Olsen believes could happen – with the right conditions in place.full news..

The European Union Film Festival 2004 in Thailand this year is participated by two Scandinavian films - “Mona’s World” (“Monas Verden”) from Denmark and “Gossip” from Sweden. The two films join 22 movies from many other EU countries in the special screening in three Thai cities.full news..

The office address of Mr. Preben Hjortlund in Bangkok, at Schmidt BioMedTech (Thailand) Ltd., will be changed from June 1 onwards as the company is moving to its new office on the 10th floor of B.B. Building on Sukhumvit 21 Road (Asoke).full news..

Danish pop band Michael Learns to Rock has confirmed to perform in a one-off public concert for charity at Laguna Phuket. The charity concert will take place on Friday July 2, the night before the band’s private performance for the Royal Family on July 3.full news..

Picture yourself with a cold Singha, a spicy ‘Som Tam’ and the sound of the sea. It is all served togeteher with a smile in a small bamboo hut surrounded by glittering lights and green leaves. A magic moment in a Thai beach? No. A description of Koh Phangan restaurant in a grey, narrow street in Stockholm.full news..

Expect a record number of around 1300 Thais traveling to Sweden this summer to earn money as wild berry pickers. full news..

Esben Gravlev Rasmussen from Frederiksberg in Denmark and Kristian Svensson from Halmstad in Sweden will be the next two trainees at the combined secretariat of the three Scandinavian chambers of commerce in Thailand.full news..

How many Thais travel to Scandinavia for work and where? It depends on who you ask. There are big differencies between numbers given by Thai authorities and those from the Scandinavian embassies in Thailand.full news..

Chang Beer is reportedly bidding against its former partner Carlsberg to sponsor Liverpool, the English Premier League Club which is today sponsored by Carlsberg. The two beer manufacturers were partners, until the dispute between the Danes and the Thais ended in legal battle last year.full news..

Knud Brix, a journalist from Scandmedia, received DANIDA scholarship and will use the money to produce a documentary in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.full news..

The Swedish software and systems development company Telelogic will open a representative office in Bangkok. full news..

The Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce organizes a bowling competition at the new SF Strike Bowl, MBK Centre on June 11. The Scandinavian Chamber members are invited to participate in the contest and bring along their business associates, friends and family. full news..

The Swedish government appointed Mr Jonas Hafström new ambassador to Thailand at the cabinet meeting on Thursday 10 June. full news..

The world's newest copper smelter was handed over from the EPC contractor Aker Kvaerner of Norway to Thai Copper in May. full news..

Ericsson has appointed Kristian Tear, previously Head of Ericsson Germany, Austria and Switzerland, to head its South-East Asian operations. Effective July 1, 2004, Tear will take on the role of President of Ericsson South East Asia and Country Manager for Ericsson Malaysia, succeeding Mats H. Olsson, who assumes a new position as President of Ericsson China.full news..

The Danish and Swedish national football teams are playing in the Euro 2004. The Admiral's Pub and Restaurant in Bangkok makes the game more exciting by broadcasting all the Danish and Swedish matches live on big screen, where all the Danes, Swedes and fans of the Danish and Swedish football teams can enjoy game in full.full news..

Danish pop-band Michael Learns to Rock has postponed their gig scheduled on Phuket July 2 due to “unseen circumstances”full news..

Danes and fellow Scandinavians who wonder when ‘their’ beer Carlsberg, will return to Thailand should not expect any reentry of the brand this summer.full news..

The Norwegians in Bangkok celebrated their National Day on 17 May at the Scandinavian Church, Norwegian Ambassador residence and Windsor Suite Hotel. The day carried out with flag parade, games, food, speeches of the day and an exclusive dinner.full news..

Norwegian paint manufacturer Jotun will continue to deliver new products and marketing concepts developed by the company’s joint R&D for Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia, according to Per Harald Engesaeth, Managing Director of Jotun Thailand. By collaborating in the region, he said, the company can come up with products suitable for many markets.full news..

The Swedish medical device technology firm Radi Medical Systems AB invests around THB 260 million in a new plant on Phuket. full news..

Gunnar V. Søiland, Principal Engineer of Norwegian Petroleum Directorate who is based in Bangkok for two years to coordinate a regional petroleum policy management project for Southeast Asia, is ending his assignment this week. He and his family will return to Norway on June 26.full news..

Sony-Ericsson Mobile Communications undergoes sales increase after focusing on product designs and user friendly and trendy features.full news..

Norwegians Hanne-Kjersti Jørgensen and Reidar Sten Nilsen have bought two houses in Pattaya. One to live in during their long stays in Thailand – and one to rent out. The second one ended up costing the couple one million Baht more, mainly due to increasing real estate prices. But the Norwegians are still convinced there is money to be made renting out the house.full news..

Norwegian Kalle Kristensen and Tor Olaf Hegna have established a growing real estate business in Pattaya. John A.Hærum, a partner in a lawyer's office in Pattaya, estimates that real estate prices have gone up 30 per cent over the last two years.full news..

Ericsson will supply microwave transmission for the Norwegian operator Telenor. The agreement covers all Telenor group affiliates worldwide.full news..

Ericsson has been selected by Advanced Info Service Pcl. (AIS) for the second phase of its EDGE expansion in the Bangkok metropolitan area. The Swedish telecom giant was also chosen as the sole supplier for the AIS MMS solution. The contracts are valued at USD 18.7 million.full news..

Captain Hans Einar Fugl-Svendsen has been a pioneer all his life. He was one of the first Danes to join the British Royal Air Force to fight the Germans. He was the first pilot to land a plane from abroad on Phuket and he was one of the first Danish pilots to fly for Thai Airways International, which had at the time just been established with the assistance of SAS – Scandinavian Airlines.full news..

The Swedish Women’s Educational Association Internation, Singapore (SWEA Singapore) is hosting SWEA’s regional meeting for Asia on October 6-9 this year. The meeting will be followed by an optional one-week after-trip to Malaysia, where participants will among others join Swedish women in Malaysia in celebrating the inauguration of SWEA in Kuala Lumpur.full news..

Jebsen & Jessen Marketing (M) Sdn. Bhd. has recently made a strategic partnership with a Hong Kong based digital entertainment producer, iRiver, for the sole distribution rights to iRiver’s full range of products in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.full news..

There is a lot of Swedish participation at the 15th international aids conference held in Bangkok’s Impact center 11 to 16 July. And much of it is hidden behind the scenes. full news..

A young Norwegian tourist was found dead in his room at Baan Pornpateep rooming house on Taweewong Road, Patong on June 11.full news..

Danes and Norwegians in Thailand can now make telephone calls back home at a rate cheaper than half of what it used to be, as CAT Telecom has launched an eFone 009 promotion whereby it has slashed call charges from Thailand to Denmark and Norway to seven baht a minute, regardless of what time of the day the call is made.full news..

During the International AIDS Conference in Bangkok July 12-17, 2004, the Danish Embassy in Bangkok co-sponsored a workshop for artists and young students at the Silpakorn University, Thailand’s most prestigious fine arts university.full news..

Chanisorn Ounayakovit just opened the brand new Great American Rib Restaurant on Sukhumvit Soi 36 in downtown Bangkok. There is nothing Danish about the restaurant except that Chanisorn grew up in Denmark and spent 10 years there from 2 to 12 years old. Although it has been about two decades since he left Denmark, he still has vivid memories about the place and life there.
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Phuket Provincial Immigration Office (PPIO) has recently launched its revamped website, which includes a Norwegian page of basic immigration information and regulations.full news..

The Scandinavian travel trade has rated the Kingdom of Thailand “The World’s Best Tourist Country 2004”. The prestigious "Grand Travel Award 2004" was presented to Thailand at the annual award presentation organised by "Travel News", an independent Scandinavian travel trade magazine based in Stockholm.full news..

Rambøll and ECCO shoe manufacturing facility in Thailand has signed a novel contract concept for energy efficiency and energy management at the ECCO factory facilities. full news..

On 1 September, 2004 EAC will celebrate its 120th Anniversary in Thailand. The Company will mark this event among others by hosting a reception for the members of the DTCC at the Royal Danish Embassy on Wednesday 2 September.
     The visionary, young Danish Sea Captain H.N. Andersen first arrived in Bangkok in 1873 where he settled in 1879 after having sailed for some years on Thoon Kramon, a bark owned by H.M. King Chulalongkorn.full news..

A Swedish company has declined to make a second bid for a large gambling system project by GLO, the Government Lottery Office of Thailand.full news..

LV Technology’s shares (LVT) rocketed 83 percent above its initial public offering (IPO) price during its debut day in Thailand’s Market for Alternative Investment (MAI) on July 14, 2004. The stock closed the day 63 percent higher than its IPO price despite the overall struggling market.full news..

Jeffrey Marquardsen, a young half Thai half Danish songster, is among the hundreds of others who travel the road to stardom in search for fame and success in singing career.full news..

Norway´s healthy NOK 662 million trade surplus with Asean´s ten member nations the first half 2003 has turned to a NOK 607 million deficit för the same period this year.full news..

The 2004 Compensation & Benefits Survey – jointly organised by the American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand, the British Chamber of Commerce Thailand, and the Australian-Thai Chamber of Commerce - is again open for participation from members of other foreign chambers of commerce in Thailand that support this initiative, including the three Scandinavian chambers.full news..

The Admiral’s Pub and Restaurant is hosting a Danish and Norwegian Cheese Promotion from August through September featuring a variety of cheese such as Danbo, Nokkel, Klovborg and many more.full news..

OM Technology, part of OMHEX in Sweden, has conducted a performance test of the Stock Exchange of Thailand, SET, trading system.full news..

Last year’s state visit by King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia to Thailand has inspired the authorities in Pitsanulok province to create a lasting memory there.full news..

Lars Pinnerup, a student from the Danish School of Journalism has joined Bangkok-based Scand-Media in August to cover Scandinavian news in Thailand and Southeast Asian countries for ScandAsia magazine. He is the second Danish intern this year, after Knud Brix, to work for the magazine.full news..

Aureos Capital signed a joint-venture agreement with the Government Savings Bank (GSB) on August 7 to set up a fund worth about Bt1 billion to invest in small and medium enterprises.full news..

The Thai country rock band Carabao will perform live in Valbyhallen, Copenhagen on 18 August as part of their European tour in august. It will be the band's first visit to the Scandinavian country. full news..

Oriflame, a Swedish cosmetics company, reports a seven percent sales increase to EURO 7.9 million in Asia for the first half 2004 compared with the same period last year. full news..

Five years ago, salmon was not very common in Thailand or in other Asian countries as well, for that matter - except Japan. This is not because the fish is rare of a kind but simply because this particular fish had to be imported from abroad and that the import duty remained high by 60% in Thailand. full news..

Alexandra Steburg, elder sister of the famous songstress, Natalie Steburg from Grammy label is entering the Miss Thailand World 2004 holding number 43. full news..

Norconsult International AS Co., Ltd., the leading Norwegian civil engineering and building construction company based in Thailand is now relocating its office. From the old office at Ruamrudi Building on Ploenchit Road, the new address is now 121/87 R.S. Tower Building, 30th Floor, Ratchadapisek Road, Din Daeng, Bangkok 10400, Tel. (66 2) 642-2450 and Fax (66 2) 248-6821. Norconsult will start operation at the new site on 30 August 2004. The company requires all financial documents such as receipt and tax invoice to be issued using the new address from then on. full news..

Sweden’s first three year high school program for Thai language and social studies will begin in the fall 2006 at Bispgården in Ragunda. full news..

The Danish pop boy band C21 will be in Bangkok in October to promote their second album “Listen”. The date has not yet been confirmed but their latest single “All That I Want” is definitely a big hit in town.full news..

After a successful visit to South East Asia in April and May, Jyske Bank (Schweiz) is repeating their visit to the region again on October 27 – November 10. This time, the focus will be on individual meetings, where participants will have the opportunity to hear more about Jyske Bank Private Banking and the Swiss Banking Secrecy. The trip includes Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia.full news..

Jan Olav Aamlid, Norwegian coins dealer in Thailand, recently sold a golden cigarette case, which was a gift from King Rama V of Thailand to one of Queen Victoria’s royal guards, to The National Museum’s Female Volunteer Group. The Group in August handed over the golden cigarette case to the Thai National Museum in Bangkok.full news..

Danish systems solutions company Intertec A/S was declared bankrupt on July 15, 2004 in Denmark. In this connection, reports the Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce on its website, Mr. Dan Christensen, who is an individual member of the chamber, has been released from his employment agreement with the company, but he plans to continue living and working in the region.full news..

The Norwegian government plans to establish links with Thai hospitals to provide healthcare services for more than 7,000 Norwegian patients who annually seek quality treatment abroad.full news..

Ramboll and ECCO shoe manufacturing facility in Thailand has signed a novel contract concept for a comprehensive energy efficiency and energy management at the ECCO factory facilities.full news..

The “missing” magazine in the ScandAsia family, the ScandAsia.fi directed towards serving the Finnish residents in South East Asia, is now coming. The magazine has been a planned expansion ever since the start of the current three ScandAsia magazines serving the other Nordic residents in the region – but practical problems have been in the way of its realizationfull news..

Jesper Thomsen has lived most his life in Thailand. Being a child of Danish ex-pats, he grew up in Thailand. Now at the age of 44, he tries to estabish a carrer with his band, the Soi Dog Blues band full news..

Urban Connection, from Norway and Swedish Jazz Kings are to perform at the Bangkok’s sixth annual International Music and Dance Festival this coming 6 October 2004 at Thailand Cultural Center.full news..

Swedish Eastjet company and Thailand’s Orient Thai Airlines have agreed to start their Bangkok-Stockholm flight from December 11 onwards.full news..

Thailand’s Wastewater Management Authority (WMA) has recently enlisted the help of the Danish International Development Assistance (DANIDA) in an effort to boost the capacity of wastewater management in six municipalities in Thailand through a three-year scheme called Capacity of Wastewater Management Authority (CD-WMA).full news..

Finnair announced that its business class cabins on MD-11 aircraft will be renewed.full news..

Finnair has announced that from October onwards its passengers will be able to check-in in advance with only a text message sent from their mobile phones. full news..

Current ambassador in Thailand Mr. Heikki Tuunanen will relocate to Pretoria to serve as ambassador from February 2005 onwards.full news..

Thailand’s Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra makes an official visit to Sweden 23 and 24 September, confirm the PM offices in Stockholm and Bangkok in talks with Scandasia. full news..

Nine of Sweden’s honorary consuls from Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam began a week long visit to Sweden on Sunday 12 September.
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Finnair launches faster and more frequent flights from Asia to Europe to serve the fast-growing business from the East. full news..

Thai chicken for Swedish aircraft, was one of the ideas Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra throw up in the air during a Monday 13 September cabinet meeting planning his visit to Sweden 23 and 24 September.full news..

Finnish residents in Thailand now have their own local society: Finns in Bangkok – Krungthepin Suomalaiset.full news..

Sweden’s East Jet Co and Orient Thai Airways are opening a route with direct flights between Stockholm and Bangkok. And next year the new airline are planning to open flights on Copenhagen and Oslo.full news..

Danish machine building specialist in advanced solutions to the graphic industry, Nilpeter A/S from Slagelse, has established an affiliate company in Bangkok. Headed by the company’s long time Asia Pacific Operations executive, Kim-Regin Sustmann, Nilpeter Thailand will not at least be targeting the strongly developing Chinese market.full news..

All the four Nordic chambers of commerce in Thailand and the Scandinavian Society Siam will likely be located in one office within a few weeks. The first to move this weekend 18 September are the Swedish, Norwegian and Danish Chambers of Commerce. The Scandinavian Society Siam will follow in the week after where also the Thai-Finnish Chamber will decide on the issue. The new office is larger, better and more functional than the curent office on Sukhumvit Soi 25. It is located next to the Payathai skytrain station on the corner of Payathai and Sri Ayutthaya road near Victory Monument.full news..

“I expect double digit growth for the next three years,” says Siam2you’s CEO Niklas Stålberg, a Swedish national, as the digital communications company announces THB 61 million in revenues for the first six months 2004, 51 percent more than the same period last year.full news..

Sweden’s largest Buddhist temple will be inaugurated 4 June 2005. The temple itself can accommodate 300 people and a five meter tall statue of Lord Buddha will be placed on a 20 meter high hill in front of the temple.full news..

For Svend Risum trading tobacco is both a job and a lifestyle. As the manager of a Thai American joint venture he buys up tobacco and sells it to the world’s largest tobacco companies. A job he combines with his bar and hobby “7’s Corner” in Khon Kaen.full news..

Disa (Thailand) Co., Ltd. will demonstrate its industrial air pollution control systems at the Machinery Mart 2004 Exhibition, to be held on October 7-10 at Muang Thong Thani, Bangkok. The company will also conduct a seminar on “Shot Blast Theory” at BITEC Bangna in November.full news..

Bang & Olufsen is attempting to reach the consumers in a new an interesting way. Homes prepared for linkable B&O products is a concept they now try to introduce to sound and design fetishists in Thailand.full news..

It is no secret, that the bird flu is doing a lot of damage to the chicken industry in Thailand. At Carnitech Asia they do not greet a new wave of bird flu welcome, but they do admit that the Avian Influenza most likely means money in the bank.full news..

The Danish financial Commission, Finansudvalget, is visiting Thailand at the end of September.      The board led by Svend Heiselberg, from the government party Venstre, will be inspecting a number of projects, mainly environmental projects. full news..

In August 2004 Nicolas Hardy and fellow Dane, Niels Bjoerndahl opened up a sushi restaurant in Lamai, despite the fact that Chaweng seems to be a better location for a restaurant to make money.full news..

EAC Thailand hosted a splendid dinner party for all members of the Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce at the Royal Danish Embassy on Thursday 2 September 2004. The company is the oldest existing Danish company doing business in Thailand and the first company to start business cooperation between Thailand and Denmark as we know it today.full news..

Mr. Poul Skov-Petersen has been assigned Commercial Counsellor at the Royal Danish Embassy in Bangkok. Since 1 August 2004, he has taken over the office from Mrs. Tine Hylleberg, who left for Denmark to take up a position in the organization “Invest in Denmark”.full news..

Once a victim of a real estate scam himself, Hansi Madsen is extremely careful in checking all legal aspects of any deal he makes. Otherwise he could easily pass on a house to a buyer from a seller who has in fact no authorisation to sell it at all!full news..

Danish, Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian security and safety products will be on show in the Nordic Secure 2004, scheduled on 23-24 November in Manila and on 25-26 November in Bangkok.full news..

Sweden’s Migration Minister Ms Barbro Holmberg arrives in Bangkok Friday morning 24 September for ‘quota intake of refugees in Thailand’. full news..

Sweden’s Migration Minister Ms Barbro Holmberg arrives in Bangkok Friday morning 24 September for ‘quota intake of refugees in Thailand’. full news..

Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Per Stig Moller, will preside at a Danish-Southeast Asian roundtable conference on October 7, which is a sideline activity towards the 5th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) to be held on October 8-9.full news..

Hard work for a good cause. Tour De Thailand is a Charity ride. A 1,800 km bike ride through the land of smiles. An adventure that will let the participants encounter a Thailand most never get to see.full news..

New Bangkok Governor Apirak Kosayodhin has postponed his decision on the deal to buy medical instrument worth DKK126.25 million from Danish Medical Industry (DMI) pending for a detailed review of the purchasing contract. full news..

Thailand will intensify discussions with Sweden about a possible barter deal for JAS Gripen fighter jets. full news..

Jebsen & Jessen Communications in Thailand (JJCT) recently completed a Bt7.8-million network system upgrading project for the Expressway and Rapid Transit Authourity of Thailand (ETA), which is a state owned organisation responsible for the construction, maintenance and management of expressways and public transportation infrastructures.full news..

Two Swedes, Tage Levin and Per Martins, were among the 63 winners of this year’s Friends of Thailand award.full news..

Preparations are being made for the upcoming “Simply Scandinavian” week to visit Singapore 13-21 November, Kuala Lumpur 22-27 November and Bangkok 29 November to 4 December this year.full news..

Alexandra or Sandra Styberg is half Thai half Danish. And on 21 August she became the second runner up for Miss Thailand World 2004.full news..

The Scandinavian church in Bangkok hosts a movie night showing Scandinavian films every month for an entertainment and get together purpose. full news..

The Finnish PM will have several private meetings with Asian leaders during his visit to the ASEM meeting in Hanoi. full news..

Scanagri Group, having various development programs and being engaged in more than 15 countries in the Asian region, has been sold to Danish consulting company NIRAS. The previous owners will however continue to cooperate with NIRAS, and the acquisition will not affect the SE Asian development projects ongoing in Vietnam and Indonesia.full news..

Sweden’s offset trade negotiations with Thailand regarding a sale of JAS Gripen jet fighters hit turbulence today as a Russian aircraft deal may be in the making. full news..

The Swedish biotechnology company Tripep AB, which is focusing on HIV therapy, has completed the pre-clinical safety evaluation studies on the company’s new anti-HIV candidate drug alpha-HGA necessary for the planned phase I/II clinical trial in Thailand. full news..

Jabra, the Danish manufacturers of hand-free communication devices launches its latest Bluetooth headset FS258 to penetrate Thai market. full news..

The Urban Connection from Norway and the Swedish Jazz Kings have performed at the Bangkok’s sixth annual International Music and Dance Festival on October 6 at Thailand Cultural Center.full news..

A demerger in March 2004 segregated Norsk Hydros agricultural division from the rest of the company. Since then, the agricultural division has been operating independently under the name Yara. According to Terje M. Tollefsen, Vice President at Yara, there was no drama at all involved in Norsk Hydro’s decision to let their agricultural division go its separate ways, but a belief that division would be better off operating on its own.full news..

The Scandinavian hotel chain Scandic is putting up a hotel in the Pratunam area of Bangkok, due to be ready by first quarter 2006. full news..

Swedish exports of goods are down to Laos, Thailand and Vietnam and up to Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines.full news..

The Swedish National Food Administration, SLV, has issued a warning against too high amounts of pesticides in Chinese kale imported from Thailand.full news..

Have you encountered an obstacle when trading with Sweden? Or have you got suggestions how to get rid of unnecessary or stupid Swedish trade regulations? Whatever trade issue you like to raise with Sweden, please contact Open Trade Gate Sweden, a new service from the National Board of Trade in Stockholm.full news..

Norway’s trade of traditional commodities with four major South East Asian trading partners from January to September this year saw significant increases in imports from Singapore and exports to Indonesia. Trade with Thailand grew considerably both ways, while those with Malaysia dropped slightly.full news..

Sweden fields three participants in this year’s world cup shooting final which is held in Bangkok 26 to 31 October.full news..

Due to a sharp increase in demand, Finnair has boosted its Helsinki-Bangkok frequency to 10 flights a week. The additional flights will be available during the winter and spring holidays. full news..

Altogether, 60 participants came for SWEA Asia’s Annual Regional Meeting in Singapore, which has over one quarter of SWEA Asia’s membership. The meeting took place from 6th to 9th October, followed by an optional trip up to Kuala Lumpur, to help the local chapter there celebrate its founding, and from there, a tour of Borneo. ScandAsia had a chance to speak with Regional President, Ms. Elisabet Halling.full news..

The brutal slaying by a policeman, working extra as a restaurant patron, of two young British tourists near River Kwai 9 September was an eerie reminder of a similar attack in July this year by a freelancing police on a Swedish businessman and his Thai colleague in Bangkok.full news..

A Swedish couple, Julia and Erik Wirdheim, has launched the first guide book about Thailand written for children. full news..

A business delegation led by the Swedish Thai Chamber of Commerce, STTC, kicked off a road show in the northeastern Thai business capital Khon Kaen on Monday 1 Novemberfull news..

Nick Jonsson, an account executive at communication agency Far East DDB in Bangkok, recently won Australia's prestigious Golden Target Award for the Bond University Make-A-Wish Golf Day that he organized in February this year when he was a student at Bond University.full news..

The Stockholm 15th International Film Festival that takes place on 18 - 28 November 2004, is showing two Thai films out of three throughout the Gay Night for Boys special section. Also one major highlight at the festival is Oliver Stone, this year’s guest of honour, whose new movie Alexander, filmed on location in Thailand, will have its European première. The Swedish film festival will also follow up on last year’s special Thai section with three films from Thailand, further acknowledging that its films is receiving acclaim abroad.full news..

Allan Jensen, one of the most respected businessmen in the Danish-Thai business community, has already left APV (Thailand) Ltd. since November 5, 2004, according to a report by the Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce.full news..

Sumet Keawtipnet may not be familiar to most Thais, but his reputation is widely spread among local football clubs in Denmark, Sweden and elsewhere in Europe. His team, Thamrong Thai football club has won the Dana Cup and the Tivoli Cup five times since 1989. Sumet is the manager of one of the most well organized youth football teams in the world. full news..

Finnish Nokia, a market leader in the cellular industry in Asia Pacific, has signed an additional deal worth USD15.5 Million for continued GSM Network expansions for Thailand's AIS. full news..

Two economic crime investigators from Sweden recently taught colleagues from over 90 countries the basics of money laundering techniques at a workshop held at the UN regional headquarters in Bangkok. A third Swedish officer took part as a student.full news..

Sweden’s minister of defence, Ms Leni Björklund, visits Singapore and Thailand between 16 and 20 November. full news..

The Swedish cosmetics firm Oriflame reports a five percent turnover dip in Asia for the first three quarters 2004 to Euro 7.7 million. full news..

Telenor’s mobile phone operation in Thailand, Total Access Communication (DTAC), said it plans to spend 7-8 billion baht next year to improve network quality in 20 major provinces, expand network coverage across the country, and rollout EDGE technology to serve the high-speed data solution needs of high-end customers.full news..

Swedish golf enthusiast Sven Tumba and his old buddy HRH princess Birgitta of Sweden formed one of the teams competing in the 2004 World Golfers Championship amateur tournament played 7 to 14 November at four golf courses on Thailand’s eastern seaboard.full news..

The co-chief executive officer of Total Access Communication Thailand (DTAC) Sigve Brekke is on the path to stardom as a guest in a new Thai flick “The Mine”, slated to be released next year.
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Six Danish veterinarians recently travelled all the way from Denmark to Thailand to help neuter over 200 stray dogs at villages, temples and communities in Bangkok, Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan and Ratchaburi. They volunteered to spend 10 days of their annual vacation to join the birth-control programme for the homeless canine, organised by Soi Dog Rescue.full news..

Professor Said Irandoust from Sweden has been appointed the next President of Asian Institute of Technology, AIT. full news..

Make the Royal Thai Air Force, RTAF, even more aware of the Gripen system.
Increased interest from the Royal Thai Navy for more cooperation and an opportunity to introduce Swedish shallow water systems. Those were the main issues Sweden’s Minister of Defence, Ms Leni Björklund, dealt with during her visit in Thailand last week. Her meetings with counterparts in Singapore, the days before Thailand, centered on existing cooperation and projects rather than any new future undertakings.full news..

The Rasmus continues a triumphant journey across the world. The Finnish band has been nominated in two categories, Favorite Rock Act and Favorite Breakthrough Artist.full news..

The Finnish agricultural equipment and forestry company received a large order for nursery and reforestation technology. full news..

After only a year in operation of its production facilities in Rayong, the Swedish electrical appliance producer Electrolux is already planning to invest THB 2 billion more to expand the Thai facilities between now and 2006. The company also plans to recruit more staff locally, from presently 200 to more than a thousand over the next two years.full news..

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon and Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway arrived Bangkok Tuesday 23 November in the afternoon at the start of a four-day official visit to Thailand.
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31-year-old Danish man, Michael Christensen, was shot to death in a crowded Pattaya tourist strip while on his annual vacation in Thailand. He and his Thai wife, who lived together for five years in Denmark, were planning to start a business in Pattaya. Police suspect that competing businessmen organised the assassination to prevent competition.full news..

Since the former Thai-Finnish Chamber of Commerce President Sam-Erik Ruttmann left Bangkok for Phuket four years ago he has been on the position as general manager at Dusit Laguna Resort leading a life which is virtually a dream vacation – but it is his job! At this ‘Leading Hotels of the World’, on a pre-high season day he gave some insights into the business of running a Thai luxury resort and the last volatile tourism years.full news..

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon and his wife Her Royal Highness Princess Mette Marit visited Chitralada Villa to view projects instituted by His Majesty the King on November 24.
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Finnish professional rally driver Rauno Aaltonen recently made strong impression at Bangkok’s Seacon Square with his “emergency brake turns” on dry asphalt. At the age of 66, this champion of numerous rallies, including world championships, is enjoying travelling the world to instruct Mini fans how to drive fast and safe.full news..

Not many of us have had the opportunity and privilege in hosting royalties as guests –and certainly not from 3 countries, including the King and Queen of Sweden and the Queen of Denmark. But a Finnish woman has been lucky enough achieving just that, designer Marianne Javinen working at the Doi Tung Delepment Project in Chiang Rai. full news..

Twelve safety and security companies from the Nordic countries toured the Philippines and Thailand the past week, showcasing the latest products and solutions in this growing niche.full news..

Lego System A/S announced lowering retail price level, by up to 40 per cent, of its toys in Thailand on November 24. Lego says the move is part of a strategy to bring the Thai price of the toys in line with other Asian markets like Singapore and Hong Kong.
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Telenor of Norway reaffirmed its commitment to the communications business in Thailand, DTAC, on November 25.
      Telenor remained confident in the Thai joint venture and expected it could offer attractive dividends to its shareholders, chief executive Jon Fredrik Baksaas said in Bangkok.full news..

Bangkok based Scandmach is aiming at becoming the biggest in its field of business in Asia. According to Marius Pedersen, president of the Danish company that is a goal they will achieve within the next five years.full news..

On March 1, 2005 will HMS Carlscrona, the royal Swedish navy’s training ship, arrive in Singapore on its fourth trip around the world since the launch 1983.full news..

Smedvig announced late November it has been awarded a letter of intent by the state oil company in Thailand, PTT Exploration and Production Company, for the self-erecting tender rig T-3. The contract value is estimated at US$ 20 million.full news..

While the world’s wealthiest yachtsmen descend on Phuket’s second international boat show PIMEX 2004, a couple of well-established Swedes are very much part of the show. Swedish yacht broker Håkan Lange will especially present the popular speed-boat X2K built by North Sea Boats and designed by its owner, the Java-based Swede John Lundin. Coinciding with the show, Håkan will open his new office in Phuket as a prospering boating destination.full news..

“We are happy to be here and here for long term. We want to develop this market further,” was the message from Telenor’s Chief Executive Officer Jon F Baksaas from Norway who was in Bangkok for the occasion of the official visit to Thailand of Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway.full news..

Former Intertec manager resurrects with DK Engineering, a new company, which was inaugurated in Vietnam in November.full news..

During the Finnish six month winter the visitor is offered a choice of a quiet holiday or days packed with action. The coming winter will see record breaking numbers of foreign visitors heading to both Helsinki and the Northern resorts in Lapland. full news..

Many would never dare to find so many lively Finnish gatherings on the other side of the globe. Although the Finnish population in South East Asia is strongly outnumbered by the other Scandinavians, ScandAsia has found the Finns to be more socially grouped than expected. Vibrant Finnish social groups certainly can be found in the area! ScandAsia has always strived to serve local Scandinavian communities in South East Asia. We have listed a few contacts for you to unite and heal that homesickness that we experience all to often.full news..

Jarkko Härmälä, Finnair’s sales director for South East Asia and Australia, has made South East Asia one of Finnair’s most profitable destinations. full news..

Ostrich farming is not well known because we have a large amount and variety of livestock. However since the strike of the mad cow decease in Europe, the Europeans started to look for an alternative red meat. This drew Anders Friestad’s attention to the birds.full news..

Morten Bay Jensen will be leaving his job as Deputy Managing Director of ECCO Thailand to assume the same position at a new factory in Chinafull news..

First factory outside Denmark built in Laem Chabang to strengthen group's competitive edge on global levelfull news..

“I was excited about this unique system and its possibilities, so without hesitating I convinced George to join forces with me to implement the system. No such system was available in Asia and only a few in Europe and Australia. The system is mainly used in USA and it is also there the system is being manufactured and sold.” Says Erik K. Nielsenfull news..

Sawaeng Kongpetsak has spend more than 30 years living and working in Denmark. His entire life is enriched with agricultural experience particularly in the dairy field. Currently Sawaeng is working as a plant manager for T.D. Dairy Foods Co., Ltd. in Thailand.full news..

Alexandra, or Sandra, Styberg is half Thai half Danish. And on 21 August she became the second runner up for Miss Thailand World 2004.full news..

Niels Pedersen was once a lecturer at the University of Southern Denmark before he decided to spend the rest of his life as a pensioner in his own private paradise, the Jungle Village Resort in Ao Nang in the southern part of Thailand renowned for its magnificent beaches and archipelagos. full news..

The business side of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s official visit to his counterpart Göran Persson in Sweden 23-24 September resulted in a number of concrete measures, which if successfully carried out, will generate a massive increase in trade between the two kingdoms.full news..

Although Hans O. Karlsson very recently became the president and country manager of Ericsson in Thailand, having transferred here from the same role in the Philippines, a visit to his home will reveal that he is no stranger to Thailand. His wife, and mother to their son Vincent, Sirinuch is Thai. To fill the picture, Hans himself, a native of Sweden, is a tall, fair skinned man, but exhibits a reserved manner that almost could be Thai. full news..

Mr. Prapat Phupinyokul has been working for a Swedish firm for almost two decades. He is currently the Director and General Manager at the Swedish medical devices company Molnlycke Health Care (Thailand) Limited. full news..

An unprecedented 270 000 Swedes visited Thailand during 2003 – despite the SARS epidemic in Asia. And almost all of them spent their holiday in Phuket, which has increasingly become the preferred Thai holiday resort for Swedes. full news..

Norwegians growing up outside Norway must live two years in Norway before their 22nd birthday or they will loose their Norwegian citizenship.
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Scandinavian Airlines International, will be the first airline to introduce onboard wireless broadband internet on all of the airlines long-haul aircraft. full news..

The Swedish Foreign Minstry has opened the doors of its Honorary Consulate in Pattaya on 15th December. Sweden now has two consulates in Thailand, one already existing in Phuket, while the consulate in Chiang Mai remains closed fro an indefinite period of time. full news..

Smedvig has been awarded a letter of intent by Unocal Thailand for the self-erecting tender rig T-3 in the Gulf of Thailand. The production drilling assignment has a duration of approximately three months, scheduled to begin in February 2005 prior to the assignment for PTT.full news..

ScandAsia has throughout Sunday 26 December updated news from the disaster that has hit South Asia starting with the tremendous earthquake off Sumatra's coast in Indonesia. This page is updated as we receive news from a range of sources. Scroll down for a chronological view as the disaster evolved.full news..

The disaster Sunday 26 which hit Indonesia's island of Sumatra, Southern Thailand, the northern part of Malaysia and Sri Lanka, India and Burma was covered minute by minute by ScandAsia. To read the report click here: http://www.scandasia.com
     This report is from Day 2. We will try to give a round-up of the event with a particular Nordic view.full news..

If you follow the instructions on this page and get stuck on a Thai website you cannot read, you are welcome to copy the full url address of the website your are looking at (e.g. http://ems.narenthorn.thaigov.net/..etc) and maybe the specific line you need help with translating and paste it into an email to Gregers Moller at chairman@sss.or.th.
     Together with board members and other volunteers of the Scandinavian Society Siam he will try to find somebody able to contact you to assist you with the search.full news..

Day 3 of the disaster, ScandAsia continues its coverage.
For advice and requests as to what you can do to help, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScandMail-thfull news..

Today the efforts have intensified in Bangkok as survivors reach the capital. For previous days coverage please go to the Thailand page on your left hand menu.full news..

Another day of coverage of the efforts to help survivores and find relatives.full news..

Efforts are being coordinated to assist with airlift from Phuket and Bangkok. Hope to find more survivors fading.full news..

Christian Tougaard, a student at Handels –og Ingeniørskolen in Herning, Denmark has come to Bangkok to work as a trainee for Carnitech Asia. The 22 years old Dane will be in Bangkok for the next 18 months.full news..