Financial Event w/ Edward Jones
Thank you to everyone who participated in our financial event at Brix Wine Cafe yesterday, where Financial advisor Sebastian Holmqvist from Edward Jones held a compelling and inspiring presentation about investing in current market conditions and trends. Edward Jones recently joined SACC-Seattle as a Business Member, and we are thrilled to welcome them on board!
Next week is our Annual European Business Mingle - don't forget to sign up! 
Young Professionals Happy Hour
Thank you to everyone that came to our first Young Professionals event at Optimism Brewing Company on Wednesday May, 22. It was such a pleasure to meet you all! Great thoughts were shared and connection made. We are already looking forward to the next one.
Team Sweden Meeting
Last Friday SACC-Seattle had the pleasure to attend a great Team Sweden meeting hosted by the Swedish Consulate in Seattle at it's new location in Redmond.
We were accompanied by Cecilia Lif from the Swedish Embassy, Johan Marcus from SACC-USA and new Honorary Swedish Consul Petra Hilleberg. If you have ideas on what you would like to see from the consulate, SACC-Seattle or other thoughts you would like to share on the Team Sweden concept of collaboration, please let us know at info@sacc-seattle.org.
Small Business Entrepreneur Event with panel speakers
On April 10th we hosted a great panel discussion focused on Entrepreneurship and Small Businesses in the Pacific Northwest. Thank you to all of our guests and our inspiring panelists Kristiina Hiukka, Martin Lundgren and Monica Langfeldt for sharing your experiences and take-aways as Nordic business owners. Special thanks to our moderator Petra Hilleberg and to the Swedish Club.
SACC-Seattle Annual Meeting 2019
Thank you to all our members and some new faces that joined us yesterday evening for SACC-Seattle’s annual meeting. We had the pleasure to be hosted by the impressive Nordic Museum and got a tour of their new exhibition “The Vikings Begin” before the meeting started.
The board presented results for 2018, and formally elected the 2019 board of directors. In 2019, Rebecka Churchill, our former Marketing Director, will serve as President and Martin Lundgren, our former President, will serve as Vice President. Rikard Lind, Tor Jernudd, Magnus Danielsson and Anna Assarsson will continue serving on the board, while Petra Hilleberg and Tina Bergman are stepping down to focus on new opportunities. Thank you, Petra and Tina, for you fantastic work with SACC-Seattle over many years.
We are also excited to welcome three new members to the board of 2019; Beshir Abdella, Charlotte Brekkan and Jacob Häger.
Stay tuned for further presentations of them!
