The first Danish -Thai Alumni Networking at the Royal Danish Embassy in two years took place in the evening of Tuesday 14 May 2013 with so many Danes participating that they almost drowned out the Thai participants. For the Thai participants, especially for the newly returned exchange students, the main attraction was to meet Ambassador Mikal H. Winther and his [...]

Norwegian pianist and composer Ingolv Haaland will perform at Meta House Sunday 26th May 6.30 p.m., featuring Khmer singer Ouch Savy and Tro player Yun Theara. The music is a mix of lounge, ambient and improvisation with Khmer lyrics By Savy and melodic themes by Theara. An upcoming record release will contain the new musical material presented in this concert. [...]

Some thousands years ago the Vikings would make their way from Scandinavia to England on quests to rape and plunder. This Saturday the quest was on Chao Phraya River as 80 “Vikings” from Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland boarded a ship to enjoy a day on the river followed by a party at Admiral’s Pub and Restaurant in Sukhumwit Soi [...]

If you are Norwegian you have undoubtedly made plans for this Friday. The date is May 17, which marks the Norwegian Constitution Day and is celebrated not only in Norway but also by Norwegian expatriates. In Southeast Asia there will be celebrations in many forms. After Frederik VI in 1814 had given up Norway to the King of Sweden, the [...]

The Royal Danish Consulate General in Shanghai attended the opening of a Nordic film festival at Nanjing University on May 8. On May 8tthe Royal Danish Consulate General in Shanghai was welcomed by Nanjing University to a Nordic film festival held at the university campus. The film festival was organised by the Chinese-Nordic Cultural Centre at Nanjing University in cooperation [...]

  In 2013, the 8th Nordic Documentary Film Festival launches a brand new spring section – the NORDOX University Tour. It will take place from 18 May to 16 June, collaborating with 10 prestigious Chinese universities in Beijing, Wuhan, Shanghai and Guangzhou. 25 selected films from NORDOX archive will be screened during the tour.  Representatives from the Nordic Embassies and [...]

The new Swedish priest to replace Lovisa Moller, who has been stationed in Thailand since April 2009,  at the Church of Sweden in Bangkok is Lars Ryderstad.  He was born and grew up in Gothenburg,  a big city with a big habour on the west coast of Sweden. Lars worked as a customs officer in Gothenburg before decided to study [...]

The Nordic embassies and Nordcham Vietnam are hosting the event Shaping Nordic Business Interests in Vietnam on May 15, inviting all Nordic companies in Vietnam to presentations from the four Nordic ambassadors. The four ambassadors offer their perspective on how Nordic business interests will develop in the next few years. Every presentation will be followed by a Q&A where participants [...]

The Ambassador of Sweden to Indonesia HE Mrs Ewa Polano is visiting Surabaya on May 10-11, 2013.  During her visit, Ambassador Polano on Friday presented the exclusive Royal Decoration – the Insignia of Knight of Royal Order of the Polar Star Award to  Mr. Villy Nielsen, who has served as Sweden’s Honorary Consul of East Java for 20 years. Sweden [...]

The Viking Fest 2013 in Bangkok this Saturday is a hit both in terms of tickets sold and sponsors signing up to support the event. All 80 tickets were sold out by Tuesday this week and as this is the capacity of the boat it is not possible to print more tickets. Sponsors have also been very responsive to support [...]