Norwegian Fashionista Merete ‘Mera’ Mei-Jin Noer has done quite a few things beyond an average lady at her age.  After being on Malaysian TV, modeling, being in a band, she is now Marketing Director of the luxurious brand ZARDOZE, a DJ and has recently launched an iPhone application.  Mera is not like any other 24-year-old:  this young businesswoman has experiences in [...]

Meet the Icelandic website developer who made a digital comeback in Thailand Thordur Adalsteinsson is among very few Icelanders in Thailand. What brought him here? Not the hot weather nor the spicy food – but a chance to start a business creating top quality websites for companies all around the world. Thordur certainly has experience: When the internet was exploding [...]

How Danish telemarketing company Alpine Saleforce has boosted its business by moving to the heart of Thailand’s popular royal beach resort Danish telemarketing company Alpine Saleforce Ltd. has moved its operations to a new office building in the centre of Hua Hin on Petchkasem road soi 28. Inside the new building is a spacious, modern and well-decorated office with contemporary [...]

With a thirst for good brews, a degree in beer and a strong base in Bangkok, Danish Jakob Mørkenborg Rasmussen recently started his own company, Hopsession Co. Ltd. The vision is to bring exclusive and limited edition craft brews to both curious Thais and expats. For the past few years, a Belgium beer wave has been setting its mark on [...]

Swedish Charles – a Proud Property Award Winner on Phuket In January 2011 Charles Gorder was selling a new beachfront development to prospective Phuket island lifestyle investors at Phuket’s international boat show (PIMEX). About 20 months later, mission accomplished, he invites for a closer look at the result: Nchantra @ Sirey Beach condominium on a yet relatively unknown island east [...]

Danish artist and singer-songwriter Sanne Gottlieb ‘Sunny’ releases “Who are the bells ringing for?” in 2013 whilst continuing fundraising for Emancipasia to fight Human Trafficking.   The Singapore-based artist known as Sunny broke through with her career when her song “Kissing” was used as the movie soundtrack for the movie Sex & the City. Sunny, the artist, song-writer, actress, model, and former figure [...]

This year Finnair celebrates 90 years of operation. Mr. Nick Naung Naung, Finnair’s Country Sales Manager based in Singapore, shares the airline’s vision and its success story.       With a long history of nine decades, Finnair is one of the world’s oldest operating airlines. The company started its operation on 1 November 1923 under the name of Aero [...]

Swedish Peter Daniel Holtsjo moved to Thailand in July 2012 to take over the position of Country President of Securitas (Thailand).  Daniel’s goal is for Securitas (Thailand) to improve the level of professionalism and perception of security in Thailand while concurrently growing the company to be a market leader in the Thai security service industry.   After leaving the Swedish [...]

From a small fishing village, Hua Hin has become one of Thailand’s major tourist destinations with a fast growing expat community. Among the nationalities of expats living there, the number of Swedes has increased rapidly in the last decade. Gert Andersson and his wife Margareta Olsson, together with their close friend Lars Olof Fagerström, founded the Swedish Association in Hua [...]

Mr. Per Brandt, Chairman of Swedish Business Association (SBA) in Indonesia, has been in Indonesia for over 20 years. With an increasing number of Scandinavian establishments in the fast-growing economy, Mr. Brandt aims to strengthen the Nordic business community.   Doing business in another country is always a challenge as it requires not only business knowledge and a good interpreter, [...]