Frida Andersson is a 25-year-old singer/songwriter from Finland living in Stockholm. She grew up in the south of Finland in a small city called Ekenäs. When Frida was three years old she performed for the first time with her older sister Emma and her father Bosse Andersson (Finnish troubadour) . A few years later her little sister Elin also joined the family [...]

The date of May 17, which marks the Norwegian Constitution Day was celebrated not only in Norway, but also by Norwegian expatriates allover Southeast Asia. The different chapters of Klubb Norge (Club Norway) in China were a big part of that, and in Shanghai 280 people participated in the celebrations. After days with rain, the sun finally came out and adults, [...]

From January to April this year, 511,000 passengers opted for the quickest route from Scandinavia to Asia via Helsinki with Finnair. That is an increase of 6 percent compared to the same period last year. In April, Finnair increased capacity by 6.7 percent compared with 2012. More than 91 percent of all aircrafts were on time. Number of sold seats [...]

A few hundred cycling lovers participated in the third Climate Race organized by the Danish Embassy on May 19, 2013, in Beijing. The one-day-long cycling event in and around Beijing aims to promote the biking culture, green transportation and environmental protection. It is divided into two parts, among which the first part took place in downtown Beijing starting from the [...]

Three Foxconn workers have committed suicide at a factory in China in the past three weeks, state media and a labour rights group said on Saturday. All three jumped to their deaths at a plant in the central city of Zhengzhou run by the Taiwanese electronics giant. A 30-year-old married man killed himself on Tuesday following the similar deaths of [...]

Danes abroad rejoice as a political majority now seems to be in place to permit them to hold dual  citizenship. A change in the law will make it possible for Danes outside of Denmark to adopt the nationality of their new home country without having to cancel their Danish citizenship. The political party “Venstre” announced on Saturday, that they were [...]

Danish Danfoss, which specializes in energy-efficient and climate-friendly solutions, has just signed a record deal with the Chinese city of Anshan, which aims to make Anshan world leaders in district heating. The contract is the largest deal so far made by Danfoss in China when it comes to district heating, which means that the company will be expanding its factory [...]

The Danish fashion company IC Companys is working on a large plan to bring some of the company’s more exclusive brands worldwide. As part of the plan, a brand new agreement of distributions of the Peak Performance brand, says CEO of IC Companys, Niels Mikkelsen to Ritzau Finans. ”Peak Performance is already international in the way that we are visible [...]

China, together with five other states, has been granted observer status in the Arctic Council on Wednesday. China, India, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea and Singapore were granted new Observer States status at the Eighth Ministerial Meeting of the Arctic Council convened in Kiruna, the northernmost city of Sweden. Gao Feng, head of China’s delegation to the event, told Xinhua [...]

Ingela Bendrot, Swedish State Secretary to the Minister for Infrastructure, is currently on a visit to China for meetings and activities focusing on transport solutions. Bendrot had a meeting at the Ministry of Transport on Monday for a half-time review of the Sino-Swedish Action Plan on transport solutions signed in 2011. The Action Plan has led to furthered Sino-Swedish exchange [...]