On June the 8th 2019, the Swedish School Organization in Bangkok, met students and parents at Blue Parrot, Sathorn soi 10. This was our last getting together before the summer break. We were about 14 kids and many parents, but several had had to cancel at the last minute due to illness. A heavy flu…
SWEA organized a lovely lunch on June the 6th 2019, to celebrate our National Day. We were 17 SWEOR gathering together at the nicely decorated function room at Millenium. Almost everyone was dressed in flower pattern or yellow/blue. We enjoyed a well chilled Prosecco and a delicious SMÖRGÅSTÅRTA from restaurant Cajutan. Fresh fruit, home made…
In the afternoon, May the 11th 2019, Cajutan invited to a new photo exhibition. This time, with longtime Bangkok citizen Göran Ehren. He has captured many people and situations, locations etc. during his years in the City of smiles. Many visitors were curious and wanted to take a look at his special edition photos about…
On Saturday the 11th of May, the Swedish School Organization made a day trip to Farm de Lek at Tambon Khlong Yai, Amphoe Ongkharak. The school organization has been planning to do a field trip since long ago, but we couldn’t decide where to go. After having looked for a place to visit, not too…
Restaurant Cajutan, Sukhumvit soi 18 and Stefan Hallin, Cajutan’s manager, opened on Saturday the 5th of April 2019 an exhibition with photographs by Michael J. Baines, Founder & President of the Dog sanctuary and rescues, Chonburi Thailand. On the opening day, between 3 pm and 5 pm, visitors and dog lovers came to enjoy the…
SWEA Professional and Danish Women’s Networking, got on Wednesday evening the 3rd of April, 2019 together at Mrs. Charlotte Haentzel’s beautiful home on Sukhumvit 18, to listen to a presentation about EU “The European Union & Thailand” made by Mrs. Jenny Lundmark, attache (Cooperation) and Signor Giuseppe Busini, Minister-Counselor and Deputy Head of Mission and…
I was going through some old photos, that photographer Daniel Herron took a few years ago for an interview that I wrote for ScandAsia with khun Ratanawadee Winther, spouse of Ambassador Michael Winther, when suddenly I got curious – “I wonder what has happened to this popular Ambassador couple from Denmark since they left Thailand…
“My life is full of dreams. One of my dreams was to have an ideal concert hall which has beautiful acoustics along with a beautiful piano. A hall which both performers and the listeners equally fulfilled since it would unite them together through music.” Those words belong to khun Nat Yontararak. Khun Nat and his…
Thailand-based Swedish actor Kjell Bergqvist helps underprivileged Thai children learn a vital survival skill – swimming. “Do you know how many Thai children drown every day?” Kjell Bergqvist, a famous Swedish actor, asked. “Seven! Every day, seven kids in Thailand loose their lives simply because most of them cannot swim,” he said. “We Swedes teach…
The Swedish School organisation meets regularly Saturday mornings at NIST on Sukhumvit soi 15. On Saturday February the 9th, NIST was closed, so we took some of our young pupils to “Mamma’s Kök” at Rama 1V and were greeted by Mia Palmqvist and Andreas Andersson. The kids were all curious, it’s not every day you…
