Former missionaries in Thailand, Ruth and Peder Jørgensen, celebrates on March 7, 2019 their 60 year wedding anniversary – in Denmark called Diamond Wedding. The anniversary is celebrated by a reception near their home in Isenvad, Ikast, for their family and many friends. Peder and Ruth Jørgensen have had an unusually adventurous life together in Thailand where they…
Carsten Dencker Nielsen, Honorary Consul for Thailand in Denmark, EAC Managing Director and Honorary Chairman for Asia House passed away on 25 February 2019. The funeral will take place on 8 March 2019 in Hornbaek Church at 13.00. Under the headline “The Flagship Captain of the EAC’s has disembarked”, two of Carsten Dencker Nielsen’s many…
Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, as the Representative of His Majesty the King of Thailand, conferred on Thursday 31 January 2019 the Prince Mahidol Award 2018 in the field of Medicine and Public Health on – among three others – the Swedish Professor Jan R. Holmgren from the Gothenburg University Vaccine Research Institute,…
The latest issue of ScandAsia was distributed to e-subscribers yesterday. A number of articles in the February issue of ScandAsia focused on Singapore. Here is a selection.
DanThai Machinery Co., Ltd., owned and managed by Frank Henriksen, MD, and Karsten Brammer, Technical Director, was recently visited by a group of Danish businessmen who are part of the AndersenB2B Asia market entrepreneur network, EAFC. The group was visiting Thailand on its annual market trip. Thailand was chosen due to the positive economic development the…
A Danish owned unique and beautiful estate in Tak province in Northwestern Thailand has been put up for sale. The estate is nestled on the Ping river and mainly constructed with golden teak wood, even the fence around the property is made of golden teak. Land area is 720 m2 with 24 meters of river…
The Scandinavian Christmas service in Christ Church in Bangkok was attended by close to 200 people who filled the church completely. It was the second time to celebrate Christmas in Bangkok for the Danish vicar Christa Lund Herum and the first time for the new Swedish vicar Erik Stenberg-Roos. Following the tradition, different parts of…
Heartbound, the critically-acclaimed 2018 Danish documentary “Fra Thailand til Thy” will be screened in Bangkok for the first time on Sunday 16 Dec 2018 at 14.00 at e Bangkok Screening Room.The screening will be followed by a Question & Answer session with Director Sine Plambech who produced the documentary together with Janus Metz. Heartbound tells the story of how…
Taipei comes out as number 1 out of 72 cities worldwide in the Expat City Ranking 2018. The city is in good company, with many other Asian metropolises also ranking in the top 10 cities for expats, such as Singapore (2nd), Ho Chi Minh City (4th), Bangkok (5th), and Kuala Lumpur (6th). The Expat City…
Topsoe opens an office in Jakarta, Indonesia. The main reason is the expected growth in areas where Topsoe’s technologies, experience, and capabilities will be beneficial to the customers, which is mainly fertilizer and refining industries, explains the company. Michael Gruss has been assigned Chief Representative of the new Jakarta office in Kantor Taman E3.3, Unit…
