Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
A new collaboration, announced in January 2016, between PostNord Denmark and Alibaba Group will make it easier and cheaper for Danish and Nordic e-retailers to reach affluent Chinese consumers. In …
PostNord Denmark enters new Alibaba collaboration Read More
Minister of Agriculture and the Environment Kimmo Tiilikainen visited China on 20 – 25 March 2016, accompanied by a business delegation of 60 persons, mainly representing the forest, food and cleantech …
Finnish Minister of Agriculture on China visit Read More
The end of an era is perhaps near for one of Scandinavia’s most known designer brands: Bang & Olufsen (B&O). China-based Sparkle Roll Group Limited (“Sparkle Roll”) confirms dialogue about …
Chinese takeover talks for Bang & Olufsen Read More
The follow-up to the Swedish Career Fair that was successfully organized for the first time in 2015, is taking place in April, held in Beijing and Shanghai. The inaugural fair …
Green Sweden theme at career fair in China Read More
With the Airbus A350 XWB Finnair is introducing a ‘New Sense of Flying’ on its long-haul Asian routes, the latest destination being Hong Kong. The Finnish airline’s brand-new Airbus landed …
Finnair’s Airbus A350 landed in Hong Kong Read More
“Design for Sustainable Living” is a collaborative project involving Swedish Wood and seven leading Chinese designers. The aim of the project is to increase their knowledge of how to use …
Swe wood export for Chinese furniture design Read More
Founded in 1986, the Danish Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, one of Scandinavia’s foremost architectural practices known for their award winning work in cultural and public projects, have recently won several …
Danish architects lands int. competitions in China Read More
On 28 February 2016 a seminar was arranged at Shanghai University where 7 Swedish companies described their work with sustainability and CSR to an audience of the university’s EMBA students …
Swedish CSR seminar Shanghai Read More
China Mobile and Nokia Networks demonstrated 5G-enabled synchronized collaboration of robots at Mobile World Congress 2016 in Barcelona. 5G networks will address important aspects of industry automation, helping to create …
China Mobile and Nokia showcase 5G applications Read More
Sweco is a Swedish provider of international consulting engineering services whose engineers, architects and environmental experts are working together to contribute to the creation of a sustainable society. A recent …
Sweco Architects designs Xijin Times Centre Read More
Mr Martin Vercouter (b. 1988), who grew up in Belgian Namur but now lives in Stockholm, Sweden, has been awarded the 2016 Anders Wall Scholarship for a one-year internship at …
Anders Wall Shanghai scholarship 2016 Read More
To make the application process more convenient for the increasing numbers of Chinese travelers, Sweden will open new visa application centres in several cities in China. During the spring, ten …
Ten more Swedish visa application centres in China Read More
Sweden’s Ambassador to China Lars Fredén made the following statement on 4 March 2016: “The detained Swedish citizen Gui Minhai recently, once again, appeared on Chinese television. We again express our …
Ambassador’s statement on detained Swede Read More
Sweden’s Minister for Infrastructure Anna Johansson is visiting Shanghai and Beijing on 4-7 April 2016. She will meet with the Chinese Minister of Transport and participate in a seminar on …
Swe infrastructure minister to China Read More
As a result of co-operation between the cities of Helsinki and Beijing, the event Moi Helsinki will be arranged in Beijing on 13–15 May 2016. The event marks the ten-year …
Moi Helsinki cultural event in Beijing Read More
The largest investment up to now for the Finnish flagship carrier positions its competitiveness for many years to come. Come 30 May 2016 five years will have passed since Finnair …
The A350 heralds Finnair’s next expansive chapter Read More
Finland’s visa services in China will expand throughout the country with 13 new visa centers to be opened in spring 2016. Furthermore, services for Chinese visitors will be further improved …
13 new Finnish visa centres in China Read More
Business Sweden in Singapore and Hong Kong, in cooperation with the Embassy of Sweden in Singapore and the Consulate General in Hong Kong, are arranging a delegation from City of …
Stockholm and KTH Smart Cities to Hong Kong Read More
Stora Enso (Finland) announced on 1 March more investment of approximately EUR 63 million to further improve competitiveness in strategic growth areas in China and Sweden. The divisions are Consumer …
Stora Enso invests in Consumer Board and Biomaterials China growth Read More
On 9 March 2016 The Royal Danish Consulate General in Shanghai hosted 27 attendees, representing 23 Chinese travel agencies, to learn more about Danish visa application procedures. Mogens Pedersen, the …
Danish Consulate General Shanghai meets tourist agencies Read More
On 9 – 12 March 2016 the ‘Modern Danish’ pavilion opened its doors to Chinese trade visitors during the four day long Design Shanghai fair – offering Chinese audience a …
‘Modern Danish’ at Design Shanghai 2016 fair Read More
‘Norwegian Joy’ is the name for the cruise ship that will pioneer Internationally-acclaimed Norwegian Cruise Line’s (NCL) expansion into the ‘world’s fastest growing cruise market.’ NCL unveiled in February 2016 …
Norwegian launches upscale cruise liner for Chinese market Read More
Following on Capital Airports Holding Company’s (CAH) MOU with Helsinki Airport on 7 January 2016, a similar deal was signed on 24 February with Swedavia, Swedish airport operator, on the …
Beijing and Stockholm enter sister airport relationship Read More
When visitor figures for 2015 for the southern Swedish city of Malmö were published recently, the result showed that the number of overnight stays increased by 17% compared to 2014. …
Swedish city Malmö taps into Chinese market Read More
Kalmar announced in February 2016 plans to reorganise its operations in Tampere, Finland, and deepen cooperation with the joint venture Rainbow Cargotec Industries (RCI) in China. The plan is to …
Finnish layoffs and increased Chinese cooperation for Kalmar Read More
Kalmar, provider of the widest range of cargo handling solutions and services to ports, terminals etc., has introduced their new Kalmar K-Motion technology for reachstackers to the Asian market in …
Kalmar introduces K-Motion technology in the Asia-Pacific region Read More
Fingerprint Cards, a Swedish high-tech, listed company which develops, produces and markets biometric technology, has reported on the full year results for January to December 2015. Revenues amounted to SEK …
Fingerprint Cards reports record year Read More
Volvo Car Group has reported an all-time sales record of 503,127 cars in 2015, the first time it has sold more than half a million cars in its 89-year history, …
All-time sales record for Volvo Cars in 2015 Read More
Telecom giant Ericsson has reported on the results for 2015, including the full year, where they had good progress in all our targeted growth areas and we continued to invest …
China growth in Ericsson’s 2015 fourth quarter and full year results Read More
87 guests including four princesses and a Spiderman, buns with frosting and most important a lot of happy faces. This summarizes the two Fat Tuesdays, that the Danish Seamans Church …
Fat Tuesday for Kids and Adults gathers Danes in Hong Kong Read More
Stiftelsen Teknikdalen – Ideas into business, in the Swedish province of Dalarna recently held China seminars in tree cities to present the world’s largest economy as the land of opportunity …
Discover China opportunities seminars held in Sweden Read More
It is a big job to have responsibility to promote educational, scientific and technological development of aquaculture in Asia. Luckily, the new elected President to The World Aquaculture Society (WAS) …
Great Dane is new President to World Aquaculture Society Asia Read More
Finnair introduces their New Airbus 350 to fly more routes Europe and Asia. The world’s latest wide-body jet will do the long flights to Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan. The airline is …
Finnair links giant flights to Asia routes Read More
Maersk Line moves their Asia headquarter in Singapore to Hong Kong. The relocation of their HQ in Asia happens after Maersk Line decided to merge its two largest Asian regions …
Maersk Line moves Asia HQ from Singapore to Hong Kong Read More
The name Ecolean can imply an inclination towards being eco-friendly [writer’s interpretation], and it turns out the be true that this Swedish company’s products are indeed friendly to nature, mainly …
Innovative package solutions provider takes on Southeast Asia Read More
Hong Kong local and Finnish masterchef, Jaako Sorsa, of FINDS Restaurant & Bar is the man behind Finnair’s new signature dishes for the Hong Kong-Helsinki business class service. Inspired by …
Finnair join forces with Finnish Hong Kong-chef Read More
Every Scandinavians childhood memory is coming to China. The popular Danish-owned ice cream-truck company, Hjem-is, has agreed to a begin an icy business adventure in China. In cooperation with the …
Popular Nordic Ice Cream-Trucks are coming to China Read More
Sweden takes new steps in the controversial disappearance of Gui Minhai. On 17 October 2015 Gui Minhai, a Swedish citizen and book publisher, vanished from his apartment in Pattaya. Four …
Sweden support Thai police in the case of disappeared bookseller Read More
Sweden’s ambassador in Beijing, Lars Fredén, on 26 January confirmed that the Swedish human rights activist Peter Dahlin was released on 25 January and has been expelled from China. “We …
Swedish human rights activist released and deported from China Read More
On 7 January 2016 the inaugural flight to Beijing for Finnair’s brand new Airbus A350 XWB aircraft took place, following on last year’s successful introduction into the Nordic airline’s long-haul …
Finnair’s Airbus A350X on routes to Shanghai and Beijing Read More
Finavia Corporation and Capital Airports Holding Company (CAH), the largest airport operator in China, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the ‘Establishment of a sister airport relationship (MOU)’ in Beijing …
Finavia enters sister airport relationship with China’s largest airport operator Read More
The leading Nordic food company HKScan opened an office in Hong Kong on 13 January 2016, expanding its footprint in Asia. At the same time it launched Flodins meat brand …
Nordic meat expert HKScan Hong Kong opening, Omega-3 pork launch Read More
Together with this cluster the Norwegian Consulate co-hosted a networking lunch and seminar for the Norwegian fashion designers to connect with the Shanghai fashion industry. Around 30 participants gathered in …
The Norwegian Fashion Hub visited Shanghai Read More
In collaborating with Nordic consulates in Shanghai, the WOWdesign exhibition is being presented at Xin Tian Di this winter. With a collection of over 1200 original home design products, the …
Nordic home design showcased in Shanghai Read More
The New York Times has done an interactive list of the 52 places to visit in 2016. Among the many interesting places that ranges from the Mediterranean to Mozambique is …
Scandinavia, China and Indonesia on list of places to go in 2016 Read More In the evening of 3 January 2016 a human rights professional, Mr Peter Dahlin, a Swedish citizen, disappeared on his way to the Beijing Capital Airport. He was scheduled to …
Swedish human rights professional disappears in China Read More
To increase the retention of women following childbirth or adoption, the Maersk Group is from 4 April 2016 implementing a new maternity policy that improves benefits during and after maternity …
Maersk Group introduces improved maternity benefits worldwide Read More The Embassy of Sweden in Beijing has republished the Statement by the EU Spokesperson on the disappearance of individuals associated with the Mighty Current publishing house in Hong Kong, from …
EU issues statement on the disappeared Swedish national, Hong Kong resident Read More
China is the future market for Swedish food, especially Swedish pork. The Swedish quality and food security, combined with the importance of pork in the Chinese food culture, provide great, …
China future market for Swedish meat Read More
Volvo cars sold, for the first time in its 89-year history, over half a million cars (totally 503,127 pieces). Record results underline the strength of Volvo Cars’ on-going operational and …
Over 500,000 Volvo cars sold in 2015 Read More