Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Edited by Martin O’Rourke Finnish elevator-equipment company Kone Corporation has established a strong first-mover advantage and is a solid market leader in China which has the fastest growing real-estate market …
Finland’s Kone under the microscope after solid China growth Read More
Fed up with being mistaken for Switzerland by the Chinese, Swedish authorities have launched a competition in China to tease out humorous ways to keep the two European countries apart, …
Swedes implore Chinese: ‘We are not Swiss’ Read More
The Finnish Foreign Ministry has been the target of large-scale spying, according to the Finnish commercial broadcasting company MTV3. The espionage has been kept under wraps, with just a few …
Did China hack Finland’s Foreign Ministry? Read MoreThe Royal Danish Embassy in China hosted the launch of “Gather in Denmark – Organic life” the 28th of October. The Danish dairy company Arla’s organic milk was launched on …
Arla launches organic milk in China Read MoreThe Sixth European Union Film Festival Brings Fresh New Movies to Chinese Audiences The Sixth European Union Film Festival will be launched on 1st November 2013, featuring 22 carefully curated …
EU film fest features Danish, Finnish flicks Read MoreNovo Nordisk has recalled 30 batches of a prefilled insulin product following a dosage error at a manufacturing facility in China. Source: http://www.in-pharmatechnologist.com/Regulatory-Safety/China-plant-dosage-error-leads-to-insulin-recall-for-Novo-Nordisk
Novo Nordisk’s insulin recall traced to China plant dosage error Read MoreFinland featured prominently in an international forum on enterprise innovation held recently in Shanghai, China this year. Experts and officials from Finland, the country of honor at this year’s Pujiang …
Finland shines at China’s enterprise innovation forum Read More
Harmonious folk music from an ancient Chinese harp reverberated Wednesday afternoon through the main building of Finnish parliament, a place often packed with tiresome arguments. This is part of a special …
Chinese music resounds through Finnish parliament Read More
VISIT Finland will launch a marketing campaign next year for its top two Asian markets, China and Japan, which accounted for about 10 per cent of total foreign arrivals to …
Finland invests in China, Japan campaign Read More
In Finland’s annual Wife-Carrying World Championships, winners can win beer. In China, the prize is much bigger – a house, reported WTYV.com A total of 18 couples, winners from their …
China’s wife carrying competition carries house for prize Read More
Lift and escalator maker Kone reported a 14 percent rise in quarterly profit, as strong sales in China helped it buck a weaker trend in Finland’s manufacturing sector, Reuters reported. …
Kone profit rises as China market helps offset weak Europe trend Read More
The Embassy of Denmark in China has sent out invites to Christmas dinner and Christmas tree party The Danish Embassy in Beijing invites to the annual Christmas dinner on Saturday …
Danish Christmas celebrations in China Read More
One of Nokia’s Chinese partners has leaked the price and specs of Lumia 1520, the first phablet that would be unveiled tomorrow at the Nokia world event in Abu Dhabi, …
Nokia Lumia 1520 specs and price leaked a day before official release Read More
Everyone born in the years 1995–1998 from anywhere in the world may apply for the 2014 Millennium Youth Camp through online service. The application process is two-phased. Application for the …
Application for Finland’s 2014 Millennium Youth Camp is open! Read More
The fact that Norway had a new government does not seem to change anything in the relationships between the two countries, which has not been the best since the Nobel prize in 2010. It will not …
New Norwegian government, but China is still frozen Read More
Swedish furniture giant Ikea has such a loyal fan-base in China that customers take naps in the exhibition spaces, forcing its employees to change the sheets on a daily basis …
Snoozing Chinese sully Ikea bed sheets Read More
Taiwanese Primax Electronics announced on Tuesday 15 October that it has signed an agreement to purchase 70 percent of Denmark-based Tymphany, an acquisition expected to boost the company’s 2014 bottom …
Primax Electronics purchases 70 percent of Danish-based Tymphany Read More
Volvo is lauding the success of its China organisational structure as the country became its number one market last month, posting rising sales up 49% compared to last year, just-auto.com …
Volvo cites China organisational structure for rising sales Read More
The Danish ambassador to China, Mr. Friis Arne Petersen and Minister Counsellor, Ms. Marie Louise Flach de Neergaard, attended the Danish company Carlsberg’s ground breaking ceremony for a new brewery …
Danish Ambassador attends brewery opening ceremony in China Read More
It has been clear for a long time that Conservative leader Erna Solberg is to be Norway’s new Prime Minister, while Progress Party leader Siv Jensen will be the country’s …
Norway found new Foreign Minister Read More
After eight years in Shanghai the Norwegian Vidar Andersen is taking over the position as Head of Asia for DNB Bank based in Singapore. He replaces Erik Borgen, who has …
DNB Bank’s new head of Asia will continue the safe ride Read More
On Tuesday 1 October around 110 businessmen, mainly from the Danish municipality Nyborg at Funen in Denmark, were gathered in Nyborg to learn more about the municipality’s large China venture, …
Danish Municipality to collaborate with Chinese company Read More
REUTERS: The boss of Lego Group carries two business cards – one the usual kind and the other a Lego mini-figure in his likeness, complete with beard and glasses, with contact details …
Asia’s rising wealth means more business for Lego Read More
More Chinese students than ever are applying to study in Norway, not least at business school NHH in Bergen. The increase comes despite chilly relations between Norway and China since …
Norway attracts more Chinese students Read More
Danish-based TC Group has appointed Owen Xing as managing director of its Chinese division, TC Group China, onscreenasia.com reported. Xing, 34, has held managing positions in the music and audio …
TC Group appoints new MD for China division Read More
Swedish injection molder Nolato AB is building a dedicated medical manufacturing plant in China with capacity for 30 injection machines, as it sees its customers in the medical and pharmaceutical …
Nolato Medical expands its operations in China Read More
Danish Dance Theatre is going to perform in China in November. The performances will take place in Shanghai Yihai Theatre on 12-13 November at 7.30 pm and at Opera House of NCPA, Beijing on 16-17 …
Danish Dance Theatre to perform in Beijing and Shanghai Read More
The Swedish rock band H.E.A.T will tour in China in October and will give a live gig in Shanghai on October 12, the Swedish Consulate General said on their website. …
Swedish rock band H.E.A.T tours in China Read More
Swedish six-times world table tennis champion and former Olympic gold medalist Jan-Ove Waldner has received the honour of becoming the first living foreigner to feature on a Chinese postage stamp, Swedish TT …
Swedish table-tennis star features on China stamp Read More
SWEA Charity Swap was for the first time held in Beijing on September 25. At the event, clothes and accessories donated from SWEA’s members and friends were available for sale. …
SWEA Charity Swap in Beijing Read More
Fashion chain Lindex, a subsidiary of Finnish retail group Stockmann, is expanding its operations to China. The company has signed a franchising co-operation agreement with the Chinese retailer Suning, according …
Lindex expands to China with 100 new stores Read More
In another boost to Finland and China’s cooperation on environmental issues, GreenStream Network, a Finnish energy management services firm, has signed a deal with an affiliate of the State Grid …
Finland and China power ahead on environment Read More
Swedish polymer group Polykemi has announced plans to double the capacity of its plant in China in 2014. The company hopes to increase capacity to 20,000 tonnes from the current …
Swedish Polykemi to double China plant Read More
Danish Danfoss is right now at a historical breakthrough point on the Chinese market. The global producer of components and green tech solutions has taken the first step and now …
Danish Danfoss eyes billion kroner business in China Read More
China’s mobile network provider Huawei has won a mega mobile deal with Denmark’s TDC, Online magazine MobileWorldLive reported. In a deal reported to be worth DKK 4 billion ($727 million) …
Chinese Huawei to build 4G network in Denmark Read MoreSafe, solid and understated in a Swedish way, or a wannabe luxury brand pandering to a Chinese taste for excess and “bling”: that’s the debate causing ripples at the top …
Geely, Volvo differ over future China look Read More
A group of popular artists from China visited Sweden on September 20 with performances to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. The event with the Embrace China Performances was organized by All-China Federation …
Stockholm celebrated Moon Festival with Embrace China Performances Read More
On September 5, Swedish Women’s Educational Association (SWEA) in Beijing gathered 17 of its members to walk the wild stretch of the wall between Lianhuachi and Mutianyu. With a clear sky …
SWEA’s members in Beijing walk on Great Wall of China Read More
On September 17, the Danish Minister for Science, Innovation and higher Education, Morten Østergaard, opened ”Denmark Day” event at Peking University in Beijing, helping Danish higher education institutions and companies …
Danish Minister for Higher Education opens “Denmark Day” in Beijing Read More
On September 11, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met with Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen on the sidelines of the annual Summer Davos Forum in the northeast China city of Dalian. …
Chinese Premier meets Finland’s PM Read More
The Centre of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of the Embassy of Sweden in Beijing and Stated-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), in collaboration with the Swedish Institute and Centre …
CSR collaboration between Sweden and Chinese state-owned enterprises Read More
The Danish Ambassador to China, Mr. Friis Arne Petersen, visited Shijiazhuang the capital of Hebei province on September 11 with a Danish-Swedish business delegation. In Shijiazhuang, the Ambassador met Vice …
Danish ambassador visits Hebei with Danish-Swedish business delegation Read More
The Danish Minister for Business and Growth, Mr. Henrik Sass Larsen, visited China on September 5-10. The aim was to strengthen the economic ties between Denmark and China through a …
Danish Minister for Business and Growth visits China Read More
Swedish paper and hygiene product maker SCA Group Holding BV said it would buy the remaining shares in Hong Hong-listed tissue maker Vinda International Holdings for HK$8.65 billion (US$1.12 billion) …
Swedish firm SCA buys tissue-maker Vinda to expand in China Read More
Finnish elevator and escalator company Kone is supplying 37 elevators and 62 escalators to move people up, down and around in a new a commercial complex to be built in …
Kone will move people in Jinan City Read More
Finnish food company Raisio has launched its Benecol yogurt drinks in Hong Kong, as part of its efforts to enter new markets in Brazil, Russia, India and China. Benecol products are …
Raisio launches Benecol yogurt drinks in Hong Kong Read More
Rovio, the Finnish company known for its Angry Birds games, is now expanding its wings to education. The company is exporting Finnish educational expertise to the world, first to China. …
Rovio opens first Finnish Education Center in Shanghai Read More
Students from the School of Textiles Fashion Design under University College of Borås in Sweden will show their graduation collections in Shanghai this autumn. It is the first time that …
China Next Stop for Swedish Fashion Designers Read MoreSwedish executive Jonas Engwall has been named the new CEO of RTL CBS Asia Entertainment Network, the recently formed joint venture between CBS Studios International and pan-European broadcaster RTL targeting …
Swedish Jonas Engwall to launch RTL CBS in Asia Read More
China Operation Center, the Finnish co-operation organisation, has concluded a significant framework agreement with the Shanghai Food and Drug Administration (Shanghai FDA). The agreement will open up a direct sales …
New sales channel for Finnish food safety expertise in China Read More