Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The service will become possible on satellite telephones provided at each seat of the airline’s new Airbus A340 aircraft, to be delivered in June. It will first be available on …
Finnair to Provide Messaging on Flights Read MoreThis year marks the century and half-century of Edvard Grieg’s and Jean Sibelius’s deaths. Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist during the romantic period and was best known for his Piano Concerto in …
Great Nordic Composers at the Esplanade Read MoreNorway’s Red Flag has signed a US$202 million deal with COSCO Corporation, Singapore, to build a semi-submersible rig hull in the North Sea which will have a dynamic positioning system, …
Norway’s Red Flag Signed a US$202M Deal to Build Rig Read MoreMay 17, the Norwegian National Day, started in Singapore at the Ambassador’s residence where approximately 300 participants had made their way. Later in the day, the celebrations moved on to …
Norwegian National day in Singapore Read MoreA summer’s collection by Pilgrim, a famous Danish jewellery brand was launched early in May 2007 in Singapore. Annemette Markvad and Thomas Adamsen established Pilgrim in 1983 by traveling around …
Danish Jewellery Collection Launched in Singapore Read MoreKONE has won an order for the supply and installation of all the elevators in a condominium development in Bangkok, Thailand, called the MET which will become the tallest residential …
KONE Will Supply Elevators to the Highest Condominium in Bangkok Read MorePetropod, a norwegian firm specializes in mobile production and field development for small and medium-sized oilfields, has ordered SembCorp Marine, a Singapore rig builder, to build a rig for use in …
Petropod Signed a US$442 Million Deal With a Singapore Rig Builder Read MoreA ceremony was held on Saturday 12 May 2007 in Singapore to name Maersk Contractors’s latest newbuilding drilling rig MAERSK COMPLETER which was honored by Mrs. Monique Desvoyes, with her …
Maersk Contractors Named Its New Rig Read MoreSwedish furniture giant IKEA has won top honours by the Building & Construction Authority (BCA) Universal Design Awards for the Built Environment in Singapore for its unique shopping cart that …
IKEA Won Top Awards in Singapore Read MoreA joint venture shipyard in Vietnam between Norway‘s Aker Yards and Singapore‘s Amanda Group has signed a contract worth 250 million US dollar to build six vessels for use in …
Norway-Singapore Shipyard in Vietnam Signed a 250 Million US Dollar Contract Read MoreBertil Andersson has always been fond of speed like the fast biochemical reactions occurring in nerves that capitvated him while he was an undergraduate. It was until he met his supervisor …
Bertil Andersson Holds Top Post at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore Read MoreA Danish politician, Anders Samuelson visiting Singapore has been told that if he speaks at a meeting promoting democracy in Singapore he will be arrested. The same goes for seven …
Danish Politician Threatened With Arrest in Singapore Read MoreRapid expansion in Singapore’s shipping, offshore and manufacturing industries, springing from sustained economic growth, is offering new opportunities for DNV.“Everybody knows that Asia is the growth area, in which Singapore …
DNV ready for Singapore opportunities Read MoreThe maritime industry is important to both countries, so the two leaders agreed it would be useful for academic institutions from both sides to explore opportunities for cooperation in maritime …
Singapore and Norway Hope to Cooperate on Maritime Research Read MoreThe two new members; Michael Haunstrup (Bang & Olufsen Asia Pte Ltd) and Per Bach Nielsen (Vestas Asia Pacific Wind Technology Pte Ltd), were elected into a board committee of …
Two New Faces after DABS AGM 2007 Read MoreSwedish Business Association of Singapore (SBAS) Annual General Meeting 2007 was held on March 21 at The Tanglin Club with unchanged top positions.SBAS President Jan Djerf was re-appointed to take …
SBAS Annual General Meeting 2007 Read MoreThailand again on March 5 was honored as “World’s Best Tourist Country” in the prestigious annual Grand Travel Award by Travel News, the Swedish Travel publication, according to the Tourism …
Swedes Prefer Thailand and Singapore Airlines Read MoreThe Norwegian Finance Ministry has issued a tender for a company to draft a report on tax issues relating to real estate investment and infrastructure in 32 markets outside Norway …
Norway Reveals Property Investment Fund in SEA Read MoreThe Swedish Ambassador to Singapore, Pär Ahlberger, visited Brunei from February 21st to 25th 2007. The purpose of the visit was to present his credentials to Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah …
Swedish Ambassador Presents Credentials in Brunei Read MoreLiberal member of the Swedish Parliament, Birgitta Ohlsson, is criticizing The International Bar Association (IBA) for choosing Singapore as the venue of their annual convention in October 2007. In an …
Swedish MP Criticizes International Lawyer Gathering for choosing Singapore as Venue Read More150 Danes – including about 50 dressed up children gathered in The Danish Seaman’s Church in Singapore on Sunday for the annual Shrovetide celebration. The family service started at 3 …
Princesses and action heroes battle for buns in Singapore Read MoreRestaurant Akvavit in Singapore will host their traditional Martha Night for the third year in a row on February 22, 2007. “It is called Martha Night, because the menu is …
Martha Night at Restaurant Akvavit in Singapore Read MoreJohan M Karlstedt’s company, QXSystems provides software for virtual working communities and is built on the QXS philosophy about building success in individuals, groups and organizations, developed also by the …
Living in Singapore.. The Real Thing Read MoreFinnair´s sudden decision to cancel all flights to Singapore from mid-May and at the same time scrap the planned route to Kuala Lumpur came as a surprise at the end …
Finnair’s Plans Update Read MoreFinnair will stop flying to Singapore on 15 May this year. Last Finnair flight leaving Singapore for Helsinki will depart on 16 May. Finnair’s plans to start flying on Kuala …
Finnair Stops Flying to Singapore Read MorePassengers from Stockholm departed to Asia approximately 500,000 (up by 20 %) during 2006. The majority of these arrived into Thailand, around 150,000 passengers into Bangkok. “We have a total …
Passengers from Stockholm to Asia is Up by 20% Read MoreJari Hietala, a Vice President of Finpro South East Asia, stations in Bangkok, Finpro’s S.E. Asia Head Quarter. He’s been here once before in 1994-1998 as a Trade Commissioner of …
Finpro’s Growth Game Read MorePerlos, a finnish mobile phone casings company for Nokia, has said it will cut 4,000 jobs or a third of its worldwide workforce, by the end of 2007, with job …
No Lay-offs at Perlos in Singapore Read MoreThe 1st annual Baan King Kaew golf challenge will be held at Gassan Khuntan, one of the finest golf courses up north in Chiangmai from 19 to 21 January 2007. …
Play Golf For a Good Cause Read MoreKalmar Industries, the world’s leading supplier of cargo handling equipment to ports, terminals and intermodal facilities has been awarded a record order of 247 terminal tractors from PSA Singapore Terminals. …
Kalmar Industries hits record of 247 orders of its terminal tractors from PSA Read MoreAn extra order worth US$ 525,000 is always welcome. Especially when it is placed by a new customer from the huge Chinese market. No wonder the people at Scanmach Asia …
New Scam: In It for the Gifts Read MoreThe Board of Directors of Hydro and Statoil have agreed to recommend to their shareholders a merger of Hydro’s oil and gas activities with Statoil. This will make the Norwegian …
Hydro’s oil and gas activities to merge with Statoil Read MoreMalaysia’s Genting International, partnered with Star Cruises – parent of Miami-based Norwegian Cruise Line – was in a close race against bidders like Kerzner-CapitaLand Intergrated Resorts Pte Ltd and Eighth …
Genting – Star Cruises Consortium Awarded Huge Sentosa Casino Project Read More‘We want to put you behind bars’ was the theme of the launch party organized by Carlsberg for Tuborg Green, one of Europe’s fastest growing premium beers for the 18-29 …
Tuborg Green Launch Party at dbl 0 on 15th December Read MoreThe opening ceremony was attended by Guest-of-Honour, Minister for National Development, Mr Mah Bow Tan, Ambassador of Sweden Pär Ahlberger and Hans-Göran Stennert, Chairman of INGKA Holding B.V. and IKANO …
Swedish Home Furnishings Giant Expands In Singapore Read MoreHer performance is called “Ibsen Women” and is a one-woman-show in which she displays six of Ibsen’s most challenging and famous female characters.Her show on Monday, December 11 was a …
Ibsen’s Women Well-Received in Singapore Read MoreA major study conducted by the Stockholm Environment Institute’s (SEI) centre at the University in York and the Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) shows that improvements in achieving …
Swedish Money to Clean Asian Air Read MoreLocal consumers will be the first in Asia to ‘pull’ open (yes, you read right, pull) the bottle and take a swig of Tuborg Green as Singapore is the first …
One of Europe’s fastest growing premium beers, Tuborg Green finally hits Singapore Read MoreFor the past eleven years, the Singapore and Swedish navies conduct their annual bilateral Mine Countermeasures Exchange Programme. It is code-named Ex Lejon Singapore. This year, it was held in …
Singapore and Swedish Navies conducted bilateral mine countermeasure excercise Read MoreScandAsia went down to Style:Nordic yesterday to check out some authentic homemade ginger cookie baking in the store by Monique, a Swede who’s been living in Singapore for the past …
Ginger Snaps and Glögg at Style:Nordic Read MoreFlying home this Christmas holiday will be different for Swedish domestic passengers on Scandinavian airline SAS. You will be asked to give your fingerprint for the check-in process. Don’t panic, …
SAS Fingerprinting All Domestic Passengers Read MoreIt would be a first time for me too, an ignorant Singaporean new to this Swedish tradition. Sitting in the church was already nerve-wrecking for me as the seats began …
A Singaporean’s First Lucia Read MoreDNV Navigator, an initiative of DNV Company headquartered in Oslo, has won a Minister Innovation Award from the Singapore Ministry of Transport.The latest DNV project with Maritime Port Authority (MPA) …
Norwegian DNV Navigator Won Prize in Singapore Read MoreTen Scandinavian and one Thai business professionals will be organizing the first annual Baan King Kaew Golf Trophy from the 19th to 21st January 2007 to support Ching Mai’s independent …
The Baan King Kaew Golf Tournament held to raise funds for the Baan King Kaew Orphanage Read MoreZoMedia Pte Ltd has recently been appointed as Media Representative for the regional Scandinavian magazine ScandAsia in Singapore. ScandAsia is the only magazine covering all the Scandinavians living in Singapore …
ScandAsia Appoints ZoMedia as Media Representative Read MoreOne fine day though, while having coffee with a friend, she told him that she had no idea what she wanted to do when she was older. Her friend simply …
The New Swedish Priest at the Singapore Norwegian Seaman’s Church Read MoreThe annual Christmas party is something the women of the Swedish Women’s Educational Association (SWEA) always look forward to. However, one problem always pops up. Lack of space. “We usually …
Plenty of Room at the Ambassador’s House Read MoreIbsen Women – Put An Eagle in A Cage opened in New York and Los Angeles in 1990 and it has since toured the USA, Europe, India, Pakistan, Bangla Desh, …
Henrik Ibsen’s Women in Singapore Read MoreThe project, which was completed in June 2006, allowed Singapore flag ship crew to submit crew change information via XML files electronically to MPA using DNV Navigator.DNV Navigator is an onboard databank …
DNV Navigator wins Singapore Minister Innovation Award Read MoreOn Friday, a Danish teacher recognized Mogens Amdi Petersen, who is the founder of the organization Tvind, which has been involved in a decade-long media-covered court trial in Denmark for …
Amdi Petersen Spotted in Singapore Read More