Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
It may have been one day too late, but on the 17th of April, The Danish Embassy hosted the celebrations of Her Majesty, Queen Margrethe’s 67th birthday. The event took …
The Queen’s Birthday Celebrated in Bangkok Read More“I actually enjoy the ceremonies in Thailand more than I used to enjoy marrying a couple off in Sweden”, says Lennart Hamark, the Swedish priest of The Scandinavian Church in …
Swedish Beach Blessings in Thailand are Booming: “I still do!” Read MoreThe Royal Danish Embassy in Bangkok has announced the following changes to the staff of the embassy.1 July 2007 – Consular Attaché Ulrik Holt Sørensen will be succeeded by Consular …
Staff Rotation at The Danish Embassy in Bangkok Read MoreTwo sisters, Maren and Julia Friberg from Hvittingfoss, Norway, have contributed to the development of Phayathai Home for Orphans. The girls have so far collected 175,000 baht and that has …
Norwegian Teenage Girls Fund Thai Orphanage Read MoreThere are tuk-tuks all over Bangkok, because it’s a Thai tradition. But Anders’ ride is parked in the eastern end of Silom Road in walking distance from the Oriental Hotel …
Rolls-Royce Massage Read MoreOne of the best places in town for Danish meat balls and Scandinavian food in general is moving from its current location at Sukhumvit Soi 18 – where it has been …
The Admiral is Closing, Moving and Re-opening Read MoreThe Danish TV Producer Mogens Rasmussen passed away Friday 6. April after a long period of sickness. He was only 53 years old. Mogens Rasmussen had a long career as …
Mogens Rasmussen has passed away Read MoreJesper Clausen graduated a master degree in Biology with a strong focus on Aquaculture from University of Copenhagen, Denmark in 2001. He’s now working at the Food and Agriculture Organization …
An Aqua Dane in Bangkok Read More11 teams of 11 year-olds from three parts of the Mekong area will today battle in a Norwegian sponsored football match in Hue, Vietnam. It is the Norwegian Football For …
Kids from Thailand, Vietnam and Laos Battle in Norwegian Sponsered Football Match Read MoreThe big, red fire truck is outdated. A guy on a motorcycle carrying the latest technology from Firexpress is all you need to extinguish accidental fires. The small piece of …
Firexpress Sees Thailand as Hub for New Firefighting Technology Read More6 days of work if you’re up for it There is a lot to look after for 71 years old Louis who has traveled all over the world as a …
Six Pregnant Pigs Need Active Senior Hands Read MoreMembers of Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce gathering for Annual General Meeting 2007 at the Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit on March 22 voted for Axel Blom as the new Chamber President for …
Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce Board 2007 Read MoreHans O. Karlsson, Ericsson (Thailand) Ltd., was elected as the new President of Thai-Swedish Chamber of Commerce during the 2007 Annual General Meeting at the Conrad Hotel, Bangkok on the …
New President of Thai-Swedish Chamber of Commerce Read MoreA new collaboration initiated by SENSA (Swedish Environmental Secretariat for Asia) with SIWI (Swedish International Water Institute) is to organize a study trip for participants in ADB’s Working Group on …
Sweden Organizes Study Trip from the Mekong to the Baltic Read MoreOn 12 and 14 March seminars were held in Bangkok and Chiang Mai, titled Swedish Knowledge Economy, From Natural Resources to High-Technology, was organized by the Thai Public Policy Development …
Thailand Seeks Swedish Inspiration for Development Read MoreChemicals inspectors from Indonesia, Cambodia, China, Laos, Nepal, Vietnam and Thailand are visiting the Swedish Chemicals Inspectorate for three weeks this March. The 27 inspectors represent the chemicals inspections authorities …
Handling Chemicals The Swedish Way Read MoreMalaysia has request tour operators from Sweden to include Penang and Langkawi in Their tour packages to Thailand.Tourism Deputy Minister Datuk Donald Lim Siang Chai said this would be a …
New Malaysian Airline to Bring More Tourists from Sweden Read MoreAt the end of February, the export value of Norwegian Seafood was NOK 6.2 billion. Recent figures from Statistics Norway and the Norwegian Seafood Export Council (NSEC) show an increase …
Norwegian Seafood on the Rise Read MoreThai police arrested four suspected paedophiles from Finland, Britain, and the United States on March 18, after complaints from the Child Protection Centre of Pattaya.They identified the men as Finnish …
A Paedophiliac Finn Arrested in Pattaya Read MoreDenmark’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Per Stig Møller on Wednesday, March 14 recommended Thai government to use carrot-and-stick measures to deal with the insurgency in the deep south of Thailand, …
Carrot-and-Stick for Deep South Situation, Suggested Danish Diplomat 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 MoreChristian Laursen, 47, has been employed at BNH since the Summer of 2006. He is not planning a return trip to Denmark any time soon. “I could have stayed home, …
Do you speak medical? Read MoreChiang Mai has been fighting severe air pollution for the past two weeks and the visibility is as low as 100 meters in some places. If the situation does not …
Chiang Mai is Heading for Emergency Law Read MoreJorgen In Hedes, a long time resident and one of the most well-known Danes in Thailand, passed away in his home in Denmark on Tuesday 6 March 2007. Jorgen Ib …
Jorgen Ib Hedes Passed Away Read More“Swedish bosses have more international experience than their Nordic neighbors”, says an advertisement made by an Icelandic advertising agency. The text in itself is not offensive, but these days, the …
Swedish Bosses See More G-strings Read MoreAfter a Friday night out on the popular bar, Green Mango in Chaweng on Koh Samui, a 23 year old Danish girl claim she was raped.Before the assumed crime took …
Danish Girl Raped Read MoreJorgen Ib Hedes was given a long applause for his many years of devoted work as a Member of the Board of the Danish Thai Chamber of Commerce when his …
Applause For Retiring DTCC Board Members Read More
“Good morning, Teacher Ejnar”, 25 children yell as they see their teacher by the whiteboard. A peek into the classroom of a bilingual school north of Bangkok reveals a passionate …
Teaching in Thailand With or Without Qualifications Read MoreVolvo Car (Thailand) Ltd. aims to expand sales in automobile market in Thailand for 1,000 units in the year 2007, according to Robert Norman who takes a helm as a …
Volvo Thailand Sets Goal for 2007 Read MoreA Swedish man was arrested Wednesday morning in Pattaya for illegal medicine trade. Among the evidence collected in the home of the Swede, was morphine based pain killers, antibiotics and …
Swedish Man Arrested for Illegal Medicine Export Read MoreThursday night the Ambassador had opened his doors in order to host the DTCC Annual general meeting. At 6 pm the meeting started during which four members of the board …
DTCC Annual General Meeting at The Danish Embassy Read MoreA Swedish tourist has complained with the Embassy of Sweden since he was overcharged for damages in just-a-small jet ski accident for almost 100,000 baht by the local Jet Ski …
Swedish Tourist Squeezed by Phuket Jet Ski Operator Read MorePrime location is an important issue when it comes to real estate agencies. So it’s no coincidence that 2nd-home is located in a big corner building on Poonsuk road, the …
Danish 2nd-home in Hua Hin Read MoreDanish Ambassador Michael Sternberg invites members of the Danish Thai Chamber of Commerce to join him on a business trip to India to participate in “Danish Days in Kolkata” – …
Danish Days in Kolkata Read MoreFinland’s 27 year old Mikko Ilonen won a great victory Sunday February 18th, as he was announced the winner of Indonesia Open in Jakarta and the first prize of $ …
Finnish Golfer heads for Phuket after Indonesian Victory Read MoreSeven years ago Daranee Wolff Kaysfeld opened a hairdressing saloon in Hua Hin. This has proved to be a good idea as the saloon gets a good share of the …
Danish Speaking Hairdresser in Hua Hin Read MoreTUI Nordic, one of the leading tour operators in Europe will be operating two new charter flight routes to Surat Thani during the upcoming 2007-8 winter schedule, from October 2007 …
TUI Nordic Introduces Charter Flights to Surat Thani Read MoreBar Baska, the Danish restaurant owned by Erik Winther will be permanently closed down this Sunday on February 25, due to a financial problem. Erik Winther is a Danish Chef in Bangkok. He …
Come What May Read MoreThe DTCC network on February 15th was not with the participation of SAS and Samitivej Hospital as previously announced. Anyway, more than 30 people turned up at The Admiral Restaurant …
DTCC Network Without Pilots and Doctors Read MoreA Finnish man was killed and his Finnish travelling companion broke a leg when the tuk-tuk taxi in which they were passengers, collided head on with a pick up truck …
Finnish Man Killed in Phuket Car Accident Read MoreScandinavian residents in Thailand with work permits rose sharply during 2006. According to figures obtained by ScandAsia, the total number went up from 2045 Scandinavians holding a work permit in …
Scandinavian Work Permit Holders Up 15% Read MoreConfusion and uncertainty of the future legal situation of the companies, they represent, drove almost one hundred Scandinavian businessmen out of their homes in the early morning of February 6 …
Jittery Business Climate in Thailand Read MoreThailand is the most attractive tourist destination in the world. More than 500 readers of the Norwegian travel magasine, Zine, have cast their votes and Thailand is the preferred holiday …
Thailand is the most beautiful holiday destination Read MoreThe Norwegian Seaman’s Church in Pattaya is moving from its current location at Tappraya Road, Soi 5 to a bigger house in Soi 7. The new area is much larger …
The Norwegian Church in Pattaya to move Read MoreFinn aims to be shoulder to shoulder with the Karen National Liberation Army in Burma.“The Burma issue and the KNLA are well known in Finland. I want to join the …
Finn to Fight with KNLA Read MoreScandinavian Airlines will launch a new route flying non-stop Stockholm to Bangkok by the end of October 2007. This route will be operated three times a week in both directions …
SAS to fly Stockholm-Bangkok End of October Read MoreFebruary 1st was the beginning of the internships for three new faces at the Danish embassy. Until the Bangkok summer heat gets to rough, Tanja Thorsen, 27, and Henriette la …
New Trainees at The Danish Embassy in Bangkok Read MoreSurely a submarine is designed for staying underwater, but it was certainly not a part of the plan when a Cold War-era Soviet submarine went to bottom of the ocean …
Submarine Headed for Thailand Sinks near Denmark Read MoreForty Scandinavians and other well-wishers showed up at Baan Sabaijai in Pattaya for a late breakfast around the pool on Saturday 3 February to celebrate the three year anniversary of …
Baan Sabaijai 3 Year Anniversary Read More