Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI) and SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) have signed an agreement to establish an extensive partnership to offer services beyond their destinations. The code share …
New strategic partnership between THAI and SAS Read MoreHaving to promise to bring back silverware and medals in return for being allowed to play soccer in Phuket in stead of in the Casual League might seem like a …
Vikings Return from Phuket with Medals Read MoreJust south of Pattaya, around two hours drive from Bangkok, a huge botanic garden is located, the Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden. The garden has 16.000 plants – Including more …
A new Carl Linné Read MoreTellus’ niche is insurance coverage and to give “absolute financial security”, designed for people living and working abroad. The focus lies on Swedes no matter where they live, worldwide.What is …
Insurance Advisor on South-East Asian Tour Read MoreCarlsberg might soon re-enter Thailand. With a healthy bottom line to boost its self-confidence, the Danish company has announced its plans to invest up to five billion DKK in Asia …
Carlsberg Hopes to Re-enter Thailand Read MoreOn Saturday the 25th of November the Scandinavian Vikings soccer team played against the team from the Spickled Liver Pub. “The Spickled Liver is a rather bad team and certainly …
Defeat After Poor Vikings Effort Read MoreHej mitt namn er Sture Strand, boende i Pattaya sen 1988Av en ren tillfellighet fick jag reda po att man kan skatta 25%, istellet som for min del 33%. Utan …
Swedish Tax Savings By Declaring You Live In Thailand? Read MoreTake a walk down the Red Light Districts in Soi 6 in Pattaya. Pass by all the bargirls and just before you reach the waterfront and First Beach Road – …
Steaks at the Stone Oven Restaurant in Pattaya Read MoreSweden takes good care of creative ideas and clever innovations, from idea to market, while Thailand is full of great entrepreneurs making decent incomes and often not much more.The idea …
Swedish Innovation Merges with Thai Entrepreneurship Read MoreIn Asia Thai-American female singer Tata Young, aged 25, is one of the biggest stars on the music stage for the moment. She has sold in the millions, received awards, …
Thai Star With Swedish Help Read MoreFinally! Victory for the Scandinavian Vikings. Not since the first game of the season has the Vikings been able to leave the pitch with the three points. But on Saturday …
More Success for the Vikings Read MoreThai mobile phone operator AIS has picked the Swedish telecom giant Ericsson to supply a turnkey solution to expand AIS’ GSM/EDGE network in Bangkok. The expansion will increase the coverage …
Ericsson Signs AIS Expansion Contract Read MoreSwedish property developers, Swedish real estate brokers and – in particu;lar – Swedish home buyers in the hundreds are spearheading an incredibly strong and growing Nordic property boom in Thailand.Laws …
The Swedish-Thai Property Gold Rush Read More
When entering the check-in at the open air terrace on Sila Evason Hideaway (today named Six Senses Samui), the first thing you come across is, exactly as described, an “unsurpassed …
Selling Samui hideaway dreams: hotelier Eric Hallin Read MoreThe office of the four Nordic chambers in Bangkok was flooded with water when the staff came to work on Monday morning 13 November. The layer of water on the …
Flooding Of the Chamber Office in Bangkok Read More82 golfers turned up for this year’s SAS Golf Cup at Burapha Golf Club in Pattaya on November the 11th. The SAS cup was the first of two tournaments in …
Huge Interest for SAS Golf Cup Read MoreThe game against the British Club on Saturday the 11th of November was like a roller coaster ride for the Scandinavian Vikings. In the first half the Vikings went one …
A bit of Success for the Vikings Read MoreRaison d’Etre – ‘the reason for being’ – is a Swedish based company specialized in setting up tailor-made spas for leading hotels all over the world, such as the world-renowned …
Swedish Spa Specialists Read MoreHua Hin in Thailand is known as an immensely popular resort among Scandinavians. And it is a favourite to the extent that those Nordic Europeans are more recently also invading …
Thailandfastigheter sets Huay Yang on the map Read MoreMira Andersson Ovuka is a new Programme Officer of the Swedish Environmental Secretariat for Asia (SENSA) in Bangkok working with environmental issues in the Southeast Asia region; Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, …
From Kenya to Thailand, It’s All about Environment Read MoreWhen you think about cycling, first thing in your mind might be Tour de France, the world’s most famous and difficult bicycle race that requires professional and physically rigor cyclists …
Bike for Peace Tour de Thailand Read MoreHaving a men sent off the pitch in the second half did not help the Vikings in their previous game against Woodstock. However The Scandinavian Vikings do not seem to …
Vikings Suffer New Defeat Read MoreVetco Aibel Thailand Ltd. based in Banchang, Rayong is a major manufacturer of oil and gas platforms to most parts of the world. Stationed at the headquarters in Banchan but …
Good Life in Jomtien Read MoreLeaving Thailand after having played the Scandinavian Society Golf’s Asian Regional Tournament on Saturday the 4th of November, the mixed team representing Malaysia and Singapore did not have to worry …
Thai Golfers Win Local Derby Read MoreNorwegian citizen who live in Thailand has seen their famous business players like the giant Telenor or the famous Jotun performing an excellent potentiality in making such good revenue in …
Saving People From Fire Read MoreLars Aalund has been appointed General Manager at the brand new All Seasons Pattaya, which is sched-uled to open in late 2006. Lars Aalund has worked for the Accor hotel …
Dane to Manage New All Seasons Hotel in Pattaya Read MoreBy Goran EhrenOn November 17, over 50 happy souls gathered at The Admirals Pub and Restaurant for the biannual Evert Taube evening. It was a nice evening with the flood …
Keep Singing Read MoreHeadquartered in Norway, Skanem is one of Europe’s largest self-adhesive label producers and already has 12labelling facilities in seven countries including Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the UK, Germany, Poland and Russia. …
Skanem builds new Thai label factory Read MoreThe Finnish handset giant has refused to release specific figures, but it did raise its forecast for overall local handset sales this year to 8,8 million units from 8,4 million, …
Record Sales for Nokia Thailand This Year Read MoreThe weather conditions were absolutely perfect as the golfers began their rounds on the course of Muang Kaew Golf Club on Sunday the 29th of October. A comfortable low relative …
Record Number of Golfers Attends Cup Read MoreOn Per Butler’s uniform, it reads ‘Tourist Police Volunteer Phuket’. As a voluntary member of the tourist police force he patrols the streets of Patong Beach a couple of nights …
Successful Farang Police Read MoreWith a pledge of a contribution of 30,000 Danish kroner from James Christensen’s mother and the receipt Friday of an interest free loan of 15,000 Danish kroner from Mikkel Hass, …
Getting Ready to Offer Bail for James Christensen Read MoreThe appeal document in the case of James Christensen, who was in August sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for arson, was yesterday submitted to the lower court in Langsuan in …
Appeal Submitted in James Christensen Case Read MoreThe Board of Directors of SAS AB, October 20, appointed Mats Jansson new President and CEO of SAS. He is 54 and was most recently President and CEO of Axel …
Mats Jansson new President and CEO of SAS Read MoreDriving up Thappraya road from Pattaya towards Jomtien it’s difficult to overlook the office of Thaihus almost up the hill. Even if it’s just a quiet Saturday afternoon in the …
Thaihus – New Real Estate Agency in Pattaya Read MoreMarianne Kokholm Soerensen 25, is one of the twelve girls who have chosen to do a semester in Bangkok far away from the safe grounds at Aarhus Nurse School in …
Twelve Danish Nurses in Bangkok Read MoreFor those keen on property in Southeast Asia, it is probably hard to find a developer originating from Scandinavia with more experience than Swedish Lars Ydmark of Tri-Asia, a Phuket-based …
Growing a real estate success with Grove Gardens Read MoreA company run by two Finnish-Swedish spent a short period of time established on the island. Within three months after they had moved there Jonas and Staffan – who previously …
A top Priority Village Read MoreChiangmai’s contemporary art gallery La Luna has recently been renovated, expanding the gallery by almost 200 square meters, and is ready to open its brand new second floor officially on …
The Moon Reaches New Heights Read MoreBringing out the mail on time can be an expensive ordeal. Especially if you are relying heavily on expensive, external consultants to do much of your computerized administration work. Now …
Danish Mail Consultants Trained in Thailand Read MoreThe Danish company ThaiEstate Scandinavia ApS in Copenhagen has entered into an “exceptional strategic collaboration” with the Danish property business Tropical Luxury Living Co., Ltd and its Director Rune Theils …
ThaiEstate Scandinavia establishes collaboration with Tropical Luxury Living Read MoreIncreasingly Swedes want to purchase a house or apartment in Thailand and the supply of housing estate projects targeting Swedes, Scandinavians and other foreigners is increasing dramatically in Thailand. The …
Independent Guide to Thai Property Jungle Read MorePowerful rain showers have hit Thailand’s northern, northeastern, and central regions, causing extensive flooding – especially in the country’s central provinces. More than 80 people have been reported dead, and …
Danes Warned of Floods in Thailand Read MoreLast season they were called Dubliners, now they have changed name to Woodstock. No matter the name, the soccer team proved to play very well, when they clashed against Scandinavian …
Vikings Suffer Woodstock Defeat Read MoreDanes or Norwegians on the Eastern Seaboard of Thailand need not go all the way to < ?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Bangkok if they need consular assistance. …
“Sent Home at the Consulate’s Expense…” Read MoreKuala Lumpur will in May 2007 be added to Finnair’s Asian destinations. Vietnam may soon get on the list of destinations too! And there will be more flights on the …
Finnair’s Silk Road from Helsinki to the Far East Read MoreAccording to the local police report, there were no signs suggesting that the man had been subjected to violence or any other criminal acts, but the investigation to find the …
Dane Found Dead in Thailand Read More“Tsunami warning to mobile phone is a brand new service that will be useful of holiday tourist visiting Thailand resorts and other places in high-risk areas,” said a managing director …
Tsunami Warning Delivered Worldwide by SMS Read MoreChances of an early release from Thai prison of James Christensen, the 44 year old Dane serving a ten year prison term in Southern Thailand, faded yesterday as the court …
Hopes Down For Early Release of James Christensen Read MoreThe long awaited criminal charges brought against Kim Lindegaard Nielsen, the Danish member of the motorcycle gang Bandidos, turned out to be only about the original charges first brought against …
Case Against Bandidos in Thailand Crumbles Read More