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Another five coffins and two urns containing identified Norwegian victims of the South-East Asian tsunami disaster arrived in Norway from Thailand on Sunday 6th February. An official ceremony was …
More tsunami victims arrive home Read MoreSweden’s Justice Minister Mr Thomas Bodström has embarked on a work trip that takes him to Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, in that order. Details of the program have not been …
Three country visit by Thomas Bodström Read MoreA Thai taxi driver in Bangkok has been awarded THB one million from a Swedish man whose dead 11 year old daughter was found by the Thai in Phang Ngha …
Cab driver awarded one million Read MoreSweden’s Defence Minister, Ms Leni Björklund, is visiting Thailand between 11 and 13 February. Her main aim is to see and talk to Swedish rescue and defence forces staff engaged …
Defence minister makes weekend visit Read MoreLate April, the Swedish Trade Council’ s Pulp & Paper Technology group and Swedish Environmental Technology Network arrange technical seminars and business meetings in Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta. The …
Pulp & Paper road show in April Read MoreErik Winter has stepped down as the daily Restaurant Manager of the popular Danish restaurant The Stable Lodge in Sukhumvit Soi 8 in Bangkok due to a problem with his …
Erik Winther steps down as Restaurant Manager at The Stable Lodge Read MoreSweden’s king Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia will arrive in Thailand 17 February for an official visit that lasts until 19 February. The purpose is to personally convey their …
Royal couple due Read MoreAn exhibition marking 100 years of Diplomatic Relations between The Kingdom of Norway and The Kingdom of Thailand was ‘soft-opened’ at the Queen’s Gallery, Bangkok on January 27., 2005. …
NOR-TH-Norway & Thailand, Converging Lines, a Prelude to Globalization Read MoreH.E. Mr. Apichart Chinwanno has since January moved to Stockholm to embark on his new posting as Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand to the Kingdom of Sweden, the Republic of …
New Thai Ambassador To Sweden In Place Read MoreMälardalen University School of Business in Västerås has entered a long term cooperation agreement with Rajamangala University of Technology in Thailand. One of the first concrete results of the agreement …
Long term academic cooperation agreement signed Read More26.01.05 17:21 The list of missing has been updated this afternoon. It appeared that all the Swedish names have been removed. (Updated)The list of missing: 1. Miss Prang Songmeaung nationality: …
Koh Samui drowning accident Read More“I cannot see there are any typical Danish names on the list of people not yet accounted for,” Danish Consul Ulrik Holt Sorensen told ScandAsia from Koh Samui where he …
Danish Consul assisting in boat accident Read MoreSweden’s ambassador Jonas Hafström arrived in Koh Samui around 15.00 Tuesday to follow the rescue work of passengers from a speed boat that capsized early this morning en route from …
Swedish ambassador in Koh Samui Read MoreThailand’s new ambassador to Sweden, Mr Apichart Chinwanno, delivered his credentials to HM King Carl XVI Gustaf on the 20th of January. Ambassador Chinwanno is born 1956; he has a …
New envoy in Stockholm Read MoreScandinavian airlines, SAS, has sent a SEK 28 million invoice to the governments of Denmark, Norway and Sweden for the costs incurred by SAS during the evacuation of injured Scandinavians …
Scandinavian governments asked to pay tsunami air bridge Read MoreThe Board of Directors has unanimously confirmed Michael Nilsson as the new Executive Director for the Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce with immediate effect. Michael is Danish, from the city of …
New Executive Director for Danish Chamber Read MoreEarly in January the Sigve Brekke of Telenor took the market by surprise when his resignation from his highly successful position as co-CEO of Total Access Communication (DTAC) was announced. …
Sigve Brekke stepped down from DTAC Read MoreThe Swedish company MedDay is consulting with scientists in the geological science department at Uppsala University about developing a tsunami warning system adapted for mobile phone use. MedDay draws on …
Tsunami alert via mobile phones investigated Read MorePassengers will also see the complete renewal of Boeing MD-11 entertainment system display units. Finnair operates six Boeing MD-11 aircraft on a total of 140 monthly return long-haul flights to …
Finnair first with Lie-Flat Beds in the North Read MoreThe Prime Ministers of the three Scandinavian nations praised Thailand for the tsunami relief efforts, while visiting the devastated area in Phuket and Phang-nga province on 17th January 2005. …
Scandinavian Prime Ministers praise Thailand for tsunami relief efforts Read MoreThree weeks after the disaster which claimed the lives of more than 150,000 people, the list of Finnish missing people has been removed from all official websites. The Finnish Ministry …
Missing Finn List no longer Public Read MoreSwedish Prime Minister Goeran Persson, Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik and Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen arrived in Bangkok in the afternoon of 16 January 2005. The three …
Scandinavian Prime Ministers arrived Thailand Read MoreThe Foreign Ministry has now realized how a sharp decrease in tourism has and will further affect the regions hit worst by the tsunami disaster on 26.12.2004. The travel warning …
Phuket, Krabi now safe for Finns Read MoreAfter 5 years at the helm of the Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce Tom Sorensen has decided not to stand for re-election when his second term comes to an end at …
Tom Sorensen to step down as Danish-Thai Chamber President Read More7.01.05 18:55 “Swedish Ambassador Jonas Hafstrom rejects the criticism from Swedish Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds. In an interview with Dagens Nyheter, Jonas Hafstrom, Swedish Ambassador in Thailand explaines how the …
Day 13 — Search Continues, Rescuing Politicians Read More06.01.05 13.47 Five of the 16 Norwegians, which were initially confirmed dead, have turned out not to be Norwegians. Health Minister Ansgar Gabrielsen explained yesterday, that the initial list was …
Day 12 — good news among the bad news Read More04.01.05 20.35 In Khao Lak, some 100 km north of Phuket, where the disaster struck hard, clearing of rubble of hotels and private hotels go on. But life in Phuket …
Day 10 — the long haul Read More03.01.05 07.01 Based on the information below from the four Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, the worst case death toll of Nordic citizens could be a total …
Day 9 — back home and in Thailand Read More02.01.05 23.24 The Danish police yesterday followed the Finnish example and made the list of missing publicly available in the hope that it might result in more information about the …
Day 8 — struggling to recover Read More02.01.05 02.50 Among the Nordic countries, so far only Finland has made the list of its missing citizens public. With a good result (see below). As for the other countries, …
Day 7 — search goes on for known and unknown Read MoreStart your search on the English language portal http://www.thaitsunami.com/person/search.php Another English language search site with sometimes similar, sometimes additional results is: http://www.missingpersons.or.th/index.en.html On the following site, you can only select …
How to search the Thai websites Read More31.12.04 19.40 Norwegian ambassador to Thailand, Ragne Birte Lund cried as she spoke at a commemorative sermon held in the Scandinavian Church in Bangkok this evening. The Ambassador read a …
Day 6 — fading hope Read More29.12.04 22.35 The Norwegian emergency centre established at Bangkok Phuket International Hospital was today, Wednesday reinforced with a team of doktors and nurses and local volunteers. Stein Vangen, priest with …
Day 4 — reinforcement and efforts move to Bangkok Read More30.12.04 23.23 The emergency office of the Danish embassy at Pearl Hotel in Puket asks all Danes who wish to return on one of the special airlift flights tomorrow to …
Day 5 — and counting Read More29.12.04 2.10 The names of dead and injured are listed on a few different websites now. The most comprehensive and frequently updated is still: You have to key in username= …
Day 3 — search continues and evacuation begins Read More27.12.04 2.30 Norwegian couple thought they had lost their 24 year old son to the wave off Patong beach on Phuket. But eventually they found him – with broken toes …
Earthquake and Tidal Waves Disaster — news as it breaks Read MoreNEWS – See also the report from Sunday 26 on: 27.12.04 22.06 Two Danish families have lost their three children in the Khao Lak area which has been almost inaccessible …
Day 2 — Getting an overview Read MoreSmedvig announced on December 16 that it had been awarded a letter of intent by Unocal Thailand for the self-erecting tender rig T-3 in the Gulf of Thailand. The production …
Smedvig gets another contract for T-3 in Thailand Read MoreNorwegians growing up outside Norway must live two years in Norway before their 22nd birthday or they will loose their Norwegian citizenship. Norway’s Minister for municipal and regional affairs …
Norway to tighten access to citizenship Read MoreScandinavian Airlines International, the long haul operator of SAS, carries about 1.6 million passengers a year using 11 Airbus 330 and 340 aircraft. The possibility to use the SAS Net …
Scandinavian Airlines long-haul flights soon connected Read MoreThe new Consulate in Pattaya will bring assistance to the city known for its night life and favored by Swedish tourists. The Consulate’s services include passport applications, certificates and application …
Swedish Consulate in Pattaya opens Read MoreAnders Palm and Pelle Johansson from Sweden saw this trend coming and established early on their company “Thailandspecialisten” specialising serving their clients via the Internet. Today they can consider themselves …
Thailandspecialisten – online travel agency with a difference Read MoreMölnlycke Health Care AB is one of the world’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of single-use surgical and wound care products with its corporate headquarters in Göteborg, Sweden. Mölnlycke Health Care …
Prominent Businessman Prapat Phupinyokul Read MoreAll of the Nordic countries are known for their exotic winter climate and clean nature. But Finland’s strength as a travel destination is that it has for long been one …
Asians return to Finnish winter Read MoreTHAILAND Thailand has lost many of its Finnish expats after corporations moved to Singapore. However, recently many of the corporations are seeing the new improved Bangkok. A new airport, sky …
Finland in South East Asia Read MoreAt the time of Jarkko Härmälä’s posting to Bangkok, Finnair had just established a daily flight to Helsinki. Today, during high seasons, Finnair needs to operate up to 10 flights …
What’s his trick? Read MoreEngineer to Farmer Anders Friestad, a 57 year old telecommunication engineer, says “When I saw the news on BBC about the mad cow decease, I thought that ostrich could be …
First Norwegian ostrich farmer in Thailand Read MoreThe fairy-tale story of the former Danish university lecturer, his Thai wife and their small resort all began approximately nine years ago when Niels Pedersen was on a holiday trip …
Serenity and happiness at private Shangri-La Read MoreBut talking to him, as relaxed and has modest as he seems, it’s important not to forget that he has a lead role in the world’s largest mobile systems and …
Ericsson head Hans O. Karlsson returns to Thailand Read MoreSmedvig announced late November it has been awarded a letter of intent by the state oil company in Thailand, PTT Exploration and Production Company, for the self-erecting tender rig T-3. …
Smedvig awarded tender rig contract in Thailand Read More