Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Founded and driven by Swedish tea merchant Kenneth Rimdahl, the Chiang Mai-based forest-friendly tea, Monsoon Tea, is introducing Monsoon Tea to Sweden. Monsoon’s forest-friendly Monsoon Tea is grown and harvested …
Chiang Mai-based Monsoon Tea opens branch in Sweden Read More
The National Danish Performance Team is a Danish team of top skilled gymnasts who go around the world to spread the message of healthy living and community building through gymnastics. …
Danish National Gymnastics Performance Team plans to visit East Asia Read More
Mr. Jan Eriksson is the President of the European Association for Business and Commerce (EABC) and he is also the Vice-President of the Thai-Swedish Chamber of Commerce. In a recent …
Learn more about EuroCham Thailand’s core focus and benefits Read More
Icelandic president Mr. Guðni Th. Jóhannesson has awarded The Order of the Falcon to Scandinavian Society Siam’s Honorary member Mr. Poul Weber for his service as the Honorary Consul of …
Mr. Poul Weber awarded the Icelandic Order of the Falcon for his service as Honorary Consul in Thailand Read More
Norway’s Borr Drilling has received a letter of award (LOA) for a 105-day contract for the premium jack-up drilling rig Gunnlod from an undisclosed operator in Malaysia, Energyvoice reports. Borr Drilling, an …
Borr Drilling awarded more work for Gunnlod rig in Malaysia Read More
The Embassy of Finland in Thailand and the Thai-Finnish Chamber of Commerce would like to invite you to join the 4th Finland Talks webinar on 17 August 2021 at 4 …
Sign up for Finland Talks: Gaining national competitive advantage through AI Read More
In the latest newsletter, Sjømannskirken in Pattaya informs that the Norwegian church is still closed due to current covid-19 restrictions in Thailand. “Unfortunately, the infection rate continues to increase which means that …
Sjømannskirken in Pattaya is still closed due to covid-19 restrictions Read More
In a recent update, the Embassy of Denmark in Bangkok highlights yet another place that represents strong historical ties between Thailand and Denmark. As part of their “Did you know” campaign, the …
The Siamese Collection in Denmark celebrates strong Thai – Danish historical ties Read More
Although Eurocontrol (European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation) reported that airlines in central Europe last week operated about 70 percent of their pre-pandemic flights, it does look like …
Air Traffic between the Nordic Regions and Asia is not currently expected to recover Read More
After only operating for four months in the Danish town of Hvide Sande, KPK Thai Food is about to close its doors again due to lack of customers, media JydskeVestkysten writes. The …
Newly opened Thai takeaway in Denmark close again due to lack of customers Read More
The Olympics are in the books and with 38 gold medals, 32 silver medals, and 18 bronze medals, China is the second most successful nation at the Tokyo Olympics this …
China and Norway tops in overall Olympic medal totals of Asian and Nordic countries Read More
Several countries are currently discussing the need for a third covid-19 booster shot predominantly due to the delta variant, including countries across the Nordic Region and Asia. According to WKZO news, European …
Nordic and Asian countries discuss covid-19 booster shots Read More
Last week an outbreak of covid-19 was discovered amongst 44 berry pickers from Thailand working at a plant in Kainuu region of Finland and this week another 40 Thai berry …
Dozens of covid-19 infections found amongst berry pickers from Thailand working in Lapland Read More
For more than 25 years the Danish NGO, ADDA, has been training farmers throughout Southeast Asia to be self-sustainable. Their continuous programs in the region strive to make the rural …
ADDA is helping rural farmers to become self-sustainable in a changing world Read More
A Danish tourist who arrived in Phuket under the Sandbox scheme at the end of July was seemingly unfamiliar with jungle conditions and got lost in the woods in Thalang …
Danish tourist lost in Phuket forest found after a search Read More
The Finnish floral brand Marimekko has since 1951 been on a mission to bring joy to people’s everyday lives with bold prints and colors. In celebration of the brand’s …
Marimekko wraps Bangkok sky train in its iconic Unikko print to celebrate 70th anniversary Read More
On 6 August, The Embassy of Sweden Bangkok announced the opening of their Visa Application Centre operated by VFS (Thailand) Ltd. in Bangkok. According to the statement, from 9 August, VFS Bangkok …
Embassy of Sweden opens temporary Visa application Center in Bangkok Read More
The skyrocketing infection numbers in Thailand are forcing its authorities to convert trains into makeshift hospital beds in order to alleviate the already maxed out hospitals. Norwegian volunteers are reporting …
The Corona pandemic is ravaging Thailand Read More
Swedish musician and former member of the popular country band “Lasse Stefanz”, Anders Pettersson, has died after a long spell of sickness, Aftonbladet writes. Anders Pettersson joined the Lasse Stefanz …
Famous Swedish musician Anders Petterson has died Read More
Many Swedish residents in Thailand are in the vulnerable group and still they face great difficulties getting the Corona vaccine. Sven Arne Hedell, 71, is trying to get the Swedish …
Slow vaccine roll-out forcing Swedes in Thailand to go home Read More
Tokyo has a humid subtropical climate and the summer months of June to September are considered hot months which is something the Danish golfers Nanna Koerstz Madsen and Emily Kristine …
The Tokyo heat is hard to handle for Danish Olympic Golfers Read More
It’s time for the fifth edition of ‘Joint Chambers Tech & The City x Chiang Mai Connect: Creative / Mar-tech entrepreneurs Talk & Networking’ the Thai-Swedish Chamber of Commerce recently …
SweCham invites to ‘Tech & The City x Chiang Mai Connect’ Read More
Volvo Cars Thailand has launched a fully integrated digital ‘VOLVO Customer Relations Center (CRC)’, a central data center coordinating all the digital support channels, including the Volvo Cars App which …
Volvo Cars Thailand launches a fully integrated digital Customer Service Center (CRC) Read More
The Embassy of Finland in Bangkok is looking for reinforcement to their dynamic consular team with a job role as consular service officer from 1 November 2021 to 31 March …
Embassy of Finland in Bangkok are looking for a new consular officer Read More
The Government of Sweden has appointed Carl Lindwall as Sweden’s Trade Commissioner to Thailand, including the neighbouring countries of Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos. The Trade Commissioner is responsible for the …
Sweden’s new Trade Commissioner to Thailand Read More
A new platform for COVID-19 vaccination registration for foreign residents of all age groups in all provinces in Thailand is available from 1 August 2021 at 11.00 am onwards, the Thai …
All foreigners in Thailand can now register for covid-19 vaccine Read More
At the end of last week, an outbreak of covid-19 was discovered at a plant for berry pickers in Jämtland, Sweden which houses 117 berry pickers from Thailand, media Aftonbladet …
Covid-19 outbreak among Thai berry pickers in Sweden Read More
The Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok celebrated the 30 July International Day of Friendship by highlighting the long-standing bilateral relations between Sweden and Thailand while sharing a few of the …
Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok marks International Friendship Day with Swedish-Thai relations Read More
The Swedish multinational clothing retail company H&M plans to open its first store in Cambodia next year, according to a recent article by local media Phnom Penh Post. H&M has not …
H&M to open first store in Cambodia next year Read More
Yesterday morning DTAC’s shares rose by 7 percent following a report published 26 July by London-based business intelligence service TMT Finance that Norway’s Telenor was considering selling its Thai mobile …
DTAC’s shares rose following reports that Telenor is looking to exit Thailand Read More
With infection rates increasing sharply in Thailand, a very slow rollout of vaccines and no vaccine assistance from the Norwegian Government, 77-year-old Knut Hauslo now has to travel back to …
Norwegian in infection chaos in Thailand: Must go to Norway for vaccination Read More
Several Asian countries require travelers to have a negative corona test as a requirement for entry including Finnair destinations such as Thailand and China. To make travel more accessible …
Finnair to offer an affordable corona testing near Helsinki Airport Read More
Thai Airways cancels the route from Copenhagen directly to Phuket. The national flag carriers departure on Friday 30 July from Copenhagen to the Phuket Sandbox will be the last. “As …
Thai Airways cancels flights to Phuket Sandbox from Copenhagen Read More
Several countries around the world pay their Olympic gold medal winners million bonuses and among the nations participating in the Olympics, Singapore and Indonesia reportedly pay the most for winning …
Asian countries give million bonuses for Olympic gold – but not the Nordic Read More
Time Magazine’s third annual list of the World’s Greatest Places is this year a tribute to the people and businesses that have found ways to adapt amid the extraordinary circumstances …
TIME Magazine’s World’s Greatest Place of 2021: Nordic and Asian highlights Read More
In celebrating National Thai Language Day on 29 July, the Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok shares that the Thai language is actually one of the languages taught in Swedish …
Did you know that the Thai language is one of the languages taught in Swedish schools? Read More
Most countries are somewhere in their third, fourth, or even fifth wave of the pandemic but Vietnam is only experiencing rapid infection rates now. On Friday, 7,307 cases of infection …
Swedish professor on why Vietnam is experiencing its first wave now Read More
Records are being broken abundantly and countries mark Olympic milestones at an Olympics and this year’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic games are no different. On Saturday 24 July, Denmark wrote Olympic …
Denmark set new record and Thailand marked Olympic milestones in Tokyo Read More
If we go 124 years back in time, 23 July 1897 marks the exact day King Chulalongkorn of Thailand visited Denmark for the first time and in an update to …
King Chulalongkorn arrived in Denmark on his first trip ever exactly 124 years ago Read More
The Norwegian Embassy in Singapore, Bangkok, Hanoi, and Manila united on 22 July to honor the memory of the victims of terrorist attacks on Oslo and Utøya 10 years ago. …
Norwegian Embassies in Asia honor the memory of the victims of terrorist attacks on Oslo and Utøya Read More
Singapore Art Museum (SAM) Residencies receives strong local and international interest from countries such as Denmark, India, Thailand, and Argentine for the first-ever open call. On 15 July, Singapore Art …
Singapore Art Museum welcomes first batch of residents Read More
On 22 July, the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided to reintroduce the advice against unnecessary travel to Thailand, the Ministry writes in a press release. Thailand has recently …
Sweden reintroduces advice against travel to Thailand Read More
Euagrifood Thailand is in cooperation with the European Union hosting a one-of-a-kind food experience presenting Europe’s beloved agri-food products in an exclusive virtual event on 24 July. More about the …
Join “Colours by Europe.Taste of excellence” virtual event Read More
Telenor ended a dramatic first half of the year with a sale of its business in Myanmar. The company still does not have the final calculation ready for the investment, but …
Telenor is raising the forecast for this year despite selling its Myanmar business Read More
According to the Association of Natural Product Entrepreneurs, the cloudberry and blueberry season in Finland has begun and the first group of foreign berry pickers has already arrived in Finland. Figures show that …
Almost 3000 berry pickers will come from Thailand to Finland this summer Read More
Some innovations are impacting the world better, smarter, and even a bit more fun, and when a Nordic company, organization, or individual plays an important role it’s important to …
Swedish chemists played a part in the history of plastic and injection molding Read More
The relations between Sweden and Thailand have strong deep roots and in a recent update, the Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok highlights how forestry has especially played a major role …
Forestry has played a major role in the history of Sweden and Thailand relations since 1897 Read More
As of Monday 19 July, there is good news for elderly Nordic citizens in Thailand regarding covid-19 vaccination and according to a recent announcement shared by the Norwegian Embassy in …
Thailand to provide Covid-19 vaccine to all foreigners aged 75 and over Read More
The Embassy of Denmark in Bangkok shares the current travel restrictions to Denmark and the general travel advice (Rejsevejledningen) which has been updated as of 17 July. The Embassy states that Thailand …
Denmark updates travel restrictions regarding travel to/from Thailand Read More
Novo Nordisk is a leading global healthcare company, founded in 1923 and headquartered in Denmark. Novo Nordisk specializes in diabetes care medication and the long-established Danish company has been providing …
Novo Nordisk to raise the amount of clinical trial investment in Thailand Read More