Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
A group of Primary children aged from 6 to 11 years participated in the Tournament of Minds in March. Team Bangkok Prep (students from Year two and three) were the …
Bangkok Prep gains 3rd place at Tournament of Minds Read More
Following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami disaster, the unique partner-led programme ‘Mangroves for the Future’ (MFF), was initiated to promote investment in coastal ecosystems for sustainable development. Breaking new ground …
Scandinavia supports resilient coastal communities via MFF Read More
On 21 April, the successful Nordic Networking series, this time hosted by the Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce and Thai-Finnish Chamber of Commerce (the for Nordic chambers alternate to be hosts), …
Second Nordic Networking success for 2016 Read More
Swedish expat and Phuket resident through 13 years, Renato Di Meo passed away from heart failure at age 76 in his home in Surin province on April 7. Renato Di Meo …
Swedish Phuket-expat through 13 years passed away Read More
A clip showing the Thailand-based Swede Michael Baines’ (restaurant owner in Chonburi) efforts in caring for the many stray dogs there has recently had tremendous impact online. Over 42 million …
Swedish chef feeding Thai stray dogs goes viral Read More
Phuket Gazette reports that a Swedish man, named as Johnny Daniel Soederstroem, 41, died in a motorcycle accident on his way across Thepkrasattri Bridge in Phuket on 14 April. The …
Swede first traffic death on Phuket in Songkran New Year Read More
Danes Worldwide is for the first time engaging itself directly in providing education in Danish language to Danish children living in a specific location abroad by entering in a collaboration with …
Video available from Danes Worldwide school visit Read More
In connection with the opening of Norway-Asia Business Summit on 12 April 2016 at the Fullerton Bay Hotel in Singapore, Thailand’s Team Norway had the opportunity to meet H.E. the …
Thailand’s Team Norway meets Norwegian Prime Minister Read More
Police in Southern Jutland is looking for the couple on this photo. The photo comes from a camera, that was found among a huge amount of other stolen items during a …
Do you know this couple? Read More
In his monthly newsletter to the Swedes living in Thailand H.E. Ambassador Staffan Herrström of Sweden highlights primarily the swearing in of the new President of Myanmar (formerly known as …
Ambassador highlights Myanmar for the Swedes Read More
An Association. Swedes in Phuket have one, in Pattaya and Hua Hin they got one as well. Now time has come for the Swedes living in the Udon Thani Province of …
Swedes set up new association in Udon Thani Read More
C More Entertainment has begun the shooting for a new Swedish thriller-series in Thailand. The series is called ‘Farang’, meaning foreigner in Thai, and famous Swedish actor, Ola Rapace, plays …
New Swedish series takes place in Thailand Read More
On 30 March Swedish Ultraman World Champion Jonas Colting commenced his ‘Swim Around Phuket’, an eight-day swim trek. He is swimming around the island of Phuket, with the start on …
Swedish Ultraman swims around Phuket Read More
Danes Worldwide is for the first time engaging itself directly in providing education in Danish language to Danish children living in a specific location abroad by entering in a collaboration with the community school NIST International School in Bangkok and a group of Danish parents in Thailand.
Secretary General Anne Marie Dalgaard signed on Thursday 31 March 2016 an MOU with the school which included also the Danish Ambassador to Thailand as a signatory.
On 31 March 2016 NIST International School in Bangkok, Danes Worldwide and the Ambassador of Denmark signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the intent of exploring a Danish language programme …
NIST & Danes Worldwide Explore Creation of Community Language Programme Read More
On Easter Sunday the 27th of March 2016, SWEA (Swedish Women Educational Association) and the Swedish Church in Bangkok, organized a short, nice service with our priest Lars Rydestad, followed …
Easter with SWEA & Swedish church Bangkok Read More
Over 80 members and friends participating at the Easter Lunch of Danish Thai Chamber of Commerce on March 25, 2016. In fact, more people were sitting outside on the terrace and …
Full House at Dancham Easter Lunch Read More
Bangkok Prep will host an Open Morning on Thursday, 28th April 2016 starting at 8am with a presentation about the school where we will share our fantastic facilities and information about …
Open Morning at Bangkok Prep Thu 28th April Read More
On 15 March 2016 a Nordic Seminar was held in Bangkok, with Dr Nitinai Sirismatthakarn, President of Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited (AOT) as speaker. He gave a seminar …
Airports of Thailand seminar Read More
The largest investment up to now for the Finnish flagship carrier positions its competitiveness for many years to come. Come 30 May 2016 five years will have passed since Finnair …
The A350 heralds Finnair’s next expansive chapter Read More
The Groundbreaking Ceremony of the new Secondary School Campus of Bangkok International Preparatory and Secondary School, set to open in August 2017, took place on 4 February on the future …
Bangkok Prep Secondary Campus groundbreaking ceremony Read More
Swedish global household appliance flagship, Electrolux, presents a new line of products to the Thai market under new “Electrolux Turn Delight Up” Campaign. This introduces a green approach to the …
Electrolux Thailand new products campaign Read More
The Stable Lodge, the legendary Danish hotel and restaurant in Sukhumvit Soi 8 in Bangkok, has been sold. The new owners will take over by the 29th of April. “We …
Steffen and Nim sells Stable Lodge Read More
All photos: Hasse Ferrold. Royal Thai Embassy in Copenhagen hosted an event at the Residence of the Thai Ambassador, H.E. Mrs. Vimol Kidchob on 7.March 2016 where the Royal Thai Navy …
Richelieu’s Navy Uniforms returning to Thailand Read More
On an auspicious date, number nine, in the month of March 2016, the moment had finally come: to unveil the much-anticipate new generation of luxury Volvo Cars to the Thai …
The new Volvo Cars era introduced to Thailand Read More
Danish expat businessman Preben Pretzmann, has been living in Thailand for 16 years. He established FBI Real Estate in Udon Thani when he came to Thailand in 2000 and has …
Dane closes business in Thailand over visa issue Read More
Yesterday March 8, 2016 I got the sad message that my dear friend Folke Westling passed away, 76 years old. Folke was born in Karlskrona, Sweden, on January 26, 1940. He was …
Folke Westling has passed away Read More
Three public hospitals reports of million baht expenses from unpaid hospital bills by foreigners. ScandAsia have gotten insight in Vachira Hospital in Phuket’s outstanding balance on unpaid bills by foreigners …
Uninsured foreigners burdens Thai public hospitals Read More
– best kept secret in town… The annual Diplomatic Red Cross Bazaar in Siam Paragon in Bangkok is a great opportunity to do some fabulous shopping among items from all …
Diplomatic Red Cross Bazaar in Bangkok Read More
71-year old Danish author, Ib Michael, has visited Phuket in Thailand as an exile to write for more than twenty years. He doesn’t want to give up the exact address …
Danish author in writing exile: Why I prefer Phuket Read More
Friday the 26th of February, Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand presided at the inaugural ceremony of the Knowledge Exchange Center (KX) Building in Bangkok; a new …
Thai Princess visited Danish Design Studio in Bangkok Read More
30-year old Swede, Marcus Millberg, is hospitalized in Thailand with brain injury due to a motorcycle accident on Koh Phangan. The respirator is keeping Marcus Millberg alive, but soon his family …
Young Swede stuck in Thai hospital with serious brain injury Read More
Culture bearer and 18 times attendee at the Bay Regatta, Niels Degenkolw, is rather unsatisfied with this years competition. On 17th-21st February the annual boat race was touring around the …
Experienced Danish Skipper criticizes the Bay Regatta Read More
iSURVEY Pte Ltd, Singapore, has been awarded a marine construction support contract by Solstad Offshore Asia Pacific to provide positioning and survey support for its 2016 pipeline and platform installation …
Norwegian companies iSurvey and Solstad Offshore enter contract Read More
Many Swedes living in Thailand have a hard time getting a proper health insurance. Cases and stories a different, but common is that they either deselect insurance or face unmanageable …
Swedes in Thailand are battling for health insurance Read More
The investment company Pegroco Invest has announced the sales of its holdings in Bangkok-headquartered Diakrit International Ltd to the media group News Corp. Australia in a cash sale. Pegroco has …
Sweden’s Diakrit gets News Corp as co-owner in a landmark deal Read More
He was a craftsman with ambitions to become a world famous rock-musician, then he became a priest. Erik Stenberg Roos, Swedish Priest of Phuket, talks about priesthood in Phuket and …
Swedish Priest in Phuket and his unexpected path to priesthood Read More
They arrived to Thailand in early 2012 with savings earmarked for some months of fun and travel. Four years later, in January 2016 they cashed in big by serving almost …
From adventure seeking backpackers to franchise entrepreneurs Read More
Hosted by Shangri-La Hotel in Bangkok and the Thai-Swedish Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with also the other three Nordic chambers of commerce in Bangkok, the ‘Ciao Bello, Ciao Bella!’ …
Classy Nordic networking held at Shangri-La Hotel in Bangkok Read More
On 18 February 2016 Ikano and Central Pattana representatives broke ground at the site for Thailand’s second IKEA second store in West Bangkok. The site is in Bangyai, to be …
Construction of second Bangkok Ikea store starts Read More
HeForShe is a solidarity campaign for gender equality initiated by UN Women. Its goal is to engage men and boys as agents of change for the achievement of gender equality …
Volvo Car Thailand joins the HeForShe campaign Read More
“I’m a very simple man, I work in a simple way. I just want to put companies together”, he says, explaining his role as Executive Director at The Thai-Finnish Chamber …
New captain of TFCC prefers the uncomplicated way Read More
Danish Consul in Phuket, Søren Nutzhorn Hede and skipper Niels Degenkolw were both associated in the sailing community near Copenhagen in the mid-eighties. Now the two Danish saililing buddies and …
Danish sailing buddies sail in Phuket Race Read More
In March 2016, Chef Jesper Koch, one of Denmark’s most highly-rated and regarded chefs visits Six Senes Yao Noi, outside Phuket, for three exclusive culinary events. This exclusive and secluded …
Danish celebrity guest chef hosts Six Senses gourmet events in Phuket Read More
Swedish Ambassador in Bangkok, Staffan Herrström, returned to office the 15th February finishing an eventful roundtrip in the region. He’s been granted diplomatic accreditation in Lao PDR, discussed gender equality …
Swedish Ambassador in Bangkok tours Thailand and Laos Read More
If it wasn’t for a Grammy-awarded singer and a peacock the lawn would have been empty. Keithen Carter is setting his voice free, crooning as he strolls across the grass …
Jazz on Grass – Danish Bangkok Embassy opens garden for music in the moonlight Read More
Starting in Malaysia, Danish Energy Efficiency Partners Sdn. Bhd. (DEEP), which is a partnership between Danish Management Group A/S and Danish Climate Investment Fund (managed by IFU) as partner is …
Danish Energy Efficiency Partners out to retrofit Southeast Asia Read More
It is a big job to have responsibility to promote educational, scientific and technological development of aquaculture in Asia. Luckily, the new elected President to The World Aquaculture Society (WAS) …
Great Dane is new President to World Aquaculture Society Asia Read More
The famous Swedish drama series “30 grader i Februari” has returned with immediate succes. The drama focuses on Swedes leaving Sweden for Thailand in the search of a better life. …
Drama series on Thailand hits in Sweden Read More
Customisation and niche groups within the travel industry are increasing and the large tour operators with extensive experience in Scandinavia are belong to the trendsetters. As part of the Nordic …
Nordic tour operator launches love hotel in Thailand Read More