The Future is Crystal Clear
Meet 33-year-old Emon Maasho, the self-made business prodigy who worked his way from dishwasher to CEO of Orrefors & Kosta Boda, Americas.
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Global Swedes
Toronto Minister to Serve All of North America
Meet Maria Thorsson, the newly appointed pastor for the Swedish Church in Toronto. Her mission is to serve Swedes across all of North America.
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Listening to the Tweets of Exosomes
With trillions of dollars having been spent on cancer research over time, it seems surprising that there still no reliable and non-invasive method of detecting cancer during routine health check-ups.
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The Swede Behind the Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine
Lund University alumnus Mikael Dolsten is the Chief Scientific Officer at Pfizer in the United States. Pfizer is, of course, the American pharmaceutical company that launched one of the first
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The Alarming Similarities Between the Spanish Flu and COVID-19
“It is absolutely certain another pandemic will come, but we don’t know what form it will have. The question is, how can we be forewarned?” Those omniscient words were
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The King of Opera
Jussi Björling was Sweden’s, and perhaps the world’s, greatest tenor of all times. Born in Dalarna in 1911, he divided his time between Sweden and the Metropolitan Opera
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Unlocking the Secrets of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Cancer
Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede is professor at the Biology and Biological Engineering Department at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg. She leads a research group that focuses on protein mechanisms active
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Börje Salming’s Love Letter to Toronto
“Canada is fantastic! I love Toronto and my fans there,” says hockey legend Börje Salming, whose most recent trip to the city almost cost him his life.
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An American Artist’s Swedish Roots
Swedish-American contemporary artist Susan Mohl Powers has accomplished numerous projects and installations, including her impressive energy-efficient window shades “Sailshades”.
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Scott Mellor on ASTRA and the Swedish Language
The Association of Swedish Teachers and Researchers in America (ASTRA) is a non-profit organization for researchers and teachers involved in Swedish language, linguistics, literature, culture, and area studies.
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