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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Chef Marcus Samuelsson has enjoyed world-wide success. He is dynamic and certainly diverse. He is famous with dozens of restaurants as part of his portfolio.
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Barbro Osher is not only Honorary Consul General of Sweden in San Francisco. She also chairs The Bernard Osher Foundation and is president of The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation.
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The Old Norse or Viking culture still fascinates everyday citizens of the world. Many non-historical types still view these hard-sailing seafarers from the previous millennia as a pack of pirates, who dominated much of Scandinavia during the 8th to late 11th centuries.
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Henrik Williams’ responsibilities include Old Swedish, Old Icelandic and runology. Recently he went on his eighth lecture tour in the USA in order to increase interest in runes and obtain resources for research.
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Ideon Science Park i Lund är Sveriges första forskningsby och hyser idag ca 400 företag med 10 000 anställda inom framför allt IT, cleantech och life science (läkemedel, medicinteknik, bioteknik och hälso-teknologi).
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Cecilia Malmström is a Swedish politician who looks after Sweden’s interests in the European Union.
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Per-Olof Lööf has always been proud of his Swedish heritage. As Honorary Consul of Sweden in the U.S. for the State of Florida he “aims to be supportive in promoting Swedish culture and traditions by facilitating exchange with individuals seeking to learn more about Sweden, Swedish culture, commerce and language,” he said.
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When Sweden’s Television (SVT) or Swedish Radio (SR) have a question about Swedish-American relations, they turn to international relations expert Dag Blanck for answers.
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Eva Åkesson has always been a keen learner who enjoys a challenge. Coming from a non-academic background only motivated the determined Professor and Vice-Chancellor at Uppsala University. “Understanding that a culture and an environment can feel alien is a good experience.
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