June 10 saw the launch of the Establishment Guide 2025 at the British Embassy in Stockholm. This joint initiative by the British Embassy, the British-Swedish Chamber of Commerce (BSCC), Stockholm Business Region and features contributions from  BTR Group, DLA Piper, EY, Global Goes Local, Nordea, Novare, and Scandinavian Trust, all BSCC members. It aims to provide clear, up-to-date information to help you navigate the changing landscape of doing business between the UK and Sweden. We hope you ...

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On Friday, 23 May, we had the pleasure of inviting our members to a breakfast event with SEB, focused on the evolving landscape of global tariffs and their implications. The morning featured two expert-led segments that provided attendees with insights and strategic perspectives. Jens Magnusson, Chief Economist at SEB, started the session of by discussing SEB’s newly released Nordic Outlook. Drawing on his extensive expertise, Jens offered a comprehensive analysis of ...

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On 21 May, the BSCC hosted its Executive Board Meeting, followed by its Advisory Board Meeting—exclusively for our patrons—where we had the pleasure of receiving an update from the UK by H.E. Samantha Job CMG, the British Ambassador to Sweden. Following these meetings, Kate Orrick MBE, Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Sweden, warmly welcomed members to the 71st Annual General Meeting at the British Ambassador’s Residence. During ...

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On May 5, we had the pleasure of inviting our members to a panel discussion on Leading through innovation: Why investment in R&D and technology is critical to increasing Swedish and UK competitiveness hosted by Volvo Cars. We had the privilege of listening to three experts, Karl-Johan Karlsson, Ödgärd Andersson and Christian Hedelin who all gave their perspective on innovation and what Europe can to do increase it. Karl-Johan talked about how ...

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On April 24, we had the pleasure of inviting our members to a panel discussion on Navigating the sustainability landscape: A Synergy or a Trade-off for Europe's Future hosted by Ethos. The seminar focused on the significant changes, challenges and opportunities of the new business landscape as well as the evolving relationship between sustainability and competitiveness. We had the privilege of listening to three experts in the field, David Frydlinger, ...

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On 10 April, the BSCC, together with Sydsvenska Handelskammaren, Business Region Gothenburg, InPress, Invest in Skåne, and Stockholm Business Region, had the pleasure of welcoming members and partners to our yearly event in Malmö. Together with Alasdair Ross, Countries Editor of The Economist, Hanna Hageberg Hammar, CEO of TEPE, Johan Eklund, Chief Economist of Sydsvenska Handelskammaren and Micael Györei, Director of Investment Promotions of Invest in Skåne, we talked about navigating ...

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On Thursday, 3 April, we had the pleasure of hosting our highly anticipated Industry Focus event, which was generously sponsored by Polestar. The event featured an insightful talk from Jonas Engström, COO of Polestar and Gustav Freij, head of Polestar Sweden. Jonas talked about where Polestar is today, what the future looks like for electric vehicles as well as what it looks like for Polestar. Gustav followed by giving insights into ...

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On March 31, the BSCC and Saab welcomed our Patron members to an Executive Forum Roundtable Discussion with guest of honour and speaker Nick Thomas-Symonds, The British Minister for EU Relations. During the roundtable we touched on several areas: Security/Defence cooperation Free trade ETA concerns Climate and energy commitments Life Science and R&D investments We would like to extend our sincerest gratitude to Nick Thomas-Symonds for sharing his insights. We would also ...

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On March 26, we had the pleasure of listening to Patrick W. Pearsall, partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP speak on the implications of President Trump’s 65 days in office.  We discussed what has happened in the US since the election and touched on areas such as tariffs, policy guides, executive orders as well as President Trump’s core themes in regard to the rest of the world – and more ...

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Yesterday, we were delighted to host our first roundtable as part of the Strategic Partnership Roundtable Series focused on Science & Innovation, specifically within the Life Sciences sector. We had the honor to start our roundtable with insightful remarks from our keynote speakers, including H.E Samantha Job CMG, British Ambassador to Sweden, Anders Ahnlid, Director General of National Board of Trade, Petra Noreback, State Secretary to Minister for Social Affairs and Public ...

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