Robert Zimmerman a.k.aBob Dylan was named the surprise winner of the Nobel prize for literature in Stockholm today “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”. Speaking to reporters after the announcement, the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, Sara Danius, said she hoped the Academy would not be criticised …
Today The Swedish (Stockholm) Chamber of Commerce, the Swedish Confederation of Transport Enterprise and Swedish Customs arranged the annual Customs-Trade Symposium in Stockholm. I was invited as Key Note Speaker and delivered the end speech under the topic: Customs Trends in the World: Back to the Future. At the Symposium – that is arranged …
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Can globalization be saved? Today we know what globalization means for good and bad. The only thing that is sure is that it can’t be stopped. However recent developments in the world have certainly complicated things and there are a number of different forces also trying to prevent the free movement of people and …
Sweden played two games in the FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualification round this weekend. We have a very difficult group and thus have to win against as many oponents as possible. Sweden started with playing 1-1 against Netherlands. This weekend we beat Luxembourg 1-0 away and Bulgaria 3-0 at home. There is a life …
In a guest post on outsidewrite.co.uk, Tony Hughes of the Golden Samba blog describes his trip to Sweden to watch 1979 European Cup finalists Malmö FF take on IFK Göteborg. It is great to read a football fan from another club with great experience visiting our home field, and an important home game to …
Yesterday and today I am in Riga, Latvia across the Baltic Sea from Sweden. I really like this city, which is the largest city of the Baltic States. Riga is a beautiful city and I have a lot of friends here. We Swedes have always been very close to our brothers and sisters on …
This week we will learn who receives the Nobel Prize in litterature. Seven Swedes have since the start of the prize – 1901 – won the prize over the years, namely: Selma Lagerlöf, Verner von Heidenstam, Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Pär Lagerkvist, Eivind Johnson, Harry Martinson and Thomas Tranströmer. Out of this group of giants …
It is Monday morning, again. Another morning at Copenhagen Airport a.k.a Kastrup. This is my normal routine, to fly out to the world from Copenhagen on Sunday night or Monday morning. It has become a part of my professional life to be in the air, travelling the world. Last year I had 280 travelling …
The World Economic Forum, a nonprofit foundation, has ranked the most educated countries in the world as part of its annual Global Competitiveness Report. The WEF created the index using a variety of objective and subjective measures. Each country’s score, from 1 to 7, is based on factors including secondary education enrollment rate and …
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Open markets are essential for a sustained global recovery and equity for years to come. Cristine Lagarde, Jim Yong Kim and Roberto Azevedo has written an article in Wall Street Journal about trade. Many of the world’s economic leaders gathering this week in Washington for the International Monetary Fund/World Bank annual meetings may face …
Tonight we plays our second round qulifying game in the FIFA Soccer World Cup. In the first game Sweden got a 1-1 draw against Netherlands. Now we play Luxembourg away, a game we have to win. On Monday we play Bulgaria at home. We need six points from these two games, before we play …
You want to learn a foreign language but you’re stuck on which one to go for? Well my friend, don’t follow the crowd, go for a fun choice like Swedish. What’s that? You’re not sure? Then let me convince you! Reason one: Swedish is a (relatively) easy language to pick up If you had …
Today I have been in Sandviken North of Stockholm for meetings and delivering a speech at a high-level Compliance Seminar. It was a great meeting with many good discussions and questions. I presented our AEO concept and developments in the field of compliance management globally. I like meeting professionals from the private sector for …
It is Nobel Prize week. As a Swedish citizen I am – like almost every Swede – very proud of the Nobel Prize institution. The Nobel Prize is a set of annual international awards bestowed in a number of categories by Swedish and Norwegian institutions in recognition of academic, cultural, and/or scientific advances. The …
Ten intelligent robots have started to work as customs officers at three ports in the cities of Zhuhai and Zhongshan, southern China’s Guangdong Province on Saturday, according to the local customs office. My friend Yegor Belkov has posted this news on socil media and I think it is a verybijteresting example on innovation in …
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Cities are economic and political powerhouses. The GDP of the state of New York is larger than that of Spain or South Korea. In Latin America, São Paulo state alone is richer than Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia combined. Guangdong in China is wealthier than Russia or Mexico. More than a deliberate choice, paradiplomacy …
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I was delighted to get the monthly September statistics for this blog, ‘CapacityNow’ www.larskarlsson.com. September was anothet fantastic month with 13.887 visitors! I can only say that it is absolutely amazing that so many people visited my blog last month. These visitors came from more than 70 different countries. Thank you for reading my …
The United Nations Security Council reached a surprisingly swift consensus Wednesday on its choice for the next secretary general of the United Nations: António Guterres, a former prime minister of Portugal. Mr. Guterres, who ran the United Nations refugee agency for 10 years, had been the clear front-runner, and was apparently the choice of …
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From the ‘Bosnian Luis Suárez’ to Milan’s wonderkid Gianluigi Donnarumma, English Newspaper The Guardian identifies in its annual review some of the best young players born in 1999. There are two Swedish players on the list, Joel Asoro and Alexander Isak. Both are great talents and the future of Swedish fotball. The Guardian: Future …
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I am spending a few days in our office for Management Team meetings and other planning meetings. We have projects all around the world. Since I travel a lot to our clients, partners and colleagues in countries in all regions, it is more and more important to visit the office when I can. It …
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