We would like to thank all of you  members for your contribution and support throughout 2012!

We would also like to remind you to renew your membership for 2013. If you renew before the Annual Meeting and Trade show, January 31, your name will be entered into a drawing for a nice price.

We appreciate your support!

Happy Holidays! 

2012 is almost over.  What an exciting year it was - ending with the celebration of the 30th Annual Lucia Luncheon and the SACC YP Christmas Dinner!  Excitement was in the air as we kicked off the Holiday Season with the luncheon.  Members and guests enjoyed the festivities.  During the reception, we were entertained by Göran Anner and Frida Rosen from Merula choir.  The choir also performed a repertoire of Christmas songs during the Lucia procession, which had Sofie Farneman, trainee at SACC Chicago, as the Lucia.   

 A lot of fabulous prizes were raffled away.  The lucky winner of the SAS business class tickets was Sandra Malmquist. 

Congratulations!  A big thank you to our Lucia Committee: Mia Bergman, Gerd Sjögren, Janis A. Rueping, Melanie Sandberg, myself and Sofie from the office, as well as additional help from Ken Carlson, Caroline Ryden Lindström, Staffan Andersson, Kerstin Brorsson, Eva Olsson and Emily Rueping!

We couldn't have done it without you - TACK!

Gunn Johnsson
Executive Administrator SACC Chicago

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  Special THANK YOU!

Crown Lights Sponsors

Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C

Insure-Rite/Norman G. Olson Insurance Agency

Swedish Covenant Hospital

 Procession Lights Sponsor

Slack and Company

Tinsel Sponsors

J.R. Carlson Laboratories, Inc.

Leading Edge Hydraulics

Michael Silver & Company

Wikstrom Specialty Foods

Tomas Bolling Musical Fund

Diemaster Manufacturing, Inc.

Gerd and Bengt Sjögren

Rebecca and Claes Warnander

as well as  to all our 2012 Sponsors.

Thank you! 

To see pictures from the Lucia Luncheon
at the Drake Hotel 

Sharkonomics 
How to attack market leaders, October 25  

Stefan Engeseth with SACC board member and  

Sharconomics organizer, Kerstin Nicholson

Inspiring lecture and networking evening

To compare business competition to shark life is nothing new.  Even the ABC television network has a current show called Shark Tank about the struggle to finance new ventures.  What Stefan Engeseth did different was that he actually studied shark behavior by diving with them before writing his book Sharkonomics. He presented his theories to us at a SACC event at the Drake Hotel on October 25.  We were introduced to such concepts as "spread panic,  find blind spots to bite, strike unpredictably, move or die and even kill with style."  The Sharkonomics book has been endorsed by Professor Philip Kotler, legendary Marketing Guru from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.  a separate meeting was arranged with Mr. Kotler, who's still active at 81.   Forty members, other representatives from the Chicago business world and a handful of business students f rom North Park University attended the event, which was repeated at several other SACC Chapters around the US.  This is a good example of how the SACC Network can benefit each other by sharing.   

Doing Business in the Nordic Region, a co-sponsored event by all the Nordic Chambers, November 1     

Cultural Challenges in the Nordic Region.
Jeff Graber, Senior International Trade Specialist, U.S. Department of Commerce, was the speaker at the networking event, held in the offices of Ungaretti & Harris, downtown Chicago.  Graber held an interesting lecture about how Illinois companies can be more likely to succeed when doing business with Scandinavian partners.  And how to think when doing busiess with Scandianvia. 
    

Liz Ahlgren, Gunn Johnsson, Susan Mayer and Mette Bowen from the Norwegian and Swedish Chambers of Commerce. 

  

   



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NASDAQ OMX, The stock exchange company with strong Scandinavian roots, November 15  

An informative evening about the stock market

We know that money and its value is becoming more and more abstract, and it can sometimes be hard to follow while stocks can change both owner and value within micro seconds.  Tim Golomb, responsible for new listings at Nasdaq OMX, managed very well to explain this complicated topic and shed more light on the stock market.  Guests and members of SACC Chicago were truly engaged and asked a multitude of  questions about the Nasdaq OMX stock exchange and about the stock market in general.   Guests networked and enjoyed the catered food.  Many thanks to Magnus and Nasdaq OMX  for an interesting and educational evening and for your generosity by hosting the event!  

Glögg Tasting at the Drake Hotel, December 6  

Every year on the Eve of the Lucia Luncheon, a cozy and casual evening of Glögg Tasting takes place, arranged for the members and friends of SACC Chicago. This year was no exception, and about 35 guests, all in holiday spirit, gathered at the Palm Court bar at the Drake Hotel to taste the glögg and to network.

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Congratulations to

Annette Seaberg,   

Merrill Lynch Investment Associate    

At the Annual Swedish American Museum Ball on November 10 at the University Club of Chicago, Annette Seaberg was given the award, on behalf of King Carl XVI Gustaf, recognizing foreign nationals and members of the royal family for their service to Sweden or Swedish interests. The reward was given to Annette by Magnus Engström, representing Ambassador Jonas Hafström of the Swedish Embassy in Washington. 

      Annette honors her family's Swedish lineage by serving on the board of the Swedish Council of America, the Swedish American Museum of Chicago and SACC Chicago  for more than 30 years, among other contributions.  She is currently also a member of the Gothenburg Committee of the Chicago Sister Cities International.

SACC Chicago wishes you a Merry Chrismas and a Happy New year!

God Jul och Gott Nytt År! 
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