When it comes to the airline industry, Gunnar Eklund's credo might just as well be "been there, done that." Over a career that has spanned 34 years, Gunnar has served-and lived-in such diverse countries as Liberia, Iran and Pakistan. Since 1985 he makes his home in the USA where this Swede is as American as they come. Gunnar started out in Stockholm, working for Scandinavian Airlines. After a two year's hiatus in Monrovia, Liberia (where he met his Guyana-born wife, Claudette), he was, after about two years in Stockholm, sent on to Teheran, Iran where he covered sales for Iran and Afghanistan. He arrived there in 1978, just a few weeks prior to the Ayatollah Khomeini's auspicious return from exile in France. Things were getting hot for westerners and Gunnar remembers one particular inci...
... almost always about getting you there on timeand at a good (for the customer) price. During the "go...
One of Telge Glima's activities is performing. Dressed up like peasants 150 years ago, you can catch them present games like "Badger the Bear", "Hitting the Jug" or "Master of the Circle" at open-air museums like Stockholm's Skansen or Old Linköping. Or perhaps you'll come across them on some mediaeval festival, performing even older games, like backwards leaps, tug-of-war, or glima. Next year we'll be celebrating and we're planning on going to the U.S. A few of us were in Texas in 2003 at a Viking festival, but this time we're all coming. We're looking into festivals and the likes where we could fit in. There are some ideas about where to go and what to do, but mainly we're open to any ideas. We'll perform as long as someone can provide us with a place to sleep, something to eat and a...
The name of the Swedish 17th century village Grythyttan refers to a place where pots are made, since "gryta" means pot, and "hytta" is a smelting-house or foundry. The only problem with this perfectly reasonable-sounding linguistic theory is that, as far as the historians know, no pots have ever been made in Grythyttan! Don't be surprised if you see the Swedish Prime Minister or various other celebrities strolling by outside your window as you enjoy your meal at Grythyttan Inn. This is a very special inn and restaurant which attracts prominent visitors from all over the world, despite its location a 3 1/2 hours drive from Stockholm. When I visited Grythyttan for a three course dinner in summer 2005, a group of six Brazilian journalists wearing traditional party hats were enjoying a cray...
... Christina, of course), I had a difficult time trying to make my selection of starters. One could...
... headmistress of Manillaskolan, a Stockholm school for the deaf, is now employed part-time by ...
Madeleine FaIk started at the Ballet Academy of Gothenburg, and thanks to a grant from Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson, pursued a career in dancing and acting, eventually ending up in Los Angeles. There she met the love of her life, Louis Garcia, "the world's best trick jump-roper". The pair has since traveled the world as "The Rebel Ropers", performing for Nike in Singapore, on the Today show, at several hotels in Las Vegas, and locally at the House of Blues. Always with a smile, the charming Swede flies through the air - spinning the rope or juggling clubs at the speed of light - while balancing on giant balls, negotiating hoops of fire, at times on stilts. An original member of "Girls on Stilts", she also works with the variety troupe "The Mums". Dancing also led to an impressive c...
...Irene Tuomainen. A girl from central Stockholm with family roots in Finland. Wrote her first song...
This is the waterhole of choice for a mixed crowd of locals and hipsters, Leonardo DiCaprio included. And with a menu boasting lime and chili blackened salmon cubes, lavender flower cured lamb loin, Swedish meatballs, and saffron ice cream - not to mention an impressive beer selection - a trip down to New York's Lower East Side will be well worth the effort. Stockholm-born proprietor Annika Sundvik says her idea behind the restaurant is "no stiffness, space between the tables and a purer kind of food." A photographer-turned-restaurateur, Sundvik had been toying with the idea of opening a bistro for some time, and when she found a former barbershop/massage parlor in Chinatown she knew she had her place, and Good World Bar and Grill opened in 1998. I started experimenting in the kitchen ...
Why is one of the best-known Kennedy's of his generation collaborating with a fashion brand? "Money," Kennedy said at the press conference, flashing the toothy smile made famous by his father Bobby Kennedy. "[Gant AB] is making a donation of more than six figures to the Waterkeeper Alliance," the environmental group headed by Kennedy. What we found was that this company's ethics, its own internal ethics in many ways reflects the ethics of this country, Sweden, which has a strong commitment to community, a strong commitment to the long-term values of the environment," said Kennedy. "So while we spend a lot of time suing corporations, I don't think all corporations are bad, and the ones that are good we support because they make important contributions to our economy, to our prosperity, ...
... according to RFK, Jr., speaking in Stockholm, January 2006. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the environ...
In this case, the elephants are trailing the mouse; both Philip Morris and RJ Reynolds have picked up on not just the concept of moist snuff or "snus," which is the original Swedish word for this, but adopted the name itself. RJ Reynolds launched "Camel Snus" and Philip Morris "Marlboro Snus" in 2006 and 2007. Snus is the Swedish term for moist snuff - a minor part of the global tobacco business "owned" by Swedish Match, which for good reason holds a market leader position in the segment. Who knows how the playing field will change, as more and more societies in the world make it harder and harder for nicotine users to light up. Of all the things I enjoy, the crayfish of the late summer, the glögg in the winter time, this one is a must," he claims. Christmas in the [Lennart Freeman] fa...
... neighboring Norway - but grew up in Stockholm. He studied at Stockholm's School of Economics and...
It's finally Sweden's time, design-wise! Sweden has the best design around. Period. I think we owe much of it to the Stockholm design trio Claesson-Koivisto-Rune. Why I picked women? To me it seemed natural. I don't necessarily prefer women designers, it's just that these women happen to be very, very good. And for women to be successful, they always have to be better than men. But you already knew that, didn't you!
Built on fourteen islands, Stockholm has been hailed as Venice of the North. Like Venice, it boasts magnificent buildings and reverberates with the echoes of centuries past. But there the comparison ends. Stockholm is unique, not only because of its architecture but also because of its foresight. All Scandinavian capitals offer a Green Map, many of the hotels are green, the cities invite to walking but it's to be understood there are also ample bike roads everywhere and biking is safe. Most eco-villages are located outside major urban areas, similar to Baskemölla along the southeastern coast of Sweden. Hammarby Sjöstad is the exception. Located in Stockholm city, planned in the 1990s and ultimately home to 35,000 residents, this is where urban utopia meets reality, ten minutes from the ...
... appropriate and yet so hypothetical at this time in our history. David Bartal's interview with Amba...
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