| | Swe-Cham News Feed | May 26, 2025 | | | | | | | | | |
The Swedish Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the release of the Annual Review 2024, now available online.
Published each year, the Annual Review serves as a comprehensive reflection of the Chamber’s work, celebrating key milestones, strategic initiatives, and the collective progress of our Swedish-Dutch business community. This edition highlights a year of continued growth, strengthened partnerships, and increased engagement—across events, committees, member-driven activities, and thought leadership.
We extend our sincere thanks to this year’s Annual Review sponsors—Volvo Cars, KPMG Meijburg & Co, Handelsbanken, Earth, Tetra Pak, and SKF—for their generous support. | | | | | | | | We are delighted to welcome IvCB as a new member of our growing Swedish-Dutch business community.
IvCB, founded in 2009, is a boutique Public Affairs and stakeholder management agency based in The Hague. With the aim to help companies and organisations to realise influence in an unpredictable world and strengthen their position. IvCB main fields of expertise lies in Life Sciences & Health, Clean Industry & Energy, and Technology. | |
Welcome New Member:
Moonen Packaing
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We’re pleased to welcome Moonen
Packaging to the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands.
Moonen Packaging began as a small enterprise over 65 years ago and has since evolved into an innovative specialist in the packaging industry. Driven by passion and ambition, the company has grown steadily, establishing itself as a leading packaging wholesaler. Moonen Packaging not only offers sustainable products but also operates as a sustainable company itself.
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The Swedish Chamber of Commerce for the Netherlands is proud to announce that we have officially received the Patron Banner for 2025. This distinction symbolises the strength and commitment of our Patron Members, who play a vital role in supporting the Chamber’s mission to foster Swedish-Dutch business relations, innovation, and growth.
We are especially proud to count 38 Patron Members this year – a number that reflects the growing engagement and shared vision within our business community.
We are also delighted to welcome three new Patron Members for the 2025 edition:
Lantmännen Unibake, Eversheds Sutherland, and SSAB. | | | | | | | |
Eline Deijs Appointed Managing Director at Stromma Netherlands
| As of April 1, 2025, Eline Deijs has assumed the role of Managing Director at Stromma Netherlands. In doing so, she follows her passion for organisations that are deeply embedded in society and that enable meaningful experiences.
“What appeals to me about Stromma is how the company, like the city itself, is constantly evolving,” says Eline.“It is an organisation with character and history, and with the ambition to continue doing business in a future-oriented and sustainable manner. Stromma is not just a shipping company; it is a place where memories are made and where hospitality, culture, and the city come together.” | |
Walter Kadnar New CEO and CSO for IKEA Netherlands
| Walter Kadnar will assume the role of CEO and CSO of IKEA Netherlands, effective on September 1, 2025.
In his own words: “With 47 years of IKEA in the Netherlands, I feel honoured to join the Dutch team. I feel connected to the Dutch entrepreneurial spirit and discovering different cultures and markets appeals to me enormously. That is why I am looking forward to working in this role in the Netherlands. IKEA is always about people and their ideas. My first priority is to meet as many colleagues as possible, because I am convinced that leadership means enabling others to grow.”
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First-Ever Amsterdam Alumni Event for the
School of Business, Economics and Law
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Last week, on May 21, the Swedish Chamber of Commerce proudly hosted the first-ever alumni event in Amsterdam for the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, in collaboration with the Patron Member Svalner Atlas.
For over 90 years, the independent alumni association of the School of Business, Economics and Law has connected graduates around the world. In recent years, events have been held in cities such as London, Oslo, Copenhagen, and San Francisco. This year, it was Amsterdam’s turn to open its doors.
The purpose of this event was to strengthen the School’s global community and to inspire interest among potential new students. The Netherlands is an important country for the school, home to many alumni and a key location for student and staff exchange, recruitment, and career opportunities. In recent years, the school has received around 60-70 applications from interested students from the Netherlands | | | | | | | | | |
Swedish Business Consortium to build AI Factory with NVIDIA
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Press Release Date: May 24, 2025
AstraZeneca, Ericsson, Saab, SEB and Wallenberg Investments plan to invest in an AI compute infrastructure consortium in Sweden. The ambition with this initiative is to establish a next generation AI compute infrastructure that is both a production facility and at the same time serves as a reference installation, unlocking new possibilities for AI adoption. The background to this initiative is the rapidly growing need among Swedish companies for AI compute resources in a secure, sovereign, and state-of-the-art infrastructure. | |
Anna Borg, Vattenfall CEO, Named Among Fortune’s Most Powerful Women in Business
| Fortune has released its 28th annual Most Powerful Women in Business list, spotlighting 100 global leaders shaping the future of their industries, and we are proud to share that Anna Borg, CEO of Patron Member Vattenfall, ranks at an impressive No. 37.
“This is of course an honour, and an honour that I share with the 21,000 men and women at Vattenfall working for fossil freedom every day,” says Anna in a LinkedIn post, published by Vattenfall. “To reduce your climate footprint is to increase your competitiveness long term.”
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