News Sweden Smaland: Swedish Manufacturer Elitfönster Equips Drivers with Rugged Panasonic Tablets
Swedish manufacturer Elitfönster adopts rugged Panasonic TOUGHBOOK tablets for efficient warehouse management, as part of the company's digitisation process. BRACKNELL, UK. 18th July 2019 – Sweden’s ...
News Sweden Smaland: Inger 'Christina Götesdotter' (née Haglund) Harrison
Harrison, Inger "Christina" Götesdotter (née Haglund) February 27, 1939 June 27, 2019 Christina was born in Stockholm, Sweden to Göte and Britt (née Westerlund) Haglund. She grew up in northern Sweden and Smaland before attending the University of Uppsala and The Institute of Archaeology at University of London, where she met her future husband Keith Harrison. Together with their daughter Katrina, they emigrated to the U.S. in 1966, eventually settling in Northfield, Minnesota. A second daughter, Rebecca, was born in 1969. Christina taught anthropology and archaeology at Carleton, St. Olaf, Hamline, and the University of Minnesota before starting her own company, Archaeological Research Services. As a founding member of the Council for Minnesota Archaeology, she helped establish high standards for the practice in the state. An avid historian, she served on the Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission and was one of the founding members of Friends of Minnesota Barns. She also served on the altar guild at Mount Olive Lutheran Church. She enjoyed camping, traveling, reading, the arts, and spending time with her beloved friends, family, and pets. She is survived by daughters Rebecca and Katrina, son-in-law and work partner John Strot, grandchildren Nicholas and Zofia, sisters Laila and Maria, brothers Lars, Hans, and Jan, ex-husband Keith, pets Ziggy, Malinka, and Jude, numerous nieces, nephews, friends and family around the world. A memorial service is planned for later this summer. (Please contact the family for further information.)
News Sweden Smaland: My Swedish Career: 'Every day in Sweden feels like a holiday'
MY SWEDISH CAREER: With a background in digital arts and film, UK-born Will Gray set up his own marketing agency two years after moving to Sweden, and says he hopes to find "world-changing" companies to work with.
News Sweden Smaland: Smaland Is Sweden's Special Kingdom of Glass
JENNIFER MERIN Merin is a New York City free-lance writer. Smaland, the densely forested southeastern region of Sweden is one of Europe's few remaining natural wonderlands. The area, known as Sweden's ...
News Sweden Smaland: Swedish furniture-maker IKEA to open stores in the Philippines
IKEA, the famous Swedish furniture-maker, will open furniture stores in determined locations in the Philippines. According to Josefin Thorell, spokesperson of Inter IKEA Systems B.V., the company ...
News Sweden Smaland: Glass designer Louisa Milsome on how to get your own Eurovision trophy here in Norwich and why East Anglia is the perfect home for artists
Very civilised. I also have a new favourite which is Kosta, in Sweden. Whilst working on our forthcoming Kjell Engman exhibition I visited his studio at the Kosta Boda glassworks in the heart of the ...
News Sweden Smaland: How women's rights became human rights in Sweden
Sweden's rise to one of the most gender equal countries in the world did not occur because women won the "battle of the sexes", but rather because their access to equal rights benefited all of society ...
