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Patron: HRH Princess Birgitta of Sweden
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Will be in attendance for the week.
HRH Princess Birgitta is the sister of HM King Carl XVI Gustaf. She holds a masters degree in physical education and has a keen interest in golf, sponsoring her own tournament, the Princess Birgitta Trophy, every year in Mallorca.
HRH Princess Birgitta also has a keen interest in design, like her late uncle the famous designer Prince Sigvard Bernadotte.
As a frequent traveller for various charities and as Patron for the Royal Swedish Hong Kong Society, she often visits the Asian region, but this will be her first time in New Zealand.
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Swedish Ambassador: HE Karin Ehnbom-Palmquist
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Will be in attendance throughout October.
Mrs Karin Ehnbom-Palmquist was appointed Ambassador of Sweden to Australia and New Zealand in 2003. She and her husband Lars have two children, Sofia and Daniel who both have studied in Canberra.
During her posting, the Ambassador has hosted such Swedish Dignitaries as the Swedish Prime Minister, HRH Crown Princess Victoria, Their Majesties King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, the Swedish Foreign Minister and numerous Parliamentary Ministers.
Mrs Ehnbom-Palmquist was responsible for bringing Swedish Style 2005 (the largest Sweden promotion in Australia ever) to Sydney and Melbourne during two weeks in March 2005.
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Keynote Performer Lill Lindfors
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Lilll Lindfors is one of Scandinavia's most versatile and beloved entertainers. She has had a 45 year successful career as a singer, actress, composer and lyricist. With her warmth and plenty of humour she creates a unique bond with her audience.
Several of her TV shows won prizes at the Montreux television festival. Lill has recorded more than 40 albums and covered a studio wall with gold records. 'Du aer den ende', Swedish version of 'Forbidden games' was one of her greatest hits. Others were 'Musik skall byggas utav glaedje' ('My joy is building bricks of music') and 'Laengtans samba' ('I am near you').
Brazil has inspired her musical choice a lot, which has led her to being a protectress of two orphanages outside Sao Paulo. Lill has also composed music for a family musical, 'Alexander and the Peacock', based on a book by Brazilian author Lygia Bojunga, played at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm.
In 1998 Lill was appointed Sweden's first national Ambassador to the UNICEF. She is also one of the key members of the 1.6 million club, informing the public about women's health issues in an objective way.
In 2001 she was awarded a Royal medal for her contribution to Swedish culture.
Lill Lindfors will be performing at the Concert and also at the Gala Dinner and she will be accompanied by her guitarist, Mats Norrefalk.
www.lill-lindfors.nu
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Alexandra Charles
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Many Swedes know Alexandra Charles primarily as a driving and successful night club entrepreneur. Nowadays she dedicates herself totally to women's issues, being the Chairman and founder of the 1.6 million club, initiated by her in 1998.
The club owes its name to the fact that there are about 1.6 million women in Sweden over the age of 45 and Alexandra and the club give their support and attention to them and all other women. Alexandra and the club work primarily with women's health issues, informing the public about women's health issues in an objective way. They also work on attracting public attention and influence public opinion on other issues related to women, such as same rights and same possibilities for women in the labour market.
This club is sponsoring a free ticket to Swedish Style New Zealand for one of its members. For more information on the Club and why Ms Charles formed it, go to
www.1.6miljonerklubben.com/en/om-klubben/alexandra
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Chef: Robbie Oeijvall
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Robbie Oeijvall, 29, moved to London to broaden his culinary knowledge after finishing his training at Rinman skolan in Eskilstuna, Sweden. He spent two years working in some of the best hotels in London, including the Kensington Park Hotel.
In 1999 he joined the then relatively small operation of what was to become the world's most famous noodle bar, Wagamama. After three years assisting in the growth and expansion of the company, he was asked to move to Sydney in 2004 to help open the first Wagamama franchise outside Europe. In Sydney, he played an instrumental role as kitchen technical support manager with the subsequent opening of nine successful outlets of the chain.
After leaving the company in 2006, Robbie took the position of consultant chef for restaurateur Stewart Koziora in Melbourne, where he now consults to three restaurants including the Belgian Beer Cafe in Canberra. He is currently Executive Chef at the brand new concept CHO GAO, a three hundred seat modern Asian restaurant and bar located in the heart of Melbourne. |
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Chef: Daniel Palmqvist
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Daniel Palmqvist, 25, has always had an intense interest in cooking, starting his career while still in his teens with summer jobs at the famous Bomans Hotel in Trosa, Sweden, and on the steamship Vaxholm III making day cruises to the beautiful archipelago of Stockholm. There he learnt to prepare and present Swedish smorgasbord to hungry guests several times a day, throughout all different sea conditions.
After graduating from Marvelwood school in Kent, Connecticut in 2002, Daniel went to Canberra for his formal training at the Australian International Hotel Management School in 2003- 2006. He has subsequently worked at the famous Elliots Oyster Bar in Seattle, and at the hotel Rosequartz in Chester, California. He is presently working as head chef at Hamra Krog on the Swedish tourist resort island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea.
In between, Daniel has been writing articles about food and lifestyle in magazines in Sweden and Australia. |
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Mats Norrefalk - Guitarist, composer and arranger
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Mats Norrefalk was born in Stockholm. He studied music at Malmoe University of Music and at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA. He is an assistant professor at Oerebro University of Music where he teaches the guitar.
Mats has worked on and off with Lill Lindfors in various constellations since 1993, including duo and symphony orchestras. Recently, Lill Lindfors has joined Mats on tour with Mats Norrefalk Trio.
Apart from his work with Lill Lindfors, Mats is a recording artist whose diverse work ranges from the Four hands acoustic guitar duo, to a collaboration featuring church organ with the electric guitar. He has appeared on television, radio and he has also toured abroad. |
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Ingrid Giertz-Maartenson - Curator
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Curator - Exhibition Sweden in Ten Visions.
Ingrid Giertz-Maartenson, an MA in ethnology, Stockholm University, has a long professional background in fashion.
She was CEO of the Swedish Fashion Council for many years, has held positions in French Haute Couture houses and in international fashion organizations and has curated several design exhibitions.
Today she is CEO of Swedish Vision. Being the initiator of the new Centre for Fashion Studies at Stockholm University she is actively involved in building the new program.
Ingrid Giertz-Maartenson is currently lecturing and doing research on the fashion industry and international fashion market in Sweden as well as abroad.
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Hjoerdis Agustsdottir Wallin - Designer
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Designer - Exhibition Sweden in Ten Visions
Hjoerdis Agustsdottir Wallin, Designer MFA, has a Masters Degree in Textile from Konstfack and from Beckmans School of Design (fashion).
She has participated in fashion shows for Vond and in a range of exhibitions in Sweden and abroad, among them Sweden in Ten Visions in Stockholm, Rome and Washington. |
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Bjoern Rietz - Guest speaker at the Design Symposium
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Copywriter and Creative Director.
Bjoern Rietz is regarded as one of the top advertising creatives in Scandinavia and one of the most highly awarded creatives in the world.
He founded the advertising agency Paradiset in Stockholm in 1990, and won the worldwide account for Diesel Jeans, which involved advertising for 78 countries. A year later Paradiset joined the world wide advertising network of DDB. The Diesel Jeans campaigns ran for more than a decade and helped move Diesel from a $50 million per year to a $500 million per
year company and winning more awards than any other fashion brand ever.
In Sweden, Paradiset DDB was voted Agency of the Year several times and they have won the Grand Prix at Cannes Lions twice, as well as a large number of other international and national awards.
Bjoern was Executive Creative Director of DDB Melbourne and Vice Chairman of DDB Australia between 2003-2005. Since 2005 he is linked to DDB Stockholm as an advisor to the Management on a consulting basis.
Recently Bjoern Rietz has taken on a few assignments helping performing and recording artists designing their brand strategy bringing his skills into the world of music. |
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