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22.05.2025: Central Banks: Setting policy, Eyeing Crypto, Facing Trump’s Tariffs

13.03.2025: SFS Annual Meeting and Seminar on ‘Sweden in Nato’ with Swedish Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein, Carl Magnus Nesser

01.02.2025: A visit to CERN together with Norgesklubben Sveits

‘US Election 2024 – US Election’s potential impact on Sweden and Switzerland’ with with Erik Bergin, Dr. Rahul Sahgal and Peter Hossli

‘The Bührle Collection – A Legacy of Controversy’

‘Print with Life – A Bioengineering Marvel Made in Sweden’ with Erik Gatenholm, Founder Crownegate, co-founder and former CEO of BICO and CELLINK and Hector Martinez, co-founder and former CTO of BICO and CELLINK

A World in Turmoil – The Future of the UK and Switzerland as Financial Hubs

Private screening of Lukas Moodysson’s ‘Tillsammans 99’

Annual Meeting 2024 and Seminar: ‘Macroeconomics and International Shipping in a Polycrisis Era’ with Johan Javeus & Frederik Ness, SEB

‘The Era of Financial Engineering is over: What’s next?’ with Christian Sinding CEO and Managing Partner EQT Partners

SFS Forum: ‘AI & Human Rights’ with Flynn Coleman

‘Meet the Swedish Ambassador – Zurich’ with Swedish Ambassador to Switzerland, Carl Magnus Nesser

‘Dialogue on Family Philanthropy – How strategic philanthropy can create a bridge across generations’ with Pauline Borg and Nina Hoas​

‘The Vaccine coordinator – at the crossroads of industry, policy and public health’ with Richard Bergström

‘Innovative integration? What can we learn from exploring novel methods of labour market integration support for immigrants in Sweden?’ with Prof. Andreas Diedrich

‘Three decades of obstruction. Why don’t we act on climate change?’ with Prof. Martin Hultman

Seminar with Johan Holmsäter, Friskvårdsrebellen

‘Sustainable Investment Trends’ – Annika Falkengren, Lombard Odier

Seminar topics below have been translated from Swedish and are linked to event invitations on sns.se

'The Causes and Consequences of Climate Change' – Prof. Jonas Nycander, Stockholm University

6 February 2020

'Introduction of the new Swedish Ambassador to Switzerland & Liechtenstein' – Ambassador Jan Knutsson, Embassy of Sweden in Switzerland

19 November 2019

'A Changing Energy Industry Leads to Great Challenges, and Opportunities!' – Johan Oberg, Head of Marketing, Alpiq Digital

23 October 2019

'Global Migration – Causes and Consequences' – Joakim Ruist, Researcher, Gothenburg University

18 September 2019

'Does Increased Global Trade Tensions Make Us All Poorer?!' – James Purcell, Head Sustainable and Impact Investing, UBS Global Wealth Management

15 May 2019

'Behind the Scenes at the World Economic Forum in Davos' – Paola Hjelt, Journalist

3 April 2019

'Entrepreneurship and Teamplay' – Peter ”Foppa” Forsberg & Nicole Nordin, Entrepreneurs

13 March 2019

'Populism and the liberal democracy'– Ludvig Norman, Researcher at Utrikespolitiska Institutet/Europaprogrammet

23 Oktober 2018

'Swedish election coverage with SNS in Zürich'

9 September 2018

'Election debate ahead of the Swedish Election 2018'

15 May 2018

'Populism as an economic risk in the Nordic Region' – Henrik von Sydow, Strategist at Carnegie Private Banking and former chairman of the Riksdag's tax committee

18 April 2018

'Annual General meeting and presentation' – Niklas Östberg, Tech entrepreneur

15 March 2018

'A dialogue on inequality and conflict' – Lars-Erik Cederman, prof. ETH Zürich

23 November 2017

'Constructive Activism' – Lars Förberg, Co-founder and Managing Partner, Cevian Capital

2 November 2017

'Opportunities and Challenges in Sweden' – Stefan Dahlbo, CEO, Byggmästare Anders J Ahlström

26 April 2017

'Sweden's economic outlook in turbulent times' – Ulf Kristersson, Member of Parliament, Sweden

16 March 2017

'The Generational Struggle: The changing Swedish Media Landscape' – Ingela Wadbring, prof. media development, University of Gothenburg

19 January 2017

'The United Nations in a turbulent Trump world' – Gunilla von Hall, Foreign Correspondent, Svenska Dagbladet

8 December 2016

'The ruling class - Sweden's political elite' – Bengt Ericson, Financial Journalist

25 October 2016

'Asymmetrical challenges' – Lars Nicander, Head of "the Center for Asymmetrical Threats and terrorism studies" at Försvarshögskolan, Sweden

8 September 2016

'The new geography of successful entrepreneurship' – Maria Rankka, CEO Stockholms Handelskammare

10 March 2016

SNS Konjunkturråd 2016 'Where are we headed? Systemic failures in the transportation policy'

11 February 2016

'The security policy situation, the Armed Forces and the defence agreement' – Klas Petersson, Sweden's Defence Attaché in Switzerland

30 November 2015

'Dinner conversation with Per Stömbäck' – Per Strömbäck, Author

8 October 2015

'Investment opportunities in healthcare – lessons learned from 20 years as an investor' – Henrik Rhenman, Founding Partner & CIO, Rhenman & Partners Asset Management

20 May 2015

'Dinner conversation with Per Jönsson' – Per Jönsson, Associate Editor, Utrikespolitiska Insitutet

24 March 2015

'The Swedish debt' SNS Konjunkturråd 2015

4 February 2015

'A presentation by Jorma Halonen' – Jorma Halonen, Board professional & fm. deputy CEO of Volvo Group

26 November 2014

'Introducing Ambassador Magnus Hartog-Holm' – Ambassador Magnus Hartog-Holm, Embassy of Sweden in Switzerland

21 October 2014

'Lecture with Percy Barnevik' – Percy Barnevik, Chair Hand-in-Hand, fm. CEO and Chair of ABB

24 September 2014

'Lecture with Ralph Nisell' – Ralph Nisell, Associate professor and senior physician, Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset

27 March 2014

'Education, health and social care or continued tax cuts after the Super Election Year 2014' – Jan Larsson, Election leader, Socialdemokraterna, fm. Swedish State Secretary

24 February 2014

'Hur har vi råd med välfärden?' – Annika Sundén - SNS Konjunkturråd 2014

28 January 2014

'How to deal with media – Get it right from the beginning' – Harry Landau, Communications expert

4 December 2013

'Renewable energy for the future' – Erik Elzvik, CFO ABB

22 October 2013

'The big challenge – the demands of an ageing population' – Jens Magnusson

26 September 2013

'Dealing with crises and emerging trends' – Mats Jansson, fm. CEO of ICA, Fazer, Axfood and Axel Johnsson AB

27 May 2013

'Sweden – Europe's leading mining nation' – Anders Ullberg, fm Chair of Boliden AB

16 April 2013

'Dinner conversation with Conny Kullman' – Conny Cullman, fm. CEO of Intelsat

7 March 2013

'Time for simple taxes' – SNS Konjunkturråd 2013

24 January 2013

A selection of Historic Seminars

2013 Johan Andsjö The future of the Swiss telecom market’
2012 Annika Winsth Market interest rates and the euro crisis
Jürgen Tinggren The Future of Urban Mobility
Karoline Ekholm How is the Swedish economy affected by the euro crisis?
2011 Kjell Aleklett The OECD economic crisis
Peter Lorange ‘How to be successful in turbulent times’ How to be successful in turbulent times
2010 Lennart Schön Debt crisis and structural crisis
Robert Bergqvist Post election – How do we cope with global challenges?
Sören Holmberg What happened? Swedish parliamentary elections 2010
2009 Johan Lybeck The financial crisis – how could it go so wrong?
Mats Qviberg
Per Thöresson Sweden's presidency of the Council of the EU
Thomas Ries Globalisation's conditions for business and government
2008 Göran Grosskopf Corporate social responsibility in a changing world
Lars Förberg Owner activism in practice
Sören Gyll
2007 Arne Karlsson RATOS
Björn Rosengren From politics to business
Inger Enkvist Upbringing and education
Jan Hjärpe Islam and the language of politics in a globalized world
2006 Börje Ehrstrand The Rinkeby School
Jan Wifstrand The safety drug is Sweden's heaviest drug
Jörgen Haglind TetraPak – from idea to reality
Leif Silbersky The lawyer, the ethics and the law
2005 Lars Heikensten The economic situation in Sweden
Richard Juhin Champagne
2004 Carl-Henrik Svanberg Ericsson – today och tomorrow
Lars Olofsson (Nestlé) Long-term profitability in a global world
Ulf Jakobsson Outsourcing without borders
2003 Gunilla Ahrén Queen of Diamonds
Lennart Johansson Football on the wrong track?
Mats Hallgren EU-Switzerland-Sweden / Current affairs
2002 Adolf H. Lundin Oil and politics
Inger Enkvist The school of today and tomorrow
Klas Eklund Are we beginning to see the light?
2001 Ingalill Enbom What does an optimist consultant do?
Kai Hammerich Why invest in Sweden?
Magnus Norell Terrorism and global vulnerability
2000 Assar Lindbeck Political power with unclear responsibilities
Bengt Uggla Sweden – Switzerland, same or different?
Carl-Johan Bonnier Will the newspapers' paper edition still be around in a hundred years?
1999 Jacob Wallenberg The banking sector from a European perspective
Sune Carlsson Ball bearings around the world
Urban Bäckström In the head of a Governor of the Riksbank
1998 Björn Svedberg Experiences from Ericsson and SEB
Karl Lidgren The environment – a business opportunity in the year 2000!
1997 Arne Mårtensson Trends in the banking market
Göran Lindahl 10 years with ABB
Mats Hellström Can Germany become Europe's engine?
1996 Claes Dahlbäck Will Swedish industry move abroad?
Jerzy Einhorn The situation in Sweden and the threat from the east
Niels Tryggesen What does Sweden want with the EU?
1995 Ann-Marie Pålsson The labour market for 20 million unemployed Europeans
Ernst-Hugo Järegård Ethics – for both business and society
Percy Barnevik
1994 Elisabeth Tarras-Wahlberg Monarchy – for business and society
Peggy Bruzelius
Urban Bäckström
1993 Bengt Dennis
Bert Olof Svanholm (ABB)
Hans Werthén
1992 Björn Wahlström (Nordbanken) News from an entrepreneur's cookbook
Bo Lundgren and Urban Bäckström The new Swedish model
Claes Dahlbäck Investor – Past, Present, Future
1991 Bo Södersten Sweden after the elections
Jakob Palmstierna Finance site Sweden
1990 Fredrik Lundberg Lundbergs – a corporation in constant development
Gabriel Urwitz Swedish banking market: now and in the future
Peter Wallenberg Sweden's economy from an international perspective
1989 Jan Myrdal Europe heading towards dark times?
Magnus Lemmel Sweden's relationship to EC integration
Olof Stenhammar Risk as a commodity
1988 Anders Wall From trade to industry
Gunnar Palm (Atlas Copco) The EC and world trade
1987 Åke Ortmark Capitalism or socialism – where is Sweden headed?
Bengt Dennis The Riksbank's deregulation – where is it headed?
Gustaf Douglas The ownership role and the stock exchange – a few personal opinions
General Stig Synnergren The Soviet Union between East and West
1986 Bengt Rydén The Stockholm Stock Exchange – for dealers or industrialists?
Kurt G. Olsson (SEB)
T.G. Wickbom China – the middle kingdom of Asia
1985 Hans Blix Nuclear power in the world
Ingvar Carlsson The situation before the elections
Jan Ekman (Handelsbanken) What worries Sweden?
Staffan Burenstam-Linder Where is Sweden headed?
1984 Lieutenant General Nils G. Skiöld Working for peace
Stig Ramel (Nobel-stiftelsen)
1983 Allan Larsson Back to full employment
Ian Wachtmeister Chances of survival for private industry in Sweden
Sven-Erik Sundkvist (Dagens Nyheter)
Ingemar Mundebo
1982 Bertil Torekull “Mr. Trend” from 'Veckans Affärer’
Prof. Erik Lundberg Sweden after the elections
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