May 2013
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It's Eurovision week!
Did you watch the 1st Semi Final? One more to go and then on Saturday it’s the BIG final from Malmö in Southern Sweden!
Show off your Malmö! Want to see Malmö residents’ own pictures of Malmö? Or maybe you want to show the outside world your own picture of the city? Tag your pictures #mymalmo at Instagram. Photo by Silvia Man/imagebank.sweden.se
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Join the party plane to Stockholm taking off 9th...
Photo by Henrik Trygg/imagebank.sweden.se
Not long to go now until Steve Biggs, our lucky winner of the British Airways and Evening Standard’s Win A Plane competition, travels to Stockholm with 49 of his friends!
We would obviously have loved to send you all on a trip but you too can join in via social media and find out what they get up to on their weekend in Stockholm. The group will...
April 2013
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‘Summer’s on our mind’ photo competition
Rodrigo Rivas Ruiz/imagebank.sweden.se Have you been to Sweden and taken some great shots that are lying in your iPhone? Have a flick through them and share them with our Photo Mission on Foap. Joining our photo mission on foap couldn’t be easier, download the iPhone app and then share your photos with us. We’ll then go through all of the photos, pick a winner and that lucky person will become...
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Calling all creatives!
Love photo, film and design? Then don’t miss one of Europe’s biggest progressive art competitions this year! Enter here http://bit.ly/14Nhcgv and check out #caughtbyumea on Twitter or Artists Caught by Umeå.
March 2013
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February 2013
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January 2013
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Swedish Workshop in London 14th of May 2013
Photo: Ola Ericson/imagebank.sweden.se
Save the date!
Swedish Workshop 2013 will take place in central London & create opportunities for you to establish business contacts with Swedish suppliers and learn more about Sweden as a destination and its tourism products.
More information and official invitations will be sent out at the end of February. For now, please just note the date and...
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December 2012
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Swedish and Nordic food on Nobel Banquet Menu
Swedish and nordic food dominated the Nobel banquet menu this year. Top chef Andreas Hedlund, who won Swedish Chef of the Year in 2002, started the menu off last night with Arctic Char and Kalix bleak roe from the Gulf of Bothnia. Wish we’d been there to try it too!
Here’s the menu in full:
Nobel Banquet Menu 2012 Marinated Arctic char with cauliflower terrine, Kalix bleak roe and...
November 2012
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Win two tickets to the closing gala screening and...
Competition and images are courtesy of Nordic Film Festival & Day for Night: http://www.day-for-night.org/
How to win
All you need to do is tweet us https://twitter.com/VisitSwedenUK and say why you love Swedish film, hashtag your tweet #Pure
Where and when?
Tickets are for Wed 5 Dec, 7pm - Closing Gala Screening and party, Riverside Studios in London
About the film
PURE (Till det som är...
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Red cottage food hamper winner!
We are happy to announce that we have a winner for the Red Cottage exclusive Swedish food hamper.
The winner is Sylvia Burne.
Congratulations!!
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A taste of Luleå in Swedish Lapland at the Red...
A taste of the far north came to East London and the Red Cottage when Luleå in Swedish Lapland invited guests to sample the unique delicacies sourced from the region.
Emcompassing nearly one third of Sweden but with only a sixth of her population, Swedish Lapland is a place of wild foods and a strong affinity with the land characterised by its extreme weather, cultural links to its indigenous...
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Trip of the week - Luleå in Swedish Lapland
This week we are focusing on Luleå in Swedish Lapland, the ultimate winter wonderland destination.
Nestled between the mountains and a mighty archipelago in Northern Sweden, Luleå and Swedish Lapland offer exhilarating activities such as dogsledding and gliding over frozen ice by hover-craft but also the chance to spend the evenings gazing at the Northern Lights while sampling the region’s unique...
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A Skåne goose feast at the Red Cottage
The St. Martin’s Day goose feast, or Mårten Gås, on 10th November is a ‘gooselicious’ celebration in Skåne in southern Sweden. However, Londoners got the chance to sample this traditional delicacy a little earlier this year when the region of Skåne brought the goose feast to the Red Cottage pop up at the Truman Brewery in East London.
Find out more about St Martin’s Day
Skåne and the Red...
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Recipe of the Week - Scanian (Skåne) apple cake
The amazing chef Martin Hansen who crafted the Skåne menu during the Red Cottage has very kindly shared this Scanian Apple Cake recipe. Martin is head chef at Grand Hotel in Lund in Skåne. A delicious and very rich cake that can be served with afternoon coffee or dessert. Makes 8 portions
Ingredients 4-5 apples, peeled and diced 2 tsp cinnamon 3 eggs 4 dl granulated sugar 150 g...
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October 2012
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Gothenburg and West Sweden lunch at the Red...
A week has passed since the Red Cottage pop up brought a taste of Sweden to the Truman Brewery in East London and gave Londoners the chance to sample the unique food from three very different regions in Sweden.
West Sweden and Gothenburg
Tuesday last week saw the Red Cottage opening its doors to 40 ‘foodie’ guests and introduced them to the delicacies of West Sweden and Gothenburg...
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Experience the awesome Shellfish journey!
Check out this video for an insight into the shellfish safari experience along Sweden’s stunning west coast.
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Event tip of the week - Artisan Swedish Food at...
Try artisan Swedish food this weekend at Partridges Food Market on the King’s Road in Chelsea, south west London and be in with a chance to win a luxury Swedish food hamper!
On 20th October over 15 Swedish producers will be selling their artisan delicacies to local shoppers and the products will be on sale in Partridges store until stocks last.
PARTRIDGES OF SLOANE SQUARE 2-5 Duke of York...
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Swedish artisan food is coming to London!
Your chance to experience the unique food from three exciting regions in Sweden!
East London’s Truman Brewery will be turned into a traditional ‘Red Cottage’ to showcase Sweden’s artisanal produce from the regions of Gothenburg and West Sweden, Skåne and Luleå in Swedish Lapland.
Read the full press release
When:
Book your space on one of the free lunch time clubs at 1 Corbet Place,...
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September 2012
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August 2012
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