Apparently it’s the first day of spring today…. We believe it when we see it! Anyone got some spring like photos to share? Photo (though definitely not from this year…) by Mona Loose/imagebank.sweden.se
Peter Stormare - False Trail
Peter Stormare storms the big screen
Swedish Hollywood star Peter Stormare talks about playing a baddie and new film False Trail as it’s released in the UK on DVD and Blu-ray.
Read the interview here and be in with a chance to win your own copy of the DVD! http://www.visitsweden.com/sweden/Local-pages/English/False-Trail/
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 register your interest in participating by emailing elin.linden@visitsweden.com
Date: Tuesday 14th of May for Swedish Workshop 2013.
Hello from Lofsdalen, a small mountain village in Härjedalen Sweden. Photo by Mikko Nikkinen/imagebank.sweden.se
Hej 2013!
Hope you’ve had a great start to 2013!! How are those New Years resolutions going? Photo by Ola Ericson/imagebank.sweden.se
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 dill mayonnaise
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Pheasant with chanterelle mushrooms,
poached pear, winter vegetables,
almond potato purée and red wine gravy
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Trilogy of cherries with pistachio-covered
mascarpone cheese and black cherry sorbet
Win two tickets to the closing gala screening and party at Riverside Studios, London for the UK premier of Swedish film Pure!
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 vackert), Lisa Langseth, Sweden 2010, 97 mins, UK Premiere
Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair, Anna Karenina) plays troubled 20 year old Katrina who comes from a broken home in Stockholm’s suburbs. Tormented by her past, she seeks solace in a newfound passion for classical music after finding herself at a concert in Gothenburg. Katrina has always lived on the edge and soon she is swept up in a whirlwind of the senses as she embarks on a journey filled with desire, dishonesty and ultimately a dangerous affair.
Official Festival Selections: International Film Festival Rotterdam 2011, Melbourne International Film Festival 2012
Find out more about the film at http://www.day-for-night.org/pure
Nordic Film Festival in London - 30 November – 5 December 2012
Find out more and see the full programme
The Nordic Film Festival announces its first ever festival programme for 2012, which will take place between 30 November and 5 December 2012 across London at Riverside Studios (Hammersmith), Ciné lumière (South Kensington) and Prince Charles Cinema (Leicester Square). Nordic Film Festival brings together a broad mix of independent films from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, celebrating the best in Nordic filmmaking past and present. With the recent wave of Nordic fiction that has resonated so strongly with UK audiences, the time seems ripe to celebrate this area of European filmmaking in a festival context.
Follow the Nordic Film Festival at: www.facebook.com/NordicFilmFestival or on Twitter @NordicFilmFest
Ts&Cs:
The film screening is at Riverside Studios in London. All travel arrangements or other costs associated with getting to and from the venue will be the winner’s responsibility. Tickets are for two people and cannot be exchanged for a cash alternative.
Competition closes and the winning entries will be drawn on Wednesday 28th November 2012 at 4pm. The judge’s decision will be final.
This prize draw is open only to Eligible Participants. An Eligible Participant is a person who is resident in the UK, aged 18 years or over. No purchase is necessary.
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!!
