SACC-GA Newsletter | May 9 2018
MONTHLY NEWS & UPDATES
Greetings!

With less than a month left to Sweden Day, we are busy preparing for the biggest Swedish celebration in the Southeast. This year we are pleased to announce that Ms. Monica Enqvist, Head of Public Diplomacy at the Swedish Embassy in Washington, D.C will be one of our speakers. We are also excited for the return of Swedish pop artist Ulrika , who recently competed with her song Fire in Swedish Radio P3's Unsigned Artists Top 10 Competition. Don't miss this opportunity to see her live!

Sincerely,

Sara Persson
SACC-GA Executive Director
UPCOMING EVENTS
Make sure to not miss out on the biggest Swedish event in Georgia! We are looking forward to celebrating the Swedish National Day with Swedish music, cuisine and culture. We will be joined by the Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Sweden and the Head of Public Diplomacy at the Swedish Embassy in Washington, D.C.

Special Guest:  Ulrika
Wednesday June 6th 2018
6 PM - 9 PM

Magnolia Hall and Office
1320 Monroe Dr., NE
Atlanta, GA 30306 
SPONSOR SWEDEN DAY 2018!

Is your company looking for a great opportunity to get good exposure?

Take the opportunity to sponsor the biggest Swedish national day celebration in the Southeast. Sweden Day attracts over 130 people annually from the Swedish-American community in Atlanta.

Contact us at info@sacc-georgia.org for more info!
Annual Meeting & Member Appreciation Reception
April 12
The Annual Meeting & Member Appreciation Reception was held on April 12th. We were very happy to show our members our appreciation as well as welcoming new ones. Our home made Swedish Smörgåstårta was a great success!

Thank you to all attendees!
Lunch & Learn - GDPR Seminar
May 3
Together with Arnall Golden Gregory , we got to learn more about EU's General Data Protection Regulation that comes into effect May 25.

Kevin Coy, partner in the Privacy Practice at Arnall Golden Gregory provided useful insights on the new regulation.

Many thanks to Kevin Coy and Arnall Golden Gregory as well as all participants!
Join Us on LinkedIn!

Connect with other members in our new LinkedIn group SACC-GA !
A Royal Birthday Celebration
King Carl XVI Gustaf had his 72 nd birthday on Monday last week, which was greatly celebrated in Sweden with festivities taking place at the Royal Palace in Stockholm. According to tradition, the King was celebrated with a 21-gun salute, flag waiving and Swedish military marches.
 
Did you know that King Carl XVI Gustaf has reigned for almost 45 years - making him the longest-reigning monarch in Swedish history!
Photo: Henrik Garlöv/Kungahuset.se
ABBA Launches New Music
Photo: Bengt H. Malmqvist/Premium Rockshot
Swedish pop group ABBA recently announced that they are recording new songs.

I Still Have Faith in You will be released in December and will also be a part of the ABBA avatar tour next year, where the quartet will be illustrated as holograms of how they looked during their final tour in -79.

Take the opportunity to apply for a travel grant from the Bicentiennal Swedish-American Exchange Fund! It will award grants to opinion makers of up to SEK 30,000 each for proposed study visits of two to four weeks by Americans to Sweden, and Swedes to the United States.
 
Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or Swedish citizens and the t ravel grants are awarded for projects during 2019.

The program especially supports the fields of politics, public administration, working life, human environment, mass media, business and industry, as well as education and culture.
 
Deadline to apply is May 31 2018.


Meet Ebba, a Swedish recent graduate and trainee at SACC-GA's corporate member gatc LP . Ebba found gatc through the SACC network and is enjoying her role as a digital marketer.

With a background in marketing management, Ebba gets to apply her skillset in her work with gatc. Read more about Ebba and her experience of being a Swedish trainee here .
Welcome Cyber Infrastructure!
This month we are welcoming our new business member
 Cyber Infrastructure! They offer highly optimized solutions and services across a wide range of industry domains. Some of their key services include application development, open source development, and cloud infrastructure implementation.
Corporate member BBVA Compass
Offers a New International Banking Service
BBVA-backed Denizen has launched a new money movement service that makes it possible to receive money in one country and immediately pay it out in another – without the cost of international transfer fees or currency exchange fees. Read more about it here .
MEMBER OFFER
J-1 VISA TRAINEE PROGRAM
Swedish Talent for US Business
Did you know that as a Corporate or Business member in the SACC-GA network you have the opportunity to host a talented Swedish trainee at your company?

BECOME A SACC-GA MEMBER
Corporate Membership
$650 - midsize to large companies, over 50 employees

Business Membership
$275 - small companies, under 50 employees

Individual Membership
$100 - for individuals, not companies

1+1 Individual Membership
$150 - for 2 individuals to join together

Young Professional Membership
$50 - for individual members up to 40
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