Warming up to Christmas

Written exclusively by Robbin Battison, Battison & Partners
Photos by Andreas Wanitzky

How quickly a year goes by. And the best way to mark the passing of time is to attend AmCham’s traditional Christmas reception. On December 7, a record-breaking 350 members and their guests had registered, and gathered at the Hilton Slussen in downtown Stockholm.

It was a great opportunity to renew both business and social acquaintances and make new ones from a broad swath of the Swedish-American business community.











While the beautiful frozen city snowscape outside reminded us why we were inside drinking well-deserved Christmas cheer, Director Berit Salheim reviewed the year’s activities. There were over 25 well-attended functions in 2010, giving AmCham a bigger footprint than ever in the business community. And to stay abreast of the times, AmCham started three new committees: Healthcare, Media and Corporate Social Responsibility.

Berit and AmCham Vice Chairman Richard Marston, who is Executive Director of MTG Academy, together thanked the eleven sponsors this year* and gave out prizes that they had provided.

These included a painting by artist and designer Agneta Livijn, a weekend for two at Sälens Högfjällshotell, and two round-trip tickets to New York from Delta Airlines.



Agneta Livijn's painting was really beautiful and the new owner happy!
Agneta and Berit Salheim were pleased to hand it over.


The next member on stage received a weekend for two people at
Sälens Högfjällshotell.


Welmer Blom, General Director of Air France/
KLM/Delta gave away two round tickets
to New York.

Besides good fellowship and conversation on a pre-Nobel December day, we all went home winners this year. The traditional sponsor’s goody bag included a Disney Video, along with some very untraditional foods and beauty products – always a hint of what’s in the import pipeline.

See you next year – and Happy Holidays!