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Sweden is the largest of the Nordic countries in Northern Europe, with a population of about 9,3 million. It borders Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark via the bridge of Öresund (Öresundsbron). The Baltic Sea lies to the east of Sweden, as well as the Gulf of Bothnia, which separates Sweden from most of Finland. Source
Indian success stories in Sweden: Here, they know him as Bicky, the man who owns Sweden's most popular chain of budget hotels and pubs. What they don’t know is that Bicky Chakraborty, one of the richest men in Scandinavia, is an Indian from Kolkata. After more than four decades in Sweden, Bicky is more Swedish than Indian. "Now, I'm Indian only by birth," he says. This, despite visiting India almost five times a year, staying fluent in Bengali and remembering a fair number of Tagore’s songs. . continued
Sweden is also the home of the Nobel Foundation that awards the Nobel Prize. You may also be interrested in the list of Nobel laureates of India (Wikipedia)
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- Embassy of India, Sweden and Latvia
ADOLF FREDRIKS KYRKOGATA 12,
BOX 1340, 111 83 STOCKHOLM
TEL: 08-107008, 4113212, 4113213; FAX: 08-248505
- Life in Sweden: Official gateway to Sweden
- Indo-Swedish Association: INDISK-SVENSKA FÖRENINGEN: Most active Indian organization. The only Indian association in Stockholm that is fully funded and recognized by Swedish authorities & it speaks volumes!
- Swedish Chamber of Commerce India: The Swedish Chamber of Commerce Indias' mission is to promote Swedish commercial interest in India through networking, lobbying and an active partnership by all members of the Indo-Swedish business community.
- Sweden India Business Council:The Swedish Chamber of Commerce Indias' mission is to promote Swedish commercial interest in India through networking, lobbying and an active partnership by all members of the Indo-Swedish business communityBenefits
- Sweden India Project: THE SWEDEN-INDIA project aims for participants to be educated in critical global citizenship, capable of becoming agencies of larger social change.
- Swedish Indian Association in Bangalore : Siab is the first association for individuals that have any connection to Sweden and India. The association is located in Bangalore, but anyone can join us. On this site you can find information about us and our events, that we arrange from time to time. You who need help with anything, information about Us, Sweden or Bangalore or join us, you can contact us through this webpage.
- Hindu Union: Kärrhöksgatan 62, 556 12 Jonkoping, Sweden. Postgiro : 343688-8. hindu.union@telia.com
- Bangiya Sanatan Samaj : Bangiya Sanatan Samaj is the association of Bengali Hindus. There are approximately 1500 Bengali Hindus in Sweden, both from the India's West Bengal and from Bangladesh.
- Swedish South Asian Studies Network: SASNET co-organised an international workshop on ”Women and migration in South Asia
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News and Articles on Indians in Sweden |
- Indian students go missing in Sweden - The Local: Swedish colleges expecting an influx of funds from foreign students have had their hopes dashed by an Indian company, according to Dagens Nyheter.
- Hinduism in Sweden: Out of a population of 8.9 million, persons of Indian origin and non- resident Indians together number 11,000 or 0.012%. Most of them are Punjabis, Bengalis, Gujaratis and South Indians
- Gay 'Indian prince' charms Sweden : He has become Sweden's charming "Indian prince" in just a few days. And erstwhile royal Manvendra Singh Gohil, who is unabashedly gay, returns the compliment, thrilled as he is by the openness of Swedish society.
Manvendra, the scion of the erstwhile royal family of Rajpipla in Gujarat, is here as a guest of honour of Sweden's annual gay parade, StockholmPride, which in 2008 hosted the annually rotating EuroPride.
Believed to be the only erstwhile Indian royal who is openly homosexual, Manvendra has worked magic on gay as well as straight Swedish audiences, a la Hollywood celebrity.
- Sweden changes immigration rules to allow Indians: Swedish Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy Tobias Billstrom who visited India in the first week of November informed Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi about the changes in the immigration rules which would allow Indian workers to seek work opportunities in his country.
Swedish Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy Tobias Billstrom who visited India in the first week of November informed Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi about the changes in the immigration rules which would allow Indian workers to seek work opportunities in his country.
There is a shortage of manpower due to ageing of Swedish population. Both the business and public sectors are having difficulty recruiting workers to fill the vacancies. Swedish Minister Billstrom, besides meeting with the MOIA minister, also called upon Home Minister Shivraj Patil and Labour Minister Oscar Fernandes and apprised them of reforms in the immigration laws of his country. He also visited some business houses in Delhi, Pune and Mumbai and met with the executives of chambers of commerce. Indian students who want to extend their stay after the completion of their studies, have completed one semester or one term of research education at any institute of higher education and want to work in Sweden, would be eligible to apply for work and residence permit.
- People marked as 'South Asians' in Sweden The presence of those marked as 'South Asians' in Sweden rose from 45 in 1900 to 21,418 in 1997. The rise was gradual till the 1970s when with the arrival of 'South Asians' from Uganda the numbers went up considerably . Since then further refugees and asylum seekers have come, especially from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The major form of immigration is, however, family reunion. From the 1970s onwards the adoption of 'South Asian' children, particularly from India and Sri Lanka, has also played an important role. Sundaram gives the account of a young 'Swede', who 24 years after having been adopted, finds his 'Indian' family.
Hole (1997) argues that the relatively small number of 'South Asians' has resulted in a special diaspora situation. There are too few Hindus not only to differentiate among each other according to caste and other religious markers, but also to keep totally separate from non-Hindu 'Indians'. Already since the middle of the 1970s the most important organisation in Sweden is the Swedish-Indian Association which brings together Indians of all religions and Swedes with an interest in India. Hindus in Sweden develop rather 'pan-Indian' than religious markers of ethnicity. They form social networks beyond caste and religious boarders. Muslim 'Indians' join them in the Swedish-Indian Association to foster an 'Indian' identity, but join also the Swedish-Pakistani Association for their religious belonging.
- Swedish Indian golfer 18 holes away from becoming the Australian Masters champion : Daniel Chopra had one of the best rounds of his career at Huntingdale Saturday, carding a seven-under par 65 to finish the third round 12-under par and on top of the leaderboard, Fox Sports reported. The one-man multi-national, who learned the game in Geelong, will play Sunday in a final group that promises to be as colourful as it is talented.
- (Continued) Barun Kumar 'Bicky' Chakraborty was a student when he arrived in Sweden with the idea of "just having some fun". He also knew "fun takes time", so he stayed on and became an entrepreneur. It was a chance passage from India.
"One of my acquaintances was a vicar. But what interested me more was his daughter," says Bicky with a smile. He followed father and daughter to Stockholm. Today, Bicky owns the 24-hotel Elite chain scattered across the country.
Then there is the Bishop's Arms pub chain that most Swedes like to visit every evening. "I opened pubs when the economy was slow and gloomy. I cashed in on the gloom," says Bicky. Today, he has 30 pubs.
But Bicky is not the only Indian to have made it big in this Scandinavian country. According to rough estimates, there are 18,000 Indians in Sweden. These include immigrants from India, Africa, Fiji, children adopted from India and a large floating population of Indian professionals and white-collar workers.
. - Indian success stories in Sweden - TOI
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