Our upcoming days are as follows: 

Transatlantic Day – Gothenburg, Sweden: Nov. 3
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Transatlantic Day – Lund, Sweden: Dec. 1
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Transatlantic Day – Stockholm, Sweden: Feb. 3 

Please express your interest to CEO Karin Hammar if you are interested in sponsor seats at Transatlantic Day by calling +1 202 415 1899 or +46 76 636 2418, or email [email protected]. 
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Thank you to all the leaders and friends of the Swedish American Chamber of Commerce for the 2026 edition of the Transatlantic Day.

More photos by Patrik Engberg from the Transatlantic Day in Stockholm here!

Now is the time – A decisive year for Sweden and the United States

In a feature in Swedish daily Svenska Dagbladet SvD, our CEO Karin Hammar speaks about ways to match Swedish business and innovations with US markets.

Read the full article here.​​​​​​​

Gothenburg Speakers 

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Per Cedergren
Chairman, Swedish American Chambers of Commerce USA, Inc. 

Marianne Drain
Senior Commercial Officer, U.S. Embassy Stockholm

Nancy Fischer
Global Head of the Regulatory Practice, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Cristina Petrescu
CEO, Securitas AB 

Karin Hammar
CEO, Swedish American Chambers of Commerce USA, Inc.

Henrik von Sydow
Business Strategist, Carnegie Investment Bank

Torbjörn Sjöström
CEO, Novus

Andreas von der Heide
CEO, Consilio International

Christina Nyman
Chief Economist, Handelsbanken

Olof Manner
Senior Advisor, Swedbank

Fredrik Wadsten
CEO, Triathlon

Mats Lundqvist
​​​​​​​Professor in Entrepreneurship, Chalmers University of Technology

Magnus Demervall
CEO, Företagarna

Fredrik Nilsson
VP of the Americas, Axis Communications

Patrik Andersson
​​​​​​​CEO, Business Region Göteborg

Malin Parkler
CEO, Pfizer Sweden

Anders Wesslau
General Manager, Managing Director Sweden, Merck Group

Anders Persson
Head Ecosystems, Strategy and Projects, AstraZeneca BioVentureHub

Malin Appelgren
​​​​​​​Partner, Paues Aberg Communications

Pia Irell
​​​​​​​Pike Impact Investor, Advisor

Åsa Zetterberg
Director General, Tech Sverige

Thomas Gårdängen Founder, Crunchfish

Sofia Eklund
Partner, Triathlon Group

Anders Ölme
​​​​​​​Partner Business Manager, NVIDIA Nordics

Peter Dahlen
Managing Director, American Chamber of Commerce in Sweden 

Dr. Tomas J. Philipson
Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago

Elisabet Kopelman
​​​​​​​Economist, U.S. Specialist, SEB 

Lotta Edling
​​​​​​​Editorial Director, Bonnier News 

Stockholm Speakers 

View the program here.
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Per Cedergren
Chairman, Swedish American Chambers of Commerce USA, Inc. 

Mathias Arvidsson
CEO, KPMG Sweden  

Ambassador Christine J. Toretti
Ambassador of the United States to Sweden 

Mark Brezinski
President & CEO, Brezenski Global Strategies, Former Ambassador of the United States to Poland & Sweden 

Lars Strannegård
Principal, Stockholm School of Economics 

Joel Halldorf
Professor in Church History, University College Stockholm  

Ambassador Jan Eliasson
Former Ambassador of Sweden to the United States

Lena Sellgren
​​​​​​​Chief Economist, Business Sweden   

Jens Magnusson
​​​​​​​Chief Economist, SEB 

Andrew Gilmour 
Former Senior CIA Analyst

Biörn Riese
Partner, Jurie Advokat AB

Anna Hensel
​​​​​​​Managing Director, Kroll Risk Advisory 

Niklas Rossbach
Centre for Societal Security Analysis, The Swedish
​​​​​​​Defence University

Hanna Linderstål
CEO & Founder, Earhart Business Protection Agency

Fredrik Hillelson CEO, Novare  

Mattias Persson
Chief Economist, Swedbank 

Annika Winsth
Chief Economist, Nordea  

Alexandra Stråberg
Chief Economist, 
​​​​​​​Länsförsäkringar 

Vahid Zohali
CEO, IBM Sweden

Christian Levin
President & CEO, Scania CV AB and TRATON SE

Daniel Szirányi
Head of Automotive, KPMG 

Sara Övreby
Head of Public Policy, Google Norden 

Anton Osika
Co-Founder, Lovable

Jon Arnell
​​​​​​​Chief Investment Officer, Von Euler & Partners

Lisa Bjurwald
Editor-in-Chief & Publisher, Alltinget ​​​​​​​

Jens Henriksson
​​​​​​​CEO, Swedbank 

Adam Kostyal
President, Nasdaq Stockholm

Monica Lanner Wiiburg
Director, Capital Markets, KPMG Sverige 

David Bagge
​​​​​​​CEO, 
Marketmate Stock Picker  

Magnus Nordéus
Group Head of Trade Compliance, Ericsson

Lund Speakers 

View the preliminary program here.
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Per Cedergren
Chairman, Swedish American Chambers of Commerce USA, Inc.

Erik Renström
Vice Chancellor, Lund University

Marc C. Elliott
​​​​​​​Vice Provost for International Affairs, Harvard University

Molly Steenson
CEO, American Swedish Institute, Honorary Consul, Princeton Board Mbr

Henric Johnson
Rector, Blekinge Institute of Technology

Nancy Fischer
Global Head of the Regulatory Practice, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Anna Hensel
​​​​​​​Managing Director, Kroll Risk Advisory

Niklas Rossbach
Centre for Societal Security Analysis, The Swedish
​​​​​​​Defence University 

Malin Frenning
CEO, RISE Research Institute of Sweden 

Jeanette Irekvist
Chief Commercial Officer, Ovzon

Christer Fuglesang Astronaut/Space Advisor, SAAB 
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Johan Eklund
CEO, Sydsvenska Handelskammaren​​​​​​​

Pontus Herin
TV anchor, reporter, Dagens Industri newspaper, Dagens Industri TV

Jodi Goldberg
Regulatory and Commercial Contracts Attorney
​​​​​​​Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Lisa Bjurwald
Editor-in-Chief & Publisher, Alltinget ​​​​​​​

David von Laskowski
CEO, Green Food Systems, Picadeli

Andrew Gilmour
Scholar-In-Residence, Center for The Study of Statesmanship, Catholic University of America

Gustav Bolin
​​​​​​​Partner, McKinsey Sweden

Jens Magnusson
​​​​​​​Chief Economist, SEB 

Åsa Wikström
Head of People & Culture, Foxway

Sindra Petersson Årsköld Senior Advisor, European Spallation Source, ESS 

Christian Lindfors
​​​​​​​CEO, Science Properties  

Maria Stromme
Professor, Nanotechnology, Uppsala University, Board Mbr ESS ERIC

Christian Orsing
​​​​​​​Chairman of the executive committee (Mayor) City of Helsingborg

Tom Erixon
​​​​​​​CEO, AlfaLaval

Karin Holmqvist
​​​​​​​Head of Strategy Implementation, Saab

Marcus Pettersson
​​​​​​​CEO, Rundfunk Media 

Thomas Engstedt
​​​​​​​Nanovac  

Jonatan Kruse CEO/Founder, Swedish Frames

Marie Bengtsson CEO, Advenica 

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