Swedish Chamber of Commerce for the United Kingdom

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Swedish Chamber of Commerce for the United Kingdom
Company type	Non-profit organization
Founded	1906
Headquarters	London, United Kingdom Sweden House, 5 Upper Montagu Street London W1H 2AG
Key people	Peter Jelkeby Chairman Fredrik Warneryd CEO
Subsidiaries	Young Professionals of the Swedish Chamber
Website	http://www.scc.org.uk/

The Swedish Chamber of Commerce (SCC), founded in 1906, is an independent, nonprofit Swedish-British business organisation. The Chamber has around 450 member businesses, representing not only Swedish companies but also British and European companies interested in strengthening their existing ties with Sweden and the UK or expanding to new markets. The Swedish Chamber of Commerce for the UK is the oldest and largest foreign Swedish Chamber in the world, and also one of the largest foreign Chambers in the UK.^[1]^[2]

Young Professionals of the Swedish Chamber

In addition, a sub-organisation, the Young Professionals (YP), has approximately 100 individual Members, aged 25–35 with an interest in the Swedish-British business community.^[3]^[4]

History

The subject of a London Chamber was first discussed in early 1906, when a number of meetings regarding the arrangement of a Swedish exhibition, led to the establishment of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in London. The Board of Trade granted the Certificate of Incorporation and offices were hired at 136 Fenchurch Street. At the end of 1907 at least 189 members had been elected.^[5]

Former Chairmen

1906–1915 Fred Löwenadler
1915–1924 Harald Benedixson
1924–1932 Axel Welin
1932–1933 F Ljungberg
1933–1941 B De Maré
1941–1944 O Thott
1944–1946 T Landby
1946–1950 N H Leander
1950–1959 S Frisell
1959–1963 Torolf Lyth
1963–1967 Torsten J Mosesson
1967–1970 A A Flygt
1970–1971 Hans L. Zetterberg
1971–1974 Gunnar Englund
1974–1977 Kurt Domellöf
1977–1981 Keith Lomas
1981–1984 Jan Ancarcrona
1984–1986 Sir Jeffrey Petersen
1986–1989 Bertil Norinder
1989–1994 Duncan MacDougall
1994–1996 Staffan Gadd
1996–1999 Alan Toulson
1999–2002 Anders Grundberg
2003–2004 Claes Oscarson
2004–2007 Roger Gifford
2007–2010 Bo Lerenius, CBE
2010–2013 Paul von der Heyde
2013–2017 Beatrice Engström Bondy
2017–2023 Jan Olsson
2023-present Peter Jelkeby

Former Managing Directors

1906-1917 Louis Zettersten
1917-1919 C W Cederwall
1919-1943 Dr E Classen
1943-1945 E Steffenburg
1945-1963 Einar Kihlstedt
1963-1967 Curt Björnemark
1967-1972 Staffan Widenfelt
1972-1977 Vacant
1978-1983 Leif Forsberg
1983-1994 Gunnar Fineman
1994-1999 Pia Helena Ormerod
1999-2004 Ulla O'Barius
2004-2009 Christina Liljeström
2009-2012 Annika Wahlberg
2012-2018 Ulla Nilsson
2018-2022 Peter Sandberg
2022-present Fredrik Warneryd

References

^ "Chamber of Commerce | SwedenAbroad". www.swedenabroad.com. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
^ "Swedish Chamber of Commerce | About". www.scc.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
^ "Chamber of Commerce | SwedenAbroad". www.swedenabroad.com. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
^ "Swedish Chamber of Commerce | About". www.scc.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
^ "Swedish Chamber of Commerce | History". www.scc.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-07-03.