Links - Gloucestershire Swedish Club

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In Cheltenham and local area:

Svea - Swedish Cafe & Restaurant
Wonderful food and friendly staff in Cheltenham town centre,
only 1-2 minutes walk from the High Street.
"Homemade Swedish cakes, pastries and lunches to eat in or take-away.
Swedish Smörgåsbord is available at Svea Café on the first Saturday of every month.
Bespoke catering service available including Smörgåstårta (Swedish sandwich cake)
- ideal for business meetings. Also available for evening party bookings."

Skandic Hus
Swedish shop, also offering mail-order, in Cheltenham:
modern Scandinavian designer furniture, lighting, kitchenware, and glassware.
"The shop reflects the simplicity, functionality and beauty of Scandinavia, combining modern and
traditional design classics with individually sourced crafts. With its unique selection of products from designers
in Finland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, Skandic Hus offers a range of innovative and stylish items."

Cheltenham Swedish Book Group
Meets every 6 months to discuss, in Swedish, a book in Swedish.

Cheltenham4u.co.uk
Excellent online guide to Cheltenham, with details on a wide variety of
points of interest, events, activities and more.

Cheltenham Language Clubs Network
The CLCN has been set up for combined promotion of language clubs and groups
in Cheltenham and the local area, and to provide each with online facilities.

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In Great Britain:

Swedish Embassy in London
Includes the opportunity to sign up for the embassy's monthly newsletter of Swedish cultural events in the UK. Also features contact details for the various embassy sections, diverse other helpful information and useful links.

Anglo-Swedish Society
Based in London. "The Anglo-Swedish Society, founded 1919, offers members and their guests the opportunity to enjoy several events per year, which explore the cross-over between Swedish and English culture and arts."

Anglo-Swedish Literary Foundation
Encourages mutual cultural understanding between Sweden and the British Isles.

SELTA - The Swedish-English Literary Translators' Association
"SELTA acts as a pressure group, an information exchange and a register of translators. SELTA maintains contact with English-language and Swedish-language publishers and with relevant cultural and literary organizations in Britain, Sweden and Finland. Meetings are held once or twice a year in London, and there is a newsletter for members. SELTA keeps a register of Swedish-English translators available for work, with brief details of published translations and types of work undertaken."

The Swedish Chamber of Commerce for the UK

"The Swedish Chamber of Commerce is the only independent organisation set up to promote trade between Sweden and the UK bilaterally. It was founded in 1906 and is one of the oldest Swedish Chambers of Commerce abroad.It is an autonomous non-profit making organisation funded entirely by membership subscriptions and revenue generated by activities arranged by the Chamber."

Handelsbanken, Swindon branch
Swedish bank with a branch in Swindon, one among over 50 branches in Great Britain. "Unlike most other banks, our operations are not centralised and customers benefit from extremely short decision lines. Each branch is treated like a small company in its own right. This means that every branch has the power to make decisions at a local level enabling it to offer a banking service that is precisely tailored to the needs of the local market...We have been operating in Great Britain for over 30 years and we have an ongoing expansion plan for the opening of new branches."

Swednet
"SwedNet is a Swedish oriented information and publishing service managed by the UK based DMR Information and Technology Group. SwedNet is focused on Sweden and the Scandinavian region with the aims of encouraging business, cultural and information exchanges."

Totally Swedish
"Since 2005 TotallySwedish has provided Londoners with a wide range of fine Swedish products:
groceries, children’s range, books, magazines, greeting cards, Swedish art and design.
We now have the pleasure to invite all of the UK to our online shop."

Swedish School in London
Website for the Swedish School in London

Swedish Church in London
The Swedish Church in London is a focal point for Swedish culture, events and contacts.

Grant & Cutler
"Grant & Cutler was established in 1936 and is now the largest foreign-language bookseller in the UK, stocking more than 55,000 books, DVDs, CDs, cassettes, games etc. in over 150 languages."

European Bookshop
"The Languages and Literatures of Europe"
(Part of European Schoolbooks Ltd)
"Almost 80,000 titles in our catalogue". Mail-order facility via website, and shop is in London.

In Sweden:

sweden.se
"Sweden.se is Sweden's official website. Our mission is to make it easy for you to find information about Sweden in English as well as other languages. On Sweden.se you can not only read inspiring texts about Sweden, but also listen to Swedish music and watch films and images from Sweden.”

www.visitsweden.com
"Visitsweden.com is Sweden’s official travel and tourist information web site. Search for holiday and hotel information, images of Sweden and its culture. Find city breaks in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö, trips to Swedish Lapland and many other destinations in Sweden."

SAS airline
Website of SAS - Scandinavian Airlines

SJ
Website of the Swedish national railway network

Swedish Arts Council
"The Swedish Arts Council supports, develops and initiates interaction between the state, the regions, municipalities and representatives for cultural life in Sweden, e.g. libraries, museums and performing arts centres. The aim is to safeguard and develop Swedish national cultural policy, and to promote cultural diversity and an even geographical spread in cultural provision."

Sida – Swedish International Development Cooperation
"The Swedish Agency for International Development Cooperation, Sida, is a government agency under the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Sida's goal is to contribute to making it possible for poor people to improve their living conditions."

Sveaskog
"Sveaskog manages some 4.5 million ha of land, including 3.4 million of productive forest land. This corresponds to 15% of forest land in Sweden. Using its own raw material assets and through purchases and exchanges, Sveaskog is a leading supplier of sawlogs, pulpwood and biofuels."

Friluftsfrämjandet
"Friluftsfrämjandet grundades 1892 och har allt sedan dess verkat för ökad folkhälsa och livsglädje genom aktivt friluftsliv. Friluftsfrämjandet är en folkrörelse och ideell organisation med ca 100 000 medlemmar organiserade i 23 distrikt med tillhörande 430 lokalavdelningar."

Föreningen Böda Skogsjärnväg
Forest railway on northern Öland. Take a steam or diesel journey through the magical landscape to the extraordinary Trolls Forest, or volunteer for some of the varied tasks with the friendly humorous team!