The Anglo-Swedish Society, founded 1918, 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.
In May 2009, the Swedish Ambassador, Staffan Carlson, kindly invited members of the Society to celebrate the 90th Anniversary of the Society at his magnificent residence on Portland Place. We received greetings from our two other Patrons, HM the King of Sweden and Prince Philip. The evening was a fund-raising event, and well in excess of £5000 was raised for the scholarship fund.
More recently, members attended the Nordic Gala Concert at the Guildhall, were invited to a reception and tour at the Old Bailey in September and were the guests of Baroness Maddock at the House of Lords in October. It was a pleasure to hear our music scholar, Mae Haydorn, sing Händel's Messiah at Cadogan Hall in December.
The Society funds Swedish post-graduate students to attend the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. It also pays for a glass and ceramics exchange programme between the Royal College of Art and Konstfack and a stipend for a student from the Restaurant School at Nyköping to spend time at Heston Blumenthal's world famous Fat Duck in Bray. Ad-hoc funding has gone to a team of English youngsters to compete in the world's largest under-14s ice-hockey tournament and towards sending 135 English Scouts and Guides to Kalix in Northern Sweden. Money is raised from individual and corporate donations.
Our Patrons are King Carl Gustaf, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Swedish Ambassador
and the Society is a registered charity (number 289688) in the United Kingdom.
