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Swedcham News
Tommy Toresson, Anders Norinder, Daniela
Metsaranta and Christian Christensen.
Early Midsummer
& Football Gathering
Leonardo, Alicia and Erik.
Many people came to join us to celebrate the Swedish Midsummer followed
by the Brazil vs. Mexico World Cup match on June 17. Unfortunately, despite
all the cheering and rooting, the much awaited game ended in a draw.
This was a family and friends event, with many children participating!
Midsummer is one of the most popular traditions in Sweden, which
celebrates the beginning of summer and the longest day of the year
on June 20.
Once again, this was a unique opportunity for everyone to get together
and celebrate with Swedcham and enjoy some typical Swedish summer
drinks and food served by Buffet Cicareli and have fun watching the game!
The delicious buffet of Swedish
food was attacked by all the
hungry football fans!
Ibra makes it to Brazil
Sweden may have lost to Portugal in their World Cup play-off, but that hasn’t
stopped star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic from travelling to Brazil.
The Paris Saint-Germain forward was pictured arriving in Rio de Janeiro on
June 18 (as this magazine was going to press) and posing with the tournament’s
official mascot Fuleco the Armadillo.
With Sweden failing to make the World Cup, a campaign was started earlier this
year to get the one and only Ibrahimovic to Brazil. Even if he couldn’t play, the
football world wanted one of the greatest footballers to be in Brazil for the greatest
show on earth, and several videos were released, featuring the likes of Daniel Alves,
Ronaldo, Bebeto and even Anderson Silva pleading with Ibra to make the trip.
52 JUNE - AUGUST 2014