Three tall ships will visit Tampa July 10 - 14. The ships will be open for tours during their stay here. I recommend touring one of these magnificent ships. I will bring the family to tour the US tall ship Eagle that will be docked at Channelside.
Read more on http://www.sailtampabay2010.com

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Swedish Midsummer celebration in Sarasota, 2006.

Today Sweden is celebrating Midsummer with pickled herring, snaps, beer and Swedish Strawberry Cake. On Sunday Swedes in the Tampa Bay area can join the Swedish Club of Tampa Bay's annual midummer fest. They will be celebrating in the beautiful Fort de Soto Park, Shelter 1, fee for attending is $15 for non-member families or $7 per person. You are asked to additionally bring a typical Swedish midsummer dish to this event that starts at 2pm. You can always bring a Swedish Strawberry Cake to the event, on a reader's kind request I will share the recipe for the cake our kids made last weekend.

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If you are in NY or LA this week, do not miss the cool Swedish Midsummer events there! Imagine if we can get such Midsummer parties in Miami and Tampa!
Check out swedishmidsummerparty.com  

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THURSDAY, MAY 6
From 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Join Balcony Club and other young professionals for a totally “Swede” reception. Guests can munch on a smörgåsbord of delightful snacks while listening to the sweet sounds of DJ Rich Ranck. Mamma Mia!
Immediately following Tampa Theatre will screen the Swedish thriller "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". Based on the bestselling novel by Stieg Larsson, this suspenseful mystery reveals an epic tale of serial murder and corporate trickery spanning several continents and decades to the benefit of a wealthy industrial family.
Admission to this happy hour and film screening is FREE for Balcony Club members and just $10 for guests. Balcony Club members receive 2 complimentary drinks and a cash bar is available to all.
For more details call Kelly at 813-274-5507 or email kelly@tampatheatre.org

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Tampa takes the lead in the global social media events. Join this historic get-together or swarm tomorrow night 6-9 pm at Hyatt Regency Hotel in Downtown Tampa.  It all started with a blogging and tweeting optometris from Westchase and now is about to become a global event to celebrated in more than 100 cities from Beijing to Mumbai and Atlanta to Dubai. 4sqday users will get discounts at restaurants, bars and optometrists. Read more and join up here http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=108867499135590 or here http://blog.4sqday.com/

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Focus on Immigration Law
This month's speaker is Lawyer William Flynn of Fowler White Boggs is an expert on immigration law and will share news concerning SBTA countries citizens and answer questions. William Flynn is a long time member of the SBTA board.

April 30 11.45 am at Landry's Seafood House 7616 W Courtney Campbell Cswy, Tampa  
Member $20 Non members $25
For registrations and questions contact ivar@scandamerica.com

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Come on Scandinavians, you lovers of nature and fresh air!  This sounds like an excellent occassion to support a greener Tampa and teach the Tampanites to use public transportation,having fun at the same time.

ECO.Lution takes to the streets of Downtown Tampa, Friday, April 2,  with Paint the Town Green. Paint the Town Green is a fun and inspiring restaurant and bar hop utilizing Tampa’s public transit. Event participants will receive passports to record their journey visiting select venues along the HART Green Line and TECO Line Street Car. Each location offers food and drink specials for this night only. Several hundred attendees and dozens of bars and restaurants have participated in past years. This is an exclusive night to learn more about the extraordinary places that make Tampa unique.

Where do I get a Passport? Buy Passports now and the night of the event at Tre Amici in Ybor City at 1907 N. 19th Street.or go to http://www.ecolutiontampa.com/_pttg.php

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Swedes love to peal and eat the delicious North See shrimp. The Swedish Club of Sarasota offer a great opportunity to visit beautful Sarasota and feast on shrimp.
For more information and to make your reservation contact info@swedishclubofsarasota.com
Web site http://www.swedishclubsarasota.org/calendar.html

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SBTAs power lunch will be at IKEA Tampa on March 26 at 11.45 am. Guest speaker is mr Saffi Mildton from Fortune-High-Tech Marketing.
Cost for the lunch is $20, please make reservations to info@scandbalt.org
For more information about SBTA go to www.scandbalt.org

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Make sure to attend this interesting event on March 11 Higgins Hall Tampa.
There will be Scandinavian entertainment, join this event and cheer for Scandinavia!

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For the first time SBTAs power luncheon will be held at IKEA Tampa Bay. On February 26 at 11.45 am Swedish food such as meatballs, gravlax, Swedish ham, a la IKEA will be served.
Contact info@scandbalt.org for more information.

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February 19th 7 pm at Bahama Breeze - 3045 North Rocky Point Drive E., Tampa, FL 33607 Phone: (813) 289-7922 - http://www.bahamabreeze.com.

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                                                                                       Courtesy Allt om Mat

Traditional Swedish pea soup made of dried yellow peas and bacon is sooo good, add Swedish thin pancakes with whipped cream and lingonsylt and you have a heavenly meal of the best Swedish comfort food. The Swedish Club of Sarasota is hosting a Peasoup and Pancake event on March 7 at 3 pm in the St Armands Key Lutheran Church, Sarasota. I will take my family for a drive to beautiful Sarasota and enjoy pea soup in the company of the nice and friendly Swedes of Sarasota!  

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Latest news from SBTA:

" We just got confirmed that the 1973 Nobel Prize Winner in Physics Mr. Ivar Giaever has accepted to speak at our upcoming Luncheon & Annual meeting.

Don't miss this great opportunity on Friday..

Mr. Giaever is in Tampa for just a limited amount of days so it is a great honor to have a Scandinavian Nobel Prize winner to address SBTA and answer questions from us.

SBTA is really gearing up for a new and exciting year and I'm happy to announce that we are growing and have received additional members in 2009.

We are proud to recently have received recognition as Tampa Bay's leading trade and networking organization within the Scandinavian-American business community in central Florida by the mayor of Tampa, Greater Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce, the World Trade Center, University of South Florida and  and the participation at the 2010 International Business Summit this spring".

Time and place

Friday January 29th at 11.45 am. The price for the lunch is $20.
Place: Landry's Seafood House, 7116 W Courtney Campbell Cswy, Tampa, FL 33607
Send reservations and questions  about the 2010 membership to info@scandbalt,org

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The Lucia celebration was one of the highlights of the SBTA's annual Christmas party.

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Go to a Lucia Celebration and Julbord event this year!
 I have listed some of them here, if you know of a Lucia event I have not mentioned please let me know and I will add it.

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We would like to thank SBTA for the opportunity to speak at your luncheon last Friday. The editor met with several interesting entrepreneurs in the Tampa Bay area. There will be articles about Swedish and Scandinavian business owners in Florida. Click on read more for mingle photos of some of Tampa Bay’s Scandinavian movers and shakers.  

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The SBTA luncheon will be held today, Friday, at Landry's Seafood House, 7616 W Courtney Campbell Cswy, Tampa, FL 33607 at 11.45 am. See you there! Do not forget to bring a big smile as our junior photographer will be there.

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