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The Nordics and the World

Unleashed is a Summit created to bring together top decision-makers from the wider business community, politics, and civil society-at-large in the Nordics.

Held in August 2024, the event spanned a full day, set against the stunning and tranquil backdrop of the Stockholm archipelago.

Leading innovators, creators, and change-makers from Sweden, northern Europe, and across the globe gathered for a day filled with exchanging perspectives, insights, and forging connections that might not have been possible elsewhere. The power of coming together was truly unleashed.

The Swedish experience showed how business success is often built through strong, deep collaborations—between businesses, the public sector, and across domestic and global markets.

Under the theme ”The Nordics and the World,” the summit explored vital global issues such as geopolitics, world order, green transition, new technology, and innovation—encouraging essential exchanges of knowledge to navigate the complexities of an ever-changing world.

Speakers

Program 2024

Welcoming remarks

Daniella Waldfogel, CEO, Stockholm Chamber of Commerce 

Where on earth are we heading? The major shifts in a world of turmoil

Elisabeth Braw, Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council
Paul Kane, Senior Congressional Correspondent & Columnist, The Washington Post
Polly Toynbee, Columnist, The Guardian
Kersti Kaljulaid, former President of the Republic of Estonia

Embracing the Nordics

Odd Arild Grefstad, Group CEO, Storebrand 
Anko van der Werff, President & CEO, SAS Group
Jan Vaapavuori, Former Mayor of Helsinki
Harald Mix, Co-Founding Partner, Altor, Co-Founder & Chairman, Vargas

Interview

Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson

If not us, then who? Fighting climate change

Sunita Narain, Director General, Centre for Science and Environment 
Anna Borg, President & CEO, Vattenfall
Johan Lundgren, CEO, easyJet
Hans Sohlström, President & CEO, Stora Enso

Interview

Jacob Wallenberg, Investor AB

Tech for a new reality

Ana Paula de Jesus Assis, Chair & General Manager for EMEA, IBM
Nana Bule, Tech advisor

Quality of life for the next chapter

Andrew Tuck, Editor in Chief, Monocle
Emily Birkin, Country Retail Manager, Ikea  Sweden
Morten Albaek, Founder & CEO, Voluntās
Lise Bach Hansen, Head of live literature, Royal Library Copenhagen

Highlights from 2024

Photo credit: Daniel Ivarsson, Rebecka Rynefelt, Pierre Björk, Tove Hanell, Nicklas Thegerström

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