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Jan 24 2010

Swedish world-renowned astronaut Christer Fuglesang visits Israel on 25 January - 1 February

Christer Fuglesang is a Swedish physicist and an ESA astronaut. and the first Swedish citizen in space. He is a Fellow at CERN and taught mathematics at the Royal Institute of Technology at Stockholm before being selected to join the Astronaut Corps of the European Space Agency in 1992. He has participated on two Space Shuttle missions and five spacewalks, and is the first astronaut outside of the United States or Russian space programs to participate in more than three spacewalks.

As a member of a delegation from NASA, Mr Fuglesang will participate in the
Fifth Ilan Ramon Annual International Space Conference at Fisher Brothers Institute for Air and Space Strategic Studies, Israel Air Force Center in Herzliya, 27 - 28 January 2009. The Israeli austronaut Ilan Ramon perished with the Columbia spaceship in 2003.

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Jul 13 2010 Swedish General Election 2010
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Apr 23 2010 Life Science Call for Proposals
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Apr 15 2010 Please note the Embassy of Sweden in Tel Aviv will be closed on the following days in April 2010
The Embassy will be closed in the afternoon on Monday 19 April and the whole day on Tuesday 20 April due to the Israeli Independence Day.
Apr 15 2010 Internships at the Embassy of Sweden in Tel Aviv
The Embassy will not receive Swedish students for interships during autumn 2010.
Mar 8 2010 Swedish painter exhibiting at the INGA Gallery
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Dec 3 2009 Swedish lessons
Mr. David Grünberg offers lessons in Swedish to pupils of all ages. Mr. Grünberg has extensive experience in teaching Swedish to Swedish children abroad and non-Swedes alike. Greater Tel Aviv area.

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