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  • +/-Nov 12 2009Swedish support to Afghanistan to remain long-termBy:
    The mission of Swedish forces in Afghanistan is to be extended to 31 December 2010. This is proposed in the Bill to be passed by the Government October 22. Together with the increase in Swedish development assistance and greater EU involvement, the Government wants to help to ensure that responsibility for the country's development can be transferred to the Afghan authorities in due course.
  • +/-Nov 12 2009Climate Change SeminarBy:
    In connection with the Herbarium Amoris exhibition the Swedish Embassy is arranging a seminar at the Canadian Museum of Nature on 20 November.
  • +/-Nov 12 2009Herbarium Amoris Photo ExhibitionBy:
    In the evening of 19 November the Canadian Museum of Nature in partnership with the Swedish Embassy will open a photo exhibition Herbarium amoris, botanical photos by the Swedish photographer Edward Koinberg
  • +/-Nov 12 2009Seminar on the Fall of the Iron CurtainBy:
    How did the EU contribute to the rapid transformation of the former Communist states in Central and Eastern Europe? And what happened 20 years ago during the dramatic year of 1989 when the Iron curtain fell?
  • +/-Nov 12 2009EU Film FestivalBy:
    The opening of the 24th European Union Film Festival will take place on Wednesday 18 November with a gala evening at Library and Archives Canada featuring the Swedish film Darling, an award-winning film by director Johan Kling.
  • +/-Nov 9 2009Educational tours to Sweden 2010By:
    As a result of two very successful and sold-out tours in 2009, The Swedish Trade Council and the Canadian Urban Institute, in association with the Embassy of Sweden, Renew Canada Magazine and Embassy of Canada, are planning two Educational Tours to Sweden related to sustainable urban planning and waste to energy for next year.
  • +/-Oct 7 2009Two Nobel Laureates with Canadian ConnectionBy:
    The prestigious Nobel Prizes are being announced from the 5 - 12 October 2009. The Nobel Laureates will come together in Stockholm in the beginning of December for an intensive week of press conferences, lectures, concerts and then finishing up with the award ceremony and banquet.
  • +/-Oct 7 2009EU-Canada Transatlantic Dialogue MeetingBy:
    On October 1st the President of the Council of the European Union and Sweden's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Carl Bildt was in Ottawa to hold transatlantic talks with the Canadian Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Honourable Lawrence Cannon.
  • +/-Aug 24 2009The A(H1N1) FluBy:
    The Embassy of Sweden in Ottawa is following developments of the flu closely, and reminds Swedish citizens visiting or living in Canada to follow the recommendations of Canadian authorities. Read more on
  • +/-Jan 1 2009Embassy Holidays for 2009By:
    Please note during the 2009 period, the Embassy will be closed on the following dates:
  • +/-Dec 15 2008New rules for labour immigrationBy:
    Today the new Swedish rules for labour immigration will be implemented. This has been decided by the Swedish Parliament.
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