STOCKHOLM
Where: Downtown Camper, Campfire Grill and Bar, Brunkebergstorg 9, 111 51 Stockholm
Date and time: December 4th, 6pm-9pm
Event by: Urban Beings
Green Drinks is an informal social where everyone who is interested in green issues can grab a drink and mingle with like-minded people. You can even share something which you think has great environmental credentials with fellow Green Drinkers during the 6.30-7pm presentation slot. We meet on the first Tuesday of each month.
Pre-event: What's new about water – Nobel Week Dialogue
Where: Norrsken House, Birger Jarlsgatan 57c, Stockholm,
Date and time: December 8th, 1pm-3pm
Event by: Norrsken House
Nobel Laureate Dan Shechtman, Sandra Postel, Director and Founder of Global Water Policy Project, Founders of The Swedish Algae Factory Sofie Allert, CEO and Angela Wulff, R&D Manager, will discuss the topic of water from an innovation perspective.This will be a moderated Q&A in introduction to the Nobel Week Dialogue 'Water Matters' which will be taking place on December 9th.
Nobel Week Dialogue – Water matters
Where: Stockholm City Conference Centre, Drottningsgatan 71B, 111 23 Stockholm
Date and time: December 9th, 10am-4pm
Event by: Nobel Prize
Nobel Week is an annual event which gather Nobel laureates and top-class researchers from all over the world. This year, the Nobel Week Dialogue will tackle the issue of water: 'How does humanity impact the ocean? Where does water get wasted? Can we change patterns of water use? As a resource, for our health, for the environment and in culture: water matters.'
Code Institute's Open Evening: How To Change Your Career To Coding
Where: Grev Turegatan 30, 114 38 Stockholm, Sweden (Helio, GT30)
Date and time: December 13th, 6.30pm-7.30pm
Event by: Code Institute
Hear from industry experts on how you can kickstart your career in coding and ask them your burning questions. Sweden, like all other countries, currently has a huge tech skills shortage, estimated at 70,000 ICT job vacancies by 2020.
Best of all, Code Institute's course in full stack software development is open to complete beginners and is recognized for student financing through CSN.
Where: Stallet world music, Stockholm
Date and time: December 15th, 7pm
Event by: Ceilidh Stockholm
Ceilidh Stockholm hosts several ceilidhs – traditional Scottish dance balls – a year. All profits go to the Scottish charity Feedback Madagascar. We will have a live band and be teaching the dances. Always great fun, especially on a cold winter evening. The evening are fun and energetic.
Where: Clarion Hotel Sign, Östra Järnvägsgatan 35, 101 26 Stockholm
Date and time: December 26th, 8pm-January 1st, 1am
Event by: 4 Swedes
Snowball 'honours and explore the history and legacy of the African-American dance culture'. For seven days and seven nights, it will be possible to listen and dance to jazz music and take dance classes in Lindy Hop, Balboa and Vernacular Solo Jazz . International teachers.
ÖSTERGÖTLAND
Tech Tuesday with Ericsson: Eco system of innovation
Where: Creactive Mjärdevi, Arenan, Teknikringen 7, 583 30 Linköping
Date and time: December 11th, 11.30am-1pm
Ericsson's Innovation Driver in Linköping Elisabeth Sjöstrand will hold a lecture about the company's strategy for creating fast innovation ready to face the future. She will also present Ericsson's Garage concept in Linköping and the context surrounding it.
Cancer and Cybersecurity with Sectra and East Sweden Tech Girls
Where: Sectra Talang, Teknikringen 20, SE-583 30 Linköping
Date and time: December 6th, 5pm-9pm
A meetup with the network East Sweden Tech Girls which will let you know more about Cancer and Cyber Security. Especially, what is cybersecurity exactly? And what are its consequences on the healthcare industry?
VÄSTERGÖTLAND
Where: Café Sirius (Science-Fiction Bokhandeln), Kungsgatan 19, Gothenburg
Date and time: December 2nd, 4pm
Event by: The International Board Gamers association in Gothenburg
The International Board Gamers association in Gothenburg organizes board game gatherings once every week, alternating between Fridays (6-10pm) and Sundays (4-8pm). Any kind of game is welcome: from those that only take 10 minutes to those that last several hours, co-operative and competitive, cards, strategy, hidden-role games, from those that are played with only two players to those that gather a whole crowd. These events are now free to join.
The purpose of the association is to meet new people and make friends, especially with people from various corners of the world. We do this by organizing events related to board games and tabletop games. Note that the language of this group is English, both online and during our meetings.
POW! Avalanche safety and climate talk
Where: Chalmers, Johanneberg, Gothenburg
Date and time: December 11th, 5:30pm-8:30pm
Event by: Tracks Recycle, Protect Our Winters Sweden and CAS
Want to know more about avalanches, how to avoid them and how to handle an emergency situation? Tracks Recycle, Protect Our Winters Sweden and CAS will present their strategy to protect winters and the future of our planet, while enjoying winter sports.
Facilitating Higher Educations' Engagement with the SDGs
Where: Göteborgs centrum för hållbar utveckling, GMV, Aschebergsgatan 44, 411 33 Gothenburg
Date and time: December 14th, 9am-1pm
Event by: Göteborgs centrum för hållbar utveckling, GMV
Gothenburg's centre for sustainable development holds its 4th forum on Sustainability in Higher Education. This forum will exclusively focus on how to embrace the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in higher education.
SKÅNE/SCANIA
Swedish Films + English Subs: Border (Gräns) & Becoming Astrid
Where: Biografen Kino i Lund, Kyrkogatan 3, 222 22 Lund
Date and time: December 4th, 6.30pm-8.30pm
Event by: Biografen Kino i Lund
Kinto will show the films 'Border' and 'Becoming Astrid' in Swedish with English subtitles.
Where: Ideon Agora, Scheelevägen 15, 223 63 Lund
Date and time: December 5th, 4pm-6pm
Event by: Lunds Nyföretagarcentrum
This is an event for anyone who is interested in starting a business. Questions regarding budgeting, administration or marketing will be tackled (and tea and coffee served).
End of the Semester Ball I Lund & Malmö
Where: Etage, Stortorget 6, 211 34 Malmö
Date and time: December 6th, 11.30pm-December 7th, 4am
Event by: International Student Festival, The Grand Semester Ball and Etage
As the semester comes to an end, enjoy partying one last time.
Malmö Improvisatorium closing show
Where: MAF (Malmö Amatörteater Forum), Scene 1, Norra Skolgatan 10A, 211 52 Malmö
Date and time: December 8th, 6.30pm
Event by: Malmö Improvisatorium
Malmö Improvisatorium is an English speaking improvisation theatre group with three years of performing experience. This event is the closing performance of the year and a great way to spend an evening of spontaneous comedy in Malmö.
Urban planning, bonding and bridging
Where: Institutet för studier i Malmös historia, Nordenskiöldsgatan 1, Malmö
Date and time: December 7th, 2pm-4pm
Event by: Institutet för studier i Malmös historia
The lecture is part of the lecture series 'Commons and the right to the city' organized by the Department of Urban Studies and Institute for studies of Malmö's history, at Malmö University. It will demonstrate how cities' shape the way people can, or cannot, interact.
Workshop: Make your own Lip Balm and Deodorant
Where: Folkuniversitetet Malmö/Lund/Trelleborg, Regementsgatan 4, 21142 Malmö
Date and time: December 8th, 1pm-5pm
Event by: Folkuniversitetet Malmö/Lund/Trelleborg
Folkuniversitetet invites you to teach you how to make homemade lip balm and deodorant, with only natural ingredients. They will guide you through the whole process, and you get to take your products home after the workshop. The event is held in English.
NORRLAND
Umeå Theatre Co. Autumn 2018 Play: Oscar Wilde
Where: Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå
Date and time: December 1st, 2nd, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th, 7.30pm-10pm
Event by: Umeå Theatre Company
The Umeå Theatre Company has updated the Oscar Wilde's masterpiece 'The Importance of Being Earnest' to Europe in 2018. The plot: two men fake their identities in order to get married.
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