About us
Our mission is to connect Sweden with Poland by supporting our members` Swedish-Polish business relations
Swedish-Polish Chamber of Commerce
Our Strength lies with our members
Our rapidly growing community has one common denominator – everyone is committed to developing Swedish-Polish business relations.
Our task is to embrace this committment and to support the members by facilitating their business activities focused on Sweden and Poland. Our strength lies in our members` successes and our job is to contribute to these successes by providing contacts and knowledge and by always being ready to assist with advice. We only succeed when our members succeed. We are grateful for our members` trust and we promise to always seek to live up to our members` expectations.
Chairman of the Board Hans-Jacob Bonnier, surrounded by Vice Chairman Anders Ronander and CEO Jerry Ralowski.
How the Chamber was formed
On May 30, 1929, the Swedish-Polish Chamber of Commerce held its first General Meeting of Members (annual meeting) with 32 members. The preparation work had taken about a year. The incentive to form the Chamber of Commerce was a Polish desire to expand trade relations with the Nordic countries, primarily with Sweden. The head of the Polish State Export Institute in Warsaw had been invited to speak on the subject of “Trade relations between Sweden and Poland” at a gathering of the Swedish-Polish Association in Stockholm on May 4, 1928. In his talk, he had proposed “the establishment of an institution with the aim of expanding and intensifying trade between the two countries”. After the proposal was discussed between representatives of Swedish authorities and of trade and industry, a committee was appointed with the task of investigating the possibility of establishing a Swedish-Polish Chamber of Commerce. The result of the committee’s work was that about a year later the first General Meeting of Members of the Chamber was held and the Chamber could start its operations.
The Chamber of today
Our operations have naturally changed greatly over time. Please see and hear how in this short film from the seminar ”Energy Solutions of the Future” at Bonnierhuset in Stockholmden on 17 March 2023. You must be logged in to LinkedIn and can then watch the film here.
The photo was taken during the Networking Meeting in Warsaw, hosted by us and ARPI Accounting, in October 2024
96 years later the Board of the Chamber established its strategy for the period to the anniversary year 2029. Katarzyna Molęda, Fredrik Udd, Stefan Löfström, Hans Forslöf, Ewa Weijne , Magdalena Pramfelt, Sebastian Magier, Konrad Szczęsny, Hans-Jacob Bonnier (Chairman) och Anders Ronander were among the participants in the Board meeting.
Board of Directors of the Swedish-Polish Chamber of Commerce
• Hans-Jacob Bonnier, Chairman, Board Member, Dagens Industri, Puls Biznesu, Bonnier Family Council
•Anders Ronander, Vice Chairman, Chairman, Seasam Food AB
• Fredrik Udd, Vice Chairman, CEO, Explore Markets
• Jacek Ziolkowski, Vice Chairman, Founder, NordPolen
• Jerry Ralowski, CEO, market entry consultant
• Hans Forslöf, Managing Partner, EMEA Partners Sweden
• Ewa Krokosz, Senior Legal Counsel, ICA Gruooen
• Daniel Larsson, Country Manager, Eolus Poland
• Conrad Wallenrodhe, Partner, Linklaters
• Ewa Weijne, Senior Advisor, Governmnet Offices
• dr inż. Andrzej Czapczuk, Board Member, the Polish Cluster of Construction Exporters
• Małgorzata Musińska-Kubis, Category Manager/ LOGISTICS & TRANSPORT, Qemetica
• Stefan Löfström, Director Marketing & Sales, BAE Systems Bofors
• Sofia Valentin, Owner, Head of Sales & Marketing, Joy Shop
Co-opted:
• Alina Mattisson Lax, First Secretary, Embassy of Sweden in Warsaw
• Magdalena Pramfelt, CEO, Polish-Swedish Chamber of Commerce
• Sebastian Magier, Head of Foreign Trade Office, Polish Investement and Trade Agency (PAIH)
• Nikki Brandt, Country Manager Poland, Business Sweden
• Konrad Szczęsny, Business Development Manager, Stockholm Business Region
• Katarzyna Molęda, Partner, Enterculture
Honorary President:
• Börje Risinggård, former long-time CEO of the Chamber and author of the newsletter NOTISER från Polen
From left to right: Jacek Ziółkowski, Jerry Ralowski, Hans-Jacob Bonnier, Sofia Valentin, Anders Ronander, Fredrik Udd och Börje Risinggård
The Chamber is managed by the Presidium, consisting of the Chairman, the Vice Chairmen, CEO and Sofia Valentin.
We are also building up a regional organisation in Sweden and have appointed Edith M. Sundqvist as Head of Region Northern Sweden.
Our members
Below you see a selection of companies from our membership list.
Contact us
You are welcome to contact us by sending an email to info@svenskpolska.se as well as by calling Jerry Ralowski, +46 709 996 630 or Hans Forslöf, +46 730 477 380.