The Swedish Embassy in Egypt held a reception to celebrate Sweden’s national day which falls annually on 6 June emphasizing warm relations between Egypt and Sweden. Sweden’s national day highlights two important events. On 6 June 1523, Gustav Vasa was elected as Sweden’s king. On the same day in 1809, Sweden approved a new Constitution. Swedish Embassy in Egypt utilizes the annual opportunity to assure friendly relations between both countries and to make attendees more familiar with Swedish culture. In this regard, Swedish pianist Mattias Nilsson along with Egyptian singer Noha Fekry presented musical phrases infusing Arabic and Swedish melodies. Art is considered the most powerful and smoothest mean to get culture closer. Following this belief, a two-day textile design workshop was organized in June 2017 by the Swedish designer Nina Jobs, the Swedish Embassy in Egypt, and the Swedish Institute (SI), in Collaboration with Egyptian partners. At the reception Charlotta Sparre presented awards to six Egyptian artists whose designs have been selected as the best products of the two-day workshop. On the economic side, to assure strong economic relations between both countries, several Swedish companies were present including: ABB, ABB,…
