Davor Zovko is the State Herald of Sweden, leading the Heraldry Board that is responsible for regulating all public coats of arms in the kingdom. It is comparable to the College of Arms in England and the Court of the Lord Lyon in Scotland. He will introduce us to heraldry and explain why this medi...
Watch out for witches!
Join us for a guided tour of the beautiful architecture and artwork at the Stockholm School of Economics (Handelshögskola). We meet at Sveavägen 65 at 1800 sharp. Tour will include fika so please register your intention to come in advance using the registration function on Polaris so that we know h...
What's a "hackathon"? Why are they important? What do they achieve? How can we use them? Club member Monika Lionaite is CEO, Chief Innovator and Founder of Openhack 2020 Australia, Innovation Management Business and Hack4Future Changemaker Movement enabler. In this meeting Monika will show how hac...
Lars Wistedt is a member of the Swedish Parliament, representing Uppsala. He has extensive experience in Sweden's armed forces and is now active in the Parliament's defence policy processes. He will explain how Sweden's defence policies are formulated as well as views in the current security situat...
Our club has had the pleasure of welcoming several new members in the recent past, and we're excited to get to know them better! To make things fun and relaxed, we've asked our newest members to prepare an "Ego speech" for our meeting this week. It's a chance for them to share a little about themse...
Tonight we celebrate our cub's 20th anniversary with a gala dinner and special guests.
HE Mr Giedrius Čekuolis is Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to the Kingdom of Sweden. He will talk about the countries' bilateral relations, regional security, Sweden’s and Finland’s accession to NATO and its impact on the security of the Baltic sea region and economic security. His Excellen...
RCSI has the pleasure to announce that the recipient of the 2023 Ron Pavellas Award for Community Service is João Paulo, the founder of Alla Ska Få Mat. Originally from Brazil, João Paulo established Alla Ska Få Mat in 2020 after witnessing the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on unemployed and hom...
A casual mingle in the bar of the Hotel Hellsten to catch up after our summer break. All welcome.
Dear RCSI members, after the summer break we are honored to have our very own Club President 2023/24 Alley Hameedi open the series of meetings. We will listen to his vision & plans for the future - welcome!
The subject is ”European Union and Council of Europe, Building healthy and strong democracies starts at the local level”. Jelena will talk about the relevant political issues on the agenda for both The Committe of Regions and The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities in the European Council. S...
Kristofer’s walking tour will be based on the book "Mina Drömmars Stad" by Per Anders Fågelström - a classic book about poverty in 19th century Stockholm. The English version is called "City of My Dreams". We recommend to read the book in beforehand if you have time, but that is not mandatory.
Dear RCSI members, Plan International advances children's rights and equality for girls in over 80 countries. We are honored to have the General Manager of Sweden joining us to talk about the Education and Empowerment of girls - both in general and Plan's work. Mariann Eriksson, National Director...
A mingle in the bar of the Hotel Hellsten to get to know each other better - all welcome.
This Thursday we got a unique opportunity for you! You get the chance to mingle with the future of Rotary - i.e. various Rotaractors aged 18-30! Note: This will be a different setting. Instead of meeting up at Hotel Hellsten, we will meet at Restaurant/Bar Engelen in Gamla Stan (Kornhamnstorg 59, 1...
Welcome to this Thursday's meeting! Important - we will meet one hour later than usual, i.e. this Thursday (12 October ) we meet at 19:00-20:00 at Hotel Hellsten in the room in the basement. We have the honor to host District Governor Birgitta and Assistant Governor Agneta. We are thrilled to hear ...
The students we have sponsored for the youth exchange program are finally back after being abroad 1 year. This will be a special evening where they will take us through their journey. This is the first time Stockholm International has sponsored students, not only 1 but 2. We also took under our win...
Peter Mattsson is currently the Managing Director of #elitesports2030, a joint project where the Swedish Sports Confederation, the Swedish Olympic Committee and the Swedish Paralympic Committee is working to strengthen the possibilities for Swedish athletes to perform at the highest level. He is so...
We are honored to host Peter Eklund, the President TRF (The Rotary Foundation) at our district, district 2350. Peter will talk to us in detail about the Global Grant (GG). He will cover what is the procedure and all the relevant and important details regarding the process both for local and inter...
Dear RCSI members, we are honored to host the Anders Johansson. Anders will present his experiences from being a fighter pilot in a Swedish Air Force squadron during the cold war and the changes for the Swedish Air Force to be a part of NATO.
We are honored to host Giovanna D'Angelo, who is this year's RYLA participant from RCSI! She will share the experience she had at RYLA in September. RYLA has been for her an opportunity to really get out of her comfort zone and improvise wearing a different hat every couple of hours, all of this wh...
Dear Fellows, It’s that time of the year again and you are all cordially invited to our Annual General Meeting (AGM) (18:00-19:00) and the Annual Dinner and Get Together (19:30) on Thursday, December 7th, 2023. The Annual General Meeting is highly important, where the Club members will vote on ...
Dear RCSI members, We have the honor to host the Current Representative of Taipei Mission in Sweden. Taipei Mission in Sweden functions as the bridge between Taiwan and Sweden which share several values and looks for Swedish staunch support for Taiwan.
In January there is always a special emphasis placed on Vocational Service - one of the distinguishing characteristics of Rotary. There will be a short presentation about the Vocational Service Committee both in our club and in the district. This will be followed by an interactive session to...
Dear RCSI members, We are honored to host Carl Eneroth. He will share insights from a documentary filmmaker on how to create award-winning stories that unite us. Examples from the field of sports, performing arts, climate change, human rights and democracy. He represents Sthlm Social Innovation La...
Dear RCSI members, We are honored to host Monia Sturén, who will speak about the TRF Committee on District Level. The Rotary Foundation is a non-profit corporation that supports the efforts of Rotary International to achieve world understanding and peace through international humanitarian, educat...
Dear RCSI members, we are honored to host Gallerist Deborah Dueer, who will speak about her work with Art Galleri Duerr. The gallery specializes in Swedish and international artists who work in a wide range of media — painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, design, and performance arts. The g...
Dear RCSI members, we are honored to host the Ambassador of Guatemala to Sweden, George de La Roche du Ronzet. He will talk about his day-to-day responsibilities and the recent political developments in Guatemala (new Government). He will also discuss some economic-commercial indicators. Welco...
Dear RCSI members, we are honored to host Darko Solar, who will speak about The rising problem of stress. In an increasingly fast-paced and demanding world, stress levels are soaring, adversely affecting our physical and mental health. Recognizing this pressing need, the startup HappyPlace was fou...
Dear RCSI members, We have the honor to host Kristofer Lundqvist. Kristofer Lundqvist is at the helm of the Project Management Office at Scrive, a company at the forefront of digital solutions. Renowned globally, Scrive provides essential eID solutions, along with streamlined onboarding and agreem...
Dear RCSI members, Beware of pickpockets! Entertainer and pickpocket expert Robert Ace has been travelling across the world with a different kind of show. Starting out as a magician he has since studied and mastered the techniques of pickpockets to entertain people on stage. He also lectures for s...
Dear RCSI members, We are excited to host Peter Åberg, who will speak about the essential about Sustainability. He has vast experience on Sustainability issues in Sweden and beyond. Welcome, please prioritize attendance! Please note: The meeting will be held at the same venue as t...
Our club has had the pleasure of welcoming several new members in the recent past, and we're excited to get to know them better! To make things fun and relaxed, we've asked our newest members to prepare an "Ego speech" for our meeting this week. It's a chance for them to share a little about th...
Dear RCSI members, We have the honor to host Eva Rodriguez! She will share her experience and lessons learned before her Peace fellowship as part of peacebuilding networks that promote dialogue and violence prevention in multiple countries. She will reflect on her findings regarding urban violence...
Dear RCSI members, We are excited to host Johan Forsberg for a workshop on "Lead the Change: Cultivating sustainable values". Johan is an Entrepreneur and board member with an executive, strategic and communications background. He has more than 20 years of experience in digitalization, as an ent...
Come and join us on 18 May to clean up Mälaren (well, in this case, Hammarby Sjön). Hands2Ocean (formerly Rena Mälaren) will have divers cleaning the bottom of the lake and they need helpers on land from 11 am to drag things up and sort. Register your attendance at this link and also let us know by...
Dear RCSI members, We are very honored to host H.E. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to the Kingdom of Sweden. The Ambassador would like to talk about security situation in Nordic-Baltic region and recent developments in this field (Swedish membership in ...