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BRAZIL & SWEDEN | GERMAN AMBASSADOR | SIGVARD & MARIANNE BERNADOTTE PERSONAL RAPID TRANSIT | GOTHENBURG | SLU | GOURMET | THE GUIDE swedish AUTUMN 2010 bulletinYOUR INSIDER’S GUIDE TO SWEDEN, STOCKHOLM & GOTHENBURG SEK 50 RICHARD JUHLIN, THE WORLD’S # 1 CHAMPAGNE EXPERT PHOTO11 TAKEN BY BRUNO EHRS We develop environmental solutions all over the world In the mid-1980s, IVL was approached by the Chinese Embassy in Sweden with a list of environmental problems to be solved. At that time, Tianjin was one of the few open cities in China. In the attempts to attract foreign investors, the city’s sub- stantial environmental challenges proved to be critical obstacles. The reason IVL got the honour to take on this environmental challenge in Tianjin was that Sweden had impressed the Chinese by having instigating environmental authorities, and that IVL was considered to be in the frontline when it comes to applied environmental research. This is still true today. The Tianjin story is a great example of our ability and willingness to take on complex international environmental challenges. What can we do for you? Tianjin skyline. Photo: Jonas Röttorp IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute is an independent research organisation that has been involved since 1966 in the development of solutions to 2 3 BRAZIL & SWEDEN | GERMAN AMBASSADOR | SIGVARD & MARIANNE BERNADOTTE PERSONAL RAPID TRANSIT | GOTHENBURG | SLU | GOURMET | THE GUIDE Dear Readers, swedish AUTUMN 2010 bulletinYOUR INSIDER’S GUIDE TO SWEDEN, STOCKHOLM & GOTHENBURG SEK 50 In the afterglow of Crown Princess Victoria’s wedding to Daniel Westling, we feature a story about the 40,000 flowers from Colombia that graced the Swedish royal wedding. Or how Countess Marianne Bernadotte af Wisborg was able to have a famous carpet of iconic status stolen in 1995 rewoven in time for the Royal Wedding of Crown Princess Victoria. 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