Swedish Julbord 2022

13 Dec

The fantastic Swedish singer Henrick Solera welcomed the 260 guests to the lawn at The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai by singing Christmas songs including the Swedish song; Stad i ljus.

The Swedish Julbord commenced with the Swedish traditional Kalle Ankas Jul / Donald Duck´s Christmas after which the hostesses of the evening; Christina, Helena and Johanna, welcomed the guests with a speech about the Christmas traditions in Sweden in the IKEA styled sitting room on stage.

During the evening we listened to Pauline Madani, President of the Swedish Business Council who informed us about SBCs achievements during the year.

The Ambassador of Sweden to the United Arab Emirates, H.E. Ms Liselott Andersson honoured us with her presence and held a speech about the Embassy work in the UAE during the last year.

During the evening the guests were served a 5-course set menu with the typical Swedish dishes, such as pickled herring, gravad lax, Janssons Temptation, Christmas Ham and the traditional Ris a la Malta. And who got the almond?

While the guests were enjoying their dinner, there was some special magic happening by James Fabulous and the fantastic pianist Natalia Tykhonova.

The evening continued with the great band ThePLAY with Lisette Uhlmann as lead singer together with Henrick Solera. Niklas Wikström on guitar, Giuliano Francella on drums, Jorge Chincilla on Trombon and Natalia Tykhonova on piano made it a great 6 piece band entertaining the guests till the end.

We would like to extend a big thank you to our sponsors who made this evening possible.

We look forward to seeing you back next year!

GOD JUL!

The SBC team

Photographers: Marco Zirdum and Joe James

If you´re missing any pictures, please contact SBC on sbc@sbcuae.se