Meet the most innovative and inspiring people living in Sweden's global capital. Former BBC radio anchor Maddy Savage delves into the city's startup, design, food, culture and wellness scenes, to sound out who's making Stockholm special, troubleshooting its challenges and shaping its future. All episodes are in English and designed for you to hear and share in around ten minutes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 9 hours 15 minutes
S3 E16 | The tech boss nurturing Stockholm’s future disruptors
Brendan Ives is in charge of a new generation of mobile and digital solutions as the Managing Director of Division X - the innovation hub at Swedish telecoms company Telia.
S3 E15 | The serial cofounder rescuing Sweden's leftover food
Elsa Bernadotte is on a mission to rescue leftover meals as the cofounder and Chief Operating Officer at one of Sweden’s fastest growing food apps, Karma. The sustainability-focussed company was recently listed among the hottest Stockholm startups.
S3 E14 | The sailing tech star behind Sweden’s #MeToo
Carolin Solskär grew up on a tiny island in west Sweden and spent her teenage years and early twenties touring the world as a chef on sailing boats. But she switched direction, studied computer science and business in Stockholm and quickly became one o...
S3 E13 | The sales manager stirring up Sweden’s curry scene
Anju Khanna’s parents brought curry to Sweden in the sixties. Now she's reshaping the country's Indian food scene for the next generation.
S3 E12 | The high school dropout leading a green revolution
Hjalmar Nilsonne is the CEO of green energy startup Watty, which raised more than 3 million dollars in 2016 and was recently listed as among the 100 hottest startups in Europe by Wired magazine.
S3 E11 | The entrepreneur helping creatives to start coding
Sandra Hindskog is the co-founder of both Tjejerkodar, which runs coding camps for women in cities including Stockholm, Berlin and Barcelona, and Technigo - a pop up tech school for men and women based in the Swedish capital.
S3 E10 | The cancer survivor restitching the textile industry
Malin Bobeck creates smart textile installations, using optical fibres and LED lights to bring fabrics to life and make them responsive to sound and touch. She’s also a proud member of the Burning Man community and a cancer survivor.
S3 E09 | The shoe designer who reshaped the cosmetics industry
Victoria Senkpiel cofounded one of the world’s biggest online beauty subscription services, Glossybox, which delivers hand-picked products to hundreds of thousands of homes each month.
S3 E08 | The influencer who transformed his life by going running
From working front-of-house at one of Stockholm's biggest clubs, Trädgarden, to reshaping the city's running community as co-captain of Ssideline City Run Club, Kristian Hell has come a long way since he moved to Europe from Australia eight y...
S3 E07 | The bestselling writer helping Swedes tackle depression
Christian Dahlström overcame a number of mental health problems in his twenties and wanted to help others do the same. His first book ‘Panic Anxiety and Depression’is a bestseller in Sweden.