Enjoy Our Events!
December 8
The Lucia Celebration 2024
The Swedish American Club of Sarasota
in cooperation with
Johanna Gustafsson and Therese Holmberg
is delighted to invite you to
the traditional and much-loved Lucia Celebration
Where:
When:
Tickets:
A special thanks to our Sponsors
Earl and Irene Hagman
for making this celebration possible.
Church of the Palms,
3224 Bee Ridge Rd, Sarasota
December 8, 6pm (doors will open at 5.30pm)
$30 Adults
$10 for students
No fee
· children under 12
· parents of participants in the Lucia procession.
RSVP:
No later than December 4
October 18
The Annual Crayfish Dinner
Friday, October 18, 2024
at
The Swedish restaurant
“By Patrik Pettersson"
located in the Kompose Hotel
965 University Pkwy, Sarasota.
Menu Includes:
Appetizer
Generous Portions of Crayfish
cooked the Swedish way by chef Patrik himself
Västerbotten Pie
Swedish Cheese, Bread, and Butter
Aquavit, Beer and Wine
Dessert & Coffee
November 13
Venue
Heritage Oaks Golf & Country Club
Third Annual Golf Championship
Prior Events
February 8
Venue
University Park Country Club
Please note and stay tuned, more events will be announced on an on-going basis throughout the year.
We look forward to sharing these events with you.
Annual Meeting followed by the Annual Luncheon
Featuring Anders Åslund leading specialist on the East European economies, especially Russia and Ukraine and a Senior Fellow at the Stockholm Free World Forum as well as an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University.
Events 2023
Bosse Öhman
Sunday, December 10
St. Armand's Key Lutheran Church
The Annual Lucia Celebration.
Sold Out!
To watch the video and pictures click HERE
A special thanks to our Sponsors
Anna Lanner & Steve Trygg
Ina & Rickard Ovin
Sandra & Per-Eric Lindqvist
for making this celebration possible.
November 10
“Come Sip What They Make in Italy from Tip to Toe”
at Total Wine & More
Pelican Plaza
October 19
The Annual Crayfish Dinner.
at
The Swedish restaurant
“By Patrik Pettersson"
located in the Kompose Hotel
Sold out!
To watch the video and pictures click HERE
Meet and Greet
Marcus Walfridson
March 16
Founder & Managing Partner, Sarasota Paradise
the first professional Soccer team in Sarasota
at
Premier Sotheby's International Realty
Warmest thanks
to our main sponsor, Marie & Robert Sellberg and Podab, Inc.
to Marcus Persson and Burger King for sponsoring the hole-in-one and nearest-pin prizes.
to our longest-straightest-drive sponsor, Pelle Sjöö and PS Energi AB.
to Annika Sandström and Olivia Fashion Design for an additional Ladies Winner Prize.
February 22
SACS’s 2nd Annual Golf Tournament.
Winners
Kerstin Hylen-Sundström and Lars A Lundholm
To watch the video and pictures click HERE
What a successful evening we had
at the Bird Key Yacht Club!
To watch a video from the Soiree, please click the Button below,
February 8
"Robert Wells and Maria Wells were Back in Town"
After two years of Covid restrictions
The Lucia Celebration was Back
The Swedish American Club Sarasota
in partnership with
Johanna Gustafsson & Therese Holmberg
arranged the traditional and much-loved
Lucia Celebration
Sunday, December 11, 2022
Following the Lucia Ceremony, Glögg, Coffee, Lucia buns and gingerbread cookies was served.
December 11, 2022
Generously sponsored by:
Sandra & Per-Erik Lindqvist
Benefactors and long time supporters of the Club.
The 2022 Annual Meeting and Speaker Luncheon
On November 11, 2022,
Janerik Larsson, award-winning Journalist and Author discussed
“The Challenges for the New Swedish Government”
with
Lars E.W. Nilsson, former President of Lindab and SACS Benefactor
at the Speaker Luncheon following our Annual Meeting at Sarasota Yacht Club.
To see pictures from the event, please click the blue button below
Janerik is a Swedish journalist, author, and consultant. He has been awarded the Swedish Pulitzer Prize for j journalism and was a Professional Journalism Fellow at Stanford University. He has previously been Deputy CEO of of Kinnevik and the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise and played a crucial role in Sweden's entry into the EU.
H He is a former board member of Timbro, a pro-market think tank. Since the fall of 2010, he is a senior consultant a at Prime PR and works as an advisor to Free Enterprise Foundation. He has published more than 20 books, most o of them on political, social and economics topics. Today he is also a regular contributor to the op-ed pages of S Svenska Dagbladet
SACS' Annual Crayfish Dinner Party
at
Sarasota Yacht Club
1100 John Ringling Blvd, Sarasota
on
Thursday, October 13, 2022
To see pictures from the Crayfish Pary click the Blue button below.
March 15
The Club arranged a behind-the-scene Tour and Presentation of SRQ airport.
Hosted by Fredrick J. Piccolo, President & CEO of SRQ
The secrets of SRQ
Have you ever wondered where those airport doors marked “NO ENTRY” or “STAFF ONLY” lead and what goes on behind them? Well, here’s your chance to find out. On Tuesday, March 15, the Club arranged a customized tour of Sarasota Bradenton International Airport. Our host is SRQ's CEO Fredrick Piccolo, gave us a personal presentation and answer any and all questions we had. This event started at 2 PM and run for two hours followed by gathering at the Dewar’s restaurant in the terminal.
February 24
On February 24 SACS was honored to welcome Sheriff Kurt A. Hoffman, as guest speaker at the first speaker luncheon for our 2022 series. Both members and friends were treated to a delicious lunch while listening to Sheriff Hoffman’s interesting and informative presentation at Sarasota Yacht Club.
We had also been honored to feature Sheriff Hoffman as our inaugural guest for our podcast in 2020, which became our most popular and much appreciated by our viewers. (You can still access the podcast on the Club’s website.)
This time he returned live! For pictures from the luncheon, just click the button below
February 16
SACS Golf Championship
at University Park Country Club
Our First Annual Golf Championship was a great success with much thanks to 32 happy golfers and generous sponsors who made it all happen. It was a beautiful sunny day filled with great fun and fierce competition.
Congratulations to our winners
Rose-Marie Perten and Dennis Hulth!
Our warmest thanks to our generous Main Sponsor Marie & Robert Sellberg and Podab and to Pelle Sjöö and PS Energi for sponsoring Straightest Drive and to Marcus Persson and Burger King for sponsoring Closest to Pin.
Special Winners
Straightest Drive: Britt-Marie Wangmo with Pelle Sjöö (left)
Closest to the Pin: Peter Perten with Thomas Carlberg representing Marcus Persson (right)
The tournament was followed by an Awards Dinner attended not only by the golf players but also 30 members who wanted to be part of this cheerful evening.
With this great success and big demand for another tournament we are already starting to plan for next year’s event.
Please make sure to mark February 22, 2023 on your calendars now – you will not want to miss this very special and exciting event!
To get inspired, click the blue button below to enjoy this video from our very first golf tournament made exclusively for SACS by our Honorary Member Anders Berglund.
November 19
Two-for-one in November:
Annual Meeting and Speaker Luncheon
That’s right, a double-header as they say in baseball.
Per our by-laws, the Club will hold its Annual Meeting on Friday, November 19, directly followed by a Speaker Luncheon.
Our venue is the venerable Sarasota Yacht Club, right on the Bay at 1100 John Ringling Boulevard.
Guest of Honor and Guest Speaker: Marlon Brown, City Manager for the City of Sarasota
Topic: “Interesting things going on in Sarasota, now and tomorrow.”
Sarasota Yacht Club
October 22, 2021
Swedish Crayfish Dinner Party
Partying like there was no yesterday.
The Club’s first IRL event since before the pandemic was a great success!
These crayfish party pictures speak for themselves.
Bird Key Yacht Club
2020 Events
March 3, 2020
Come sip what they make south of the equator!
On Tuesday, March 3, the Swedish American Club of Sarasota hosted a tasting of new wines from the Southern Hemisphere. We were expertly guided through the exploration by the knowledgeable staff at Total Wine. (Some nibble bits of cheese was also be served.) 32 members enjoyed wines from New Zealand, Australia, Argentina and Chile.
Friday January 31, 2020
WHAT A KICK-OFF: SOLD OUT AT ASOLO!
Robert Wells Anders Berglund Maria Wells
The first event signed the Swedish American Club of Sarasota was in every way the success we had hoped for. On January 31, after a buzzing cocktail reception, world-class artists Robert Wells, Anders Berglund, and Maria Wells—with surprise guests, singer-songwriter Billy Dean and banjo legend Dan Wilkinson—gave us a rocking performance at the Historic Asolo Theater at the Ringling. We would all have loved to stay for never-ending encores. What a way to kick-off the new year, the new decade, and the reborn club!
