Brendan Ives is in charge of a new generation of mobile and digital solutions as Managing Director of Division X - the innovation hub at Swedish telecoms company Telia. Brendan moved to Europe from New Zealand with just a backpack in the early

S3 E15 | The serial cofounder rescuing Sweden's leftover food

Dec 12th, 2017 16m 3s

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 listed among the hottest Stockholm startups by Wi

S3 E14 | The sailing tech star behind Sweden’s #MeToo

Dec 5th, 2017 15m 26s

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 beca

S3 E13 | The sales manager stirring up Sweden’s curry scene

Nov 28th, 2017 15m 11s

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. After enjoying a successful corporate sales career in London and New York, Anju's gone back to her roots

S3 E12 | The high school dropout leading a green revolution

Nov 21st, 2017 16m 3s

Hjalmar Nilsonne is the CEO of green gadget company 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. The company makes a gadget that helps users save

S3 E11 | The entrepreneur helping creatives to start coding

Nov 14th, 2017 14m 59s

Sandra Hindskog is the co-founder of both Tjejer kodar, 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. Sandra was listed

S3 E10 | The cancer survivor restitching the textile industry

Nov 7th, 2017 15m 25s

Award-winning artist Malin Bobeck creates interactive 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

S3 E09 | The shoe designer who reshaped the cosmetics industry

Oct 31st, 2017 14m 39s

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. Based in Stockholm, she now works as a haute footwear desig

S3 E08 | The influencer who transformed his life by going running

Oct 24th, 2017 16m 14s

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 yea

S3 E07 | The bestselling writer helping Swedes tackle depression

Oct 17th, 2017 15m 17s

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, offering tips to readers and providing an accessible

S3 E06 | The Angel investing in Stockholm’s future

Oct 10th, 2017 15m 16s

Anette Nordvall is one of Stockholm’s most influential Angel investors, as part of the investment network Stoaf. Among The Stockholmer's most opinionated interviewees so far, she’s not impressed by the sheer volume of people in Stockholm who de

S3 E05 | LIVE EDITION | How is this Syrian transforming integration in Stockholm?

Oct 3rd, 2017 14m 11s

In The Stockholmer's first edition recorded live in front of an audience, the show's host Maddy Savage catches up with Imad Elabdala, the Syrian author behind the world’s first children’s therapy book with a refugee hero. His interview for the

S3 E04 I The businesswoman behind Sweden’s biggest blog

Sep 26th, 2017 13m 34s

Isabella Löwengrip started blogging when she was just 14 and quickly became one of the biggest influencers in the Nordics. Her blog reaches 1.3 million readers a week and she runs several successful beauty, fashion and finance companies, alongs

S3 E03 I The extreme sports star making a living from the wilderness

Sep 19th, 2017 13m 11s

Staffan Björklund has built a career out of doing extreme sports. The Swede is one of the Nordic nation's top adventure racers, navigating his way through wilderness terrain around the world. He was part of the Peak Performance team that famous

S3 E02 I The R&B star standing up for sisterhood

Sep 12th, 2017 14m 45s

Sherihan Hersi -- Cherrie to her friends and fans -- is one of Sweden’s biggest emerging artists. She recently picked up a Swedish Grammy award for 2017's Best Hip Hop/Soul Artist and has collaborated with stars including Stormzy, Seinabo Sey a

S3 E01 I The nuclear physicist transforming global birth control

Sep 12th, 2017 14m 26s

Elina Berglund is the cofounder of Natural Cycles, the first app in the world to be approved as a contraceptive. She’s also a physicist who worked on the team that found the Higgs Boson particle at CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Re

S2 E10 I The author of the first children's therapy book with a refugee hero

Jan 17th, 2017 12m 27s

Syrian-born Imad Elabdala was so worried about the impact of war on children around the world that he quit his engineering job in Stockholm to try and find a solution. The result is the first story book starring a refugee hero that's specifical

S2 E09 I The vintage fashion lover restyling how we shop

Jan 9th, 2017 10m 55s

Lisa Gautier has turned her passion for fashion into an app that connects shoppers with the best vintage stores across Europe. She’s on a mission to make our wardrobes more unique, while helping the environment along the way. Hosted on Acast. S

Happy holidays from The Stockholmer

Dec 27th, 2016 42s

A festive message from our host Maddy Savage. Season Two will resume on Tuesday January 10th 2017. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

S2 E08 I The tech addict who tweeted herself into a dream career

Dec 20th, 2016 12m 38s

Three years ago Maral Kalajian was jobhunting. In December 2016 she was ranked among the top 100 most influential names in Scandinavia’s startup scene, by tech site The Nordic Web. In this episode she tells The Stockholmer how she tweeted herse

S2 E07 I The expat who became one of Sweden's biggest comics

Dec 13th, 2016 12m 3s

Al Pitcher is one of Sweden’s most successful standup comedians, even though all his shows are in English. In this episode of The Stockholmer he discusses Swedish coffee breaks, Justin Bieber and why he'll never regret quitting his day job. Exp

S2 E06 I The jewellery designer who swapped finance for fun

Dec 6th, 2016 12m 4s

Cecilia Kores was set for a career in finance when an unexpected trip to India drew her to explore a new life as a jewellery designer instead. She now runs a successful business from Stockholm, has a cult following on Instagram and has big plan

S2 E05 I The foodie who wants us to eat insects for lunch

Nov 29th, 2016 11m 44s

Josefin Strömberg quit her job in politics to launch a startup selling insect food. She says that eating creepy crawlies can keep you healthy and help save the planet. But despite winning several innovation awards for her work, it's also provin

S2 E04 I The former Nomad crowdfunding goats to fight poverty

Nov 22nd, 2016 11m 50s

Mohamed Jimale is a former Nomad from Somalia who's developed a crowdfunding app - for goats. By getting people around the world to invest in the furry animals online, he’s been able to help Somali farmers make their lives more sustainable. Hos

S2 E03 I The high-flying CEO who still thinks he's an underdog

Nov 15th, 2016 12m 20s

Daniel Daboczy is a hugely successful entrepreneur who created the global crowdfunding platform Funded by Me. But he still views himself as an underdog. In this episode he tells The Stockholmer why struggling with confidence can actually be a b