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Meet Anna-Karin Stockhaus

By Bert Menninga on 2011-05-26
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GROW participant from Stockholm trades the book web for the boat web.

Anna-Karin Stockhaus is responsible for the web at Swedish book publisher Bonnierförlagen's marketing department, where she is in charge of content, development and maintenance for approximately half of the company's different websites. But for the next three months, she will be a digital content specialist at Bonnier Corporation in Florida under the GROW exchange program, where she will work with the web but with a different twist.

"Here in Florida,

Bonnierförlagen and the Big Book Exchange Day

By Bert Menninga on 2011-05-18
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On May 19, Stockholm's Kulturhuset will be filled with tables of books for exchanging. Bonnierförlagen is a sponsor for the event, which is being held throughout Sweden.

Design: Maria Trolle-Lindgren

For the third year in a row, the Stora Bokbytardagen - the Big Book Exchange Day - will be held, this year on May 19. The event will take place throughout Sweden. Ida Torkkeli and Joakim Karlson started the project.

"We're not sure how we came up with the idea, it just kind of appeared one day," says Torkkeli. "But it was too good to let slide.

Meet Merete Lind

By Bert Menninga on 2010-12-09
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From books in Stockholm to magazines in Florida.

Merete Lind has just returned from Florida where she had been working as a GROW participant at Bonnier Corporation as production manager.

Lasse-Maja Aids the Childhood Cancer Foundation

By Bert Menninga on 2010-11-22
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Bonnier Carlsen and Lasse-Maja author and illustrator donate three kronor for every book sold to the Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation.

In the middle of November, the 19th book of the Lasse-Maja's detective agency children's book series was launched: Sjukhusmysteriet (the hospital mystery).

Meet Libby VanderPloeg

By Bert Menninga on 2010-09-30
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GROW participant Libby VanderPloeg trades magazines for book design, Brooklyn for Stockholm.

Libby VanderPloeg has been working as an art director at Bonnier Corporation for two years with Saveur and now the Luxury & Lifestyle Group. The native Midwesterner has lived in Brooklyn, New York since 2006 but now she'll be spending the next months in Stockholm as a GROW participant.

Special Appearance

By Bert Menninga on 2010-05-17
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Stockholm high school students meet best-selling novelist Audrey Niffenegger.

As author Audrey Niffenegger sat in the auditorium of Stockholm's Östra Real high school, she was bombarded with questions from some 60 students.

"When did you decide to be a novelist?"

"Do you do a lot of research?"

"Were you inspired by anyone?"

"Do you believe in ghosts?"

Books for Valentine's from Bonnier

By Bert Menninga on 2010-02-10
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Valentine's Day is catching on all over the world. But not everyone opts to give roses and chocolate to that special someone on February 14. Here's a list of books about love for the holiday from a few of the book publishers within Bonnier.


Books for the Soul

By Niklas Sessler on 2010-02-04
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Interested in psychology, philosophy and life’s big questions? Bokförlaget Bonnier Existens, the newest addition to Swedish Bonnierförlagen, has all the books for your spiritual needs.

"Bokförlaget Bonnier Existens is a merger of two previous imprints, Viva, which was a part of Forum, and LevNu, which was part of W&W," says Ann Pålsson, publisher of Bokförlaget Bonnier Existens.

Tuija Kuusela: The city of museums

By Tuija Kuusela on 2009-11-26
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Our Finnish GROW ambassador takes farewell of Stockholm with a great museum tour.

I can't stop admiring the museums here. The buildings themselves, the diverseness and uniqueness of collections, the exhibition architecture... Undoubtedly Drottningholms Slott (Drottningholm Palace), Nationalmuseum, Vasamuseet (Vasa Museum) and Moderna Museet (The Museum of Modern Art) are gorgeous, but my own favorites are smaller scale places with some curious specialities.

Tuija Kuusela: Exploring Stockholm without a dog

By Tuija Kuusela on 2009-11-12
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Tuija from Finland uses a guidebook for dog owners to explore the Swedish capital.

Stockholm's city centre (Innerstaden) is divided into five neighbourhoods: Gamla Stan, Norrmalm, Östermalm, Södermalm, Kungsholmen and Vasastan. While having tried to get a general view of the whole, I must say that Stockholm manages to be both cosmopolitan and maintain a small town feel. For being such a big city, the center area is surprisingly humane. It consists of a group of islands so you can see water almost everywhere. All the possible pieces of land are not developed — there is a lot of vast or smaller green areas and parks.