ANGLO-SWEDISH SOCIETY
Annual Report 2020
Ami-Louise Johnsson
(violin & viola)
## CONTENTS
- 1 Reference & Administrative Information
- 3 HM King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
- 4 HRH The Duke of Edinburgh KG KT
- 5 Scholars
- 21 Chairman’s Report
- 23 Independent Examiner’s Report
- 24 Statement of Financial Activities
- 25 Balance Sheet
- 26 Notes to the Accounts
- 34 Members
- 39 Events
- 50 Patrons of the Arts, Friends of the Arts & Corporate Members 51 From the Archives
- 53 Credits
ANGLO-SWEDISH SOCIETY
## Reference and Administrative Information
Charity name: Anglo-Swedish Society Charity registration number: 289688
## Address:
Sweden House 5 Upper Montagu St. London W1H 2AG
Bankers:
Handelsbanken 1 Kingsway London WC2B 6AN
CafCash Limited
Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4TA
- (a wholly owned subsidiary of Charity Aid Foundation)
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Patrons
President
Vice Presidents
Honorary Members
HM King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden HRH The Duke of Edinburgh KG KT HE The Ambassador of Sweden The Baroness Maddock (died 26 June 2020) The Lord Beith PC (elected 6 November 2020)
Sir John Ure KCMG, LVO Anthony Arfwedson PatrSstGM Count Bertil Bernadotte af Wisborg Countess Jill Bernadotte af Wisborg The Lord Beith PC
## Council
Chairman
Vice-Chairman
Hon. Treasurer Hon. Secretary
Johan Aurén Elisabet Baldwin Christina Cadogan Maggie Dan-Lersten Robert Freeman Dr Cecilia Geijke
Secretary
Hon. Solicitor
Independent Examiner
Digital Communications
Alexander Malmaeus Michael Sayers QC Erik Berggren Christian Bjärnram
Professor David Goldsmith Professor Neil Kent Sara Lindgren (elected 6 November 2020) Andreas Nilsson Martina Westin Lu Zhou
Lucy af Sandeberg
Christian Bjärnram
Ransford Agyei-Boamah
Ingrid Heggli
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## SCHOLARSHIPS
& Awards 2019 - 2020
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## **Ami-Louise Johnsson**
Ami-Louise is a violin and viola player and was in her first year of BMus course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
## **London Nordic**
## **Guy MarshallBrown**
Guy is a ceramicist and graduate of the Royal College of Art, and was chosen to spend spring 2020 at Konstfack in Stockholm.
## **Tenebrae Choir**
## **Kristin Larsson**
Kristin is a glass artist and graduate of Konstfack in Stockholm and was chosen to spend winter/ spring 2020 at the Royal College of Art in London.
## **Choir**
The Anglo-Swedish Society supported the Lucia concert at York Minster.
A grant was made to pay for the broadcast fees of the 2020 Stockholm Early Music Festival at Berwaldshallen in Stockholm. Tenebrae are a London-based professional vocal ensemble.
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## GUY MARSHALL-BROWN
## ceramics artist
Guy is a ceramicist and graduate of the Royal College of Art, and was chosen to spend spring 2020 at Konstfack in Stockholm.
Guy’s production methods involve using digital technologies to 3D scan forms, which he then digitally manipulates. He then uses combinations of 3D printing and traditional plaster mould making methods to produce large scale ceramic press moulds.
The exchange with Konstfack gave Guy the opportunity to continue his exploration of this recently developed methodology and to to gain new breadth of architectural inspiration.
Stockholm’s Nordic Classicist architecture provided Guy with an incredible amount of first-hand resource material to adapt into his own ceramic forms.
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## KRISTIN LARSSON
## glass artist
Kristin is a glass artist and graduate of Konstfack in Stockholm and was chosen to spend winter/ spring 2020 at the Royal College of Art in London.
Kristin started working in a glass studio at the age of 15. She later gained a vocational degree from Kosta glass school and worked in different studios in Denmark, USA and Austria. She now holds a bachelor and a master degree in fine art from the ceramics and glass program at Konstfack in Stockholm.
In her practice, Kristin combines glass with different metals like copper, pewter and bronze. She explores the properties of the materials and her work is often playful and experimental.
During the autumn of 2019 and during her stay at the RCA in the spring 2020 she worked on her project ‘Fools gold’ where she investigated the possibilities in combining pewter and glass and how these two materials can be used to shape, reshape and enhance each other.
Kristin is inspired by archeological and natural history findings that makes us reflect upon our short existence on earth, the traces we leave behind and how these traces will be understood by later generations.
During her stay at the RCA she used the hot-shop to the fullest, which was crucial to her experimental and hands-on approach with the materials.
She was also able to visit institutions such as the V&A, the British Museum and the Natural History Museum for inspiration.
With the help of technicians and fellow students, Kristin was able to work at a larger scale than she would have on her own. Without financial stress, she was able to take time in the making process and spend a lot of time developing new techniques in the workshop.
_Being in a creative environment like the RCA with such well equipped work shops, helpful costudents and staff has been a privilege for me. It has been really nice to get insight into the British craft scene. I want to thank The Anglo-Swedish Society for this opportunity!_
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## SCHOLARSHIPS
& Awards 2020 - 2021
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## **Emma Mounsey**
Emma is a ceramics artist and graduated with a Master’s Degree from the Royal College of Art in 2020. She took up a residency at Konstfack in Stockholm in spring 2021.
## **Jo BurmeisterAndersson**
Jo is a glass artist who graduated from Konstfack in Stockholm in 2020. She took up a residency at the Royal College of Art in London in spring 2021.
## **Isac Johansson**
Isac graduated from Nyköpings Restaurangskola in 2020 and was selected to spend a month as an intern at the Michelin-starred Elystan Street Restaurant in London.
## **Ami-Louise Johnsson**
Ami-Louise is a violin and viola player and was in her second year of BMus course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
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## JO BURMEISTERANDERSSON
## glass artist
Jo is a glass artist who graduated from Konstfack in Stockholm in 2020. She will take up a residency at the Royal College of Art in London in spring 2022.
At Konstfack, Jo’s research has explored how glass and light can be used to create sensory
environments which promote wellbeing and positivity. The blown glass vessels which form the core of her practice speak of the fluidity and movement which are at the heart of glass blorwing.
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## EMMA MOUNSEY
## ceramic artist
Emma is a ceramics artist who graduated with a Masters Degree from the Royal College of Art in 2020. She took up a residency at Konstfack in Stockholm in autumn 2021.
Emma’s practise centres around the exploration of delicate handbuilt ceramic structures using hand rolled rods of paperclay to draw in space. The project has foundations in architectural structures, looking at supportive frameworks, the scaffolding that provides an armour to protect incomplete buildings, the bridges that span and connect divides whilst
drawing our attention to their existence, hiding and revealing simultaneously. It is also about anxiety, a point where chaos and order meet, where fragility and resilience collide. The work is rooted in boundaries and barriers, the confines I define for myself.
During her residency at Konstfack, she worked towards further developing this body of work looking at introducing inclusions of new materials and new forms and partial physical constraints. She developed the idea of interacting objects, the tension between these fragile
structures and more solid objects surrounding or being surrounded and explored the idea of different objects influencing each other whether that be influencing the confines she places or physically impacting on the warp and flow of the piece, pushing the idea of the relationship between the enclosed and the exposed, the experience of space created by her sculptures.
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## AMI-LOUISE JOHNSSON
## violinist & violist
Ami-Louise is a violinist and viola player and was in her second year of BMus course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Ami-Louise was born in Stockholm 2001. She began her violin studies at the age of 5 with Nina and Oleg Balabine at Lilla Akademien music institution in Stockholm. In 2009 she solo debuted with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Berwaldhallen. She regularly plays with O/modernt Chamber Orchestra, lead by London based violinist Hugo Ticciati, with whom she also studied in Stockholm.
Ami-Louise began her violin studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2019 together with Prof. D.Takeno and she began playing the viola in 2020.
Ami-Louise has played with highly esteemed musicians such as Alasdair Beatson, Staffan Scheja, Henrik Måwe, Priya
Mitchell etc. She participated in masterclasses with members of the Endellion quartet, The Gould Trio, Malin Broman,
Simon Crawford-Phillips, Priya Mitchell, Vicky Powell, Natacha Kudritskaya etc.
She received multiple awards in Stockholm international music competition 2015 and Rovere d’Oro, Italy 2015. She won several chamber music competitions in Sweden and around the Baltic countries as well as scholarships from The Royal Swedish Academy of Music. She is the violist of the Fibonacci quartet, which won 1st prize at both the St James chamber music competition and Beethoven competition March 2020, where they also received the audience prize. Ami-Louise had the privilege of becoming one of the “Talent Unlimited” artists in the UK in July 2020. She plays a violin by Peter Westerlund, generously loaned to her by Welin Foundation, Stockholm.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Ami-Louise continued her development by signing up to online masterclasses and meeting artists and musicians through internet platforms. She entered the Max and Peggy Viola competition at the Guildhall in November 2020 as the youngest contestant and managed to receive the award of playing at a recital at St. James’s Church, Piccadilly. She received a junior award from the prestigious Hattori Foundation in London and was invited to festivals in Norway, Italy, Germany, UK and Sweden.
A heart-warming award came from the culture department of Solna, Ami’s home municipality in Stockholm. The Solna City Kraus Scholarship ‘Krausstipendiet’ is awarded to support and encourage young talents between the ages of 16-21 in classical music in memory of Joseph Martin Kraus’s (17561792) musical life work.
_The most beautiful and moving point about this year, was the determined mindset of not letting the world situation stop musicians from sharing the music we all love. Thank you, Elisabet, for your support and trust in me. Without you and the Anglo-Swedish Society, I wouldn’t have been where I am now, and for that, I am truly thankful._
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## BARONESS MADOCK
born 19 May 1945 died 26 June 2020
## President
## 16 June 1999-26 June 2020
Diana Margaret Maddock, Baroness Maddock, Lady Beith (née Derbyshire) was educated at Shenstone Training College and Portsmouth Polytechnic.
Baroness Maddock spent time in Sweden as a teacher in the 1970s and became interested in the country’s housing policy. She joined the British Liberal Party in 1976 and was elected to Southampton City Council in 1984. She served as Member of Parliament for Christchurch from 1993 to 1997 and was created life peer as Baroness Maddock of Christchurch in the County of Dorset on 30 October 1997. From 1998 to 2000, she was President of the Liberal Democrats. She had an active career at the House of Lords. At the time of her death, she was co-chair of the British-Swedish All-Party Parliamentary Group and chair of the Lord Speaker’s Advisory Panel on Works of Art. In December 2013, she arranged for a choir from Stockholms Musikgymnasium to perform in a traditional Lucia procession at the River Room at the House of Lords.
She succeeded Inga-Stina Robson, Baroness Robson of Kiddington, as our President in 1999. Her tireless and enthusiastic work for the AngloSwedish Society will be honoured by the creation of a scholarship in her name.
In the words of our Vice-Chairman, “What wonderful support she gave to the A-SS throughout her tenure as President, calm, gentle and wise. We have truly lost a good friend”.
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## LORD BEITH
## President
6 November 2020 - present
We are delighted to announce that The Right Honourable Alan James Beith, Baron Beith PC was elected as the new President of the Anglo-Swedish Society at the Annual General Meeting on Friday 6 November. Lord Beith succeeds his late wife, Baroness Maddock, and has been a great supporter of the society since their marriage in 2001.
Alan Beith represented Berwickupon-Tweed as Liberal, then Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for over four decades, from 1973 until 2015, and was elected Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in 1985.
During his time in the House of Commons, he served for 18 years as a member of the House of Commons Commission, and also served on the Treasury Select Committee. He chaired the Justice Select Committee between 2010 and 2015. Lord Beith was knighted in 2008, and by 2015 he was the longest-serving member of his party sitting in the House of Commons. In August 2015 he was announced a life peer in the 2015 Dissolution Honours list and was created Baron Beith, of Berwick-upon-Tweed in the County of Northumberland on the afternoon of 19 October.
At our Annual General Meeting, The Swedish Ambassador, HE Torbjörn Sohlström, expressed his thanks to Lord Beith for becoming President and to members of the Council for their ongoing work.
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## Achievements and Performance
2020 started on a high note. Just over a month earlier, the society had celebrated its Centenary with a glittering white tie ball which was due to be followed up with a reception, hosted by HRH The Earl of Wessex at Buckingham Palace in the spring. Our secretary, Lucy af Sandeberg, put a great deal of energy into the arrangements. The first, and what turned out to be our only live event of the year was a talk by Peter Stein and Professor Emil Uddhammar at the Savile Club, about Sweden’s links with Africa through the centuries.
The Covid-19 Pandemic was known to scientists earlier, but did not really become apparent in Europe until a few weeks into 2020. The Buckingham Palace celebration had to be postponed at 48 hours’ notice and our beloved Valborg dinner at the Travellers Club cancelled.
Our exchange students Kristin Larsson (from Konstfack in Stockholm) and Guy Marshall Brown (from the Royal College of Art in London) had rewarding sojourns abroad and managed to return to their home countries. Our music scholar, Ami-Louise Johnsson, continued her viola studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama via video link.
In May, the papers from the Carl Bernhard Wadström Conference on Human Rights and the Abolition of Slavery were published by Professor Anders Hallengren. The opening night of the conference had been hosted by the Anglo-Swedish Society at the Mansion House in June 2015. The society also provided the keynote speakers Professor Neil Kent, Mark Florman, Sir Roger Gifford and HE Nicola Clase.
The Swedish British Society in Stockholm invited our members to attend an online talk by Alison Allfrey, who moved with her family to Sweden in 2012. Its title was “ _So Sweden – Living Differently_ ” and it was the first of many online events attended by members of several sister societies.
We were proud to learn that the Anglo-Swedish Society of Gothenburg was one of ten organisations to receive a Swedish flag in recognition of their contribution to the nation. Our sister organisation was established in 1920 “ _to promote intellectual intercourse between the peoples of Sweden and Great Britain and to cooperate with the Anglo-Swedish Society, London, and Svensk-Engelska Föreningen_ (Swedish British Society) _, Stockholm_ ”. The King of Sweden would normally confer the flags at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, but the pandemic meant that the presentation was made by the Governor ( _Landshövding_ ) of Västra Götaland, Anders Danielsson, at his official Residence in Gothenburg.
Our President’s death in June was a heavy blow. Baroness Maddock had taken over the post in 1999, after Baroness Robson of Kiddington. At that time, she was also President of the Liberal Democrats. Experience gained as a teacher in Sweden in the 1970s and member of the Houses of Commons and Lords was put to excellent use in the role. Above all, it is her warmth and generosity which will be remembered by her many friends and admirers. A few days before her death, she agreed to lend her name to a scholarship to be awarded in her honour.
In July, Professor David Goldsmith and Eric Orlowski gave their third joint talk, “ _Tea and Coffee in Britain and Sweden_ ”. This, the first online event of our own, was to set a precedent for high-quality monthly talks, most of which are available via our YouTube channel. David Goldsmith and Robert Freeman have been phenomenal at finding captivating speakers and making participants spread across several time-zones feel like active participants.
Our Annual General Meeting was held online on Gustavus Adolphus Day, 6 November 2020. After serious consideration, Lord Alan Beith had agreed to accept the nomination as our new President. Since his marriage to Baroness Maddock in 2001, he has been a regular supporter of our activities and is very familiar with our work. He was elected unanimously and we are most grateful for his support.
The AGM was followed by a talk by our 2010-11 scholar Charles Stern, who spoke about his innovative application of the latest digital fabrication technologies to traditional glass and ceramic production. Musical interludes were provided by our scholar Ami-Louise Johnsson (violin & viola) accompanied by Pau Vendrell Vilardaga (piano) and Johan Löfving (theorbo and baroque guitar) and Yu-Wei Hu (baroque flute).
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## Financial Review
The Trustees have forecast the level of free reserves (that is, both funds not tied up in fixed assets and designated and restricted funds) the Charity will require in order to sustain its operations and make appropriate adjustments should there be a material reduction in the Charity’s income. The Trustees consider that the most appropriate level of free reserves is a sum equivalent to twelve months of the Charity’s running costs, which is calculated as total bank and payment charges, secretarial and website domain costs together with printing and stationary for the year 2020: £4,381 (2019: £3,752).
At 31 December 2020 the Society had unrestricted reserves of £78,971 (2019: £75,712). Of this, £23,581 (2019: £28,531) is held in investments to provide income, leaving free reserves of £55,390 (2019: £47,181). In addition, restricted reserves of £26,197 (2019: £25,896) are held, taking total reserves to £105,168 (2019: £101,608).
The year-on-year stable level of reserves provide confidence that the Society will continue to be able to cover operational costs and award scholarships as promised.
## Responsibilities of the Council
The members of the Council (“The Trustees”) are required to prepare accounts for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs and of the surplus or deficit of the Society for that period. In preparing these accounts the Trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether Applicable Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the accounts;
- prepare the accounts on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Society will continue in business.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Society and which enable them both to ascertain its financial position and ensure that the accounts comply with the Charities Act 1993. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Society and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. In particular they are responsible for investing charitable funds wisely to maximise the return in a manner conducive to its charitable needs and demands.
By order of the Trustees
Alexander Malmaeus Chairman of the Council 30 October 2021
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## Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees and Council of Anglo-Swedish Society
I report to the Trustees on my examination of the accounts of Anglo-Swedish Society (the charity), charity number 289688, for the year ended 31 December 2020, which are set out on pages 14 to 23.
## Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner
The charity’s Trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Act and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
- to follow the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Act, and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention
## Basis of Independent Examiner’s Report
My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## Independent Examiner’s Statement
In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
- the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
- the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Ransford Agyei-Boamah FCCA ACA | Director | Harmer Slater Limited 30 October 2021
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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
|**Incoming resources**
Notes
Incoming resources from
generating funds:
2
Voluntary income
2a
Activities for generating funds
2b
Investment income
2c
Total incoming resources
**Resources expended**
Cost of generating funds:
Cost of generating funds
& voluntary income
3
Charitable activities
4
Governance costs
5
Total resources expended
and losses
Gains / (Losses) on
investment assets
6
Net movement in funds
Fund balances brought
forward
Fund balances carried
forward|Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total
2020
Unrestricted
Funds 2019
Restricted
Funds 2019
Total
2019
£
£
£
£
£
£
9,460
15,561
25,021
8,037
21,911
29,948
1,490
-
1,490
21,742
-
21,742
1,197
-
1,197
1,493
-
1,493|
|---|---|
||12,147
15,561
27,708
31,272
21,911
53,183|
||280
-
280
23,374
-
23,374
1,188
10,085
11,273
5,944
21,610
27,554
3,569
-
3,569
2,761
-
2,761|
||5,037
10,085
15,122
32,079
21,610
53,689|
||7,110
5,476
12,586
(807)
301
(506)
(4,950)
-
(4,950)
4,066
-
4,066|
||2,160
5,476
7,636
3,259
301
3,560
78,971
26,197
105,168
75,712
25,896 101,608|
||81,131
31,673 112,804
78,971
26,197
105,168|
The notes on pages 16 to 23 form part of these accounts
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## BALANCE SHEET FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
|Notes
**Fixed Assets**
Investments
6
**Current Assets**
Balance at Bank and accounts
Debtors and prepayments
7
**Liabilities: amounts falling**
**due within one year**
8
**Net Current Assets**
**Net Assets**
10
**Funds:**
Unrestricted
10
Scholarships & Awards Fund
10|2020
£
£
23,581
89,703
-
89,703
480
89,223
112,804
81,131
31,673
112,804|2020
£
£
23,581
89,703
-
89,703
480
89,223
112,804
81,131
31,673
112,804|2019
£
£
28,531
76,637
-
76,637
-
76,637
105,168
78,971
26,197
105,168|2019
£
£
28,531
76,637
-
76,637
-
76,637
105,168
78,971
26,197
105,168|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||480||-||
||||||
|||112,804||105,168|
|||81,131
31,673||78,971
26,197|
|||112,804||105,168|
Chairman: Alexander Malmaeus Hon. Treasurer: Erik P.O. Berggren 7 December 2021
The notes on pages 16 to 23 form part of these accounts
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## NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
## **1. Accounting Policies**
The principal accounting policies are summarised below. The accounting policies have been applied consistently throughout the year and in the preceding year.
## a. Basis of accounting
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), the Charities Act 2011 and applicable regulations.
Anglo-Swedish Society meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102.
The financial statements are drawn up on the going concern basis which assumes the Charity will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Trustees consider the current and forecast cash resources to be sufficient to cover the working capital requirements of the charity for at least 12 months.
The Trustees are of an opinion that at the time of approval of these financial statements there were no indications suggesting that the charity would not be able to continue as a going concern in the foreseeable future.
## b. Fund accounting
The funds held by the charity fall into the following categories:
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objectives of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by a donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
## c. Incoming resources
All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when the charity is entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:
Voluntary income is received by way of grants, donations, subscriptions, sponsorship and gifts and is included in full in the Statement of Financial Activities (“SoFA”) when received. Grants, where entitlement is not conditional on the delivery of a specific performance by the charity, are recognised when the charity becomes unconditionally entitled to the grant.
Income from investments is included in the SoFA on the accruals basis. Tax recoverable on such income is recognised in the same accounting year. Incoming resources from charitable activities are accounted for in the period in which the performance takes place.
Donated services and facilities are included at the value to the charity where this can be quantified. The value of services provided by volunteers has not been included in these accounts.
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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
## d. Subscriptions
Subscriptions for individuals are included in the income and expenditure account on the accruals basis.
Corporate subscriptions are included in the accounts on an accruals basis.
## e. Resources expended
Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates.
Costs of generating funds comprise the costs associated with attracting voluntary income.
Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them.
Governance costs include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and statutory requirements of the charity and include any independent examination fees and costs linked to the strategic management of the charity.
All costs are allocated between the expenditure categories of the SoFA on a basis designed to reflect the use of the resource.
## f. Investments
Investments are stated at market value. Gains or losses on revaluation are included in the SoFA.
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## NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
|**2 Incoming**
**Resources**
(a) Voluntary income
Subscriptions
Individuals
Corporate Members
Other Members
Friends of the Arts
Uppsala University
Patrons of the Arts
(b) Activities for
generating funds
Punsch ball income
Other function income
(c) Investment
Income
Dividends and interest
Total incoming
resources|Unrestricted
funds 2020
£
Restricted
funds 2020
£
Total
2020
£
Unrestricted
Funds 2019
£
Restricted
funds 2019
£
Total
2019
£
7,060
-
7,060
7,787
-
7,787
2,400
-
2,400
250
-
250
-
10,921
10,921
-
16,061
16,061
-
1,640
1,640
-
1,850
1,850
-
-
-
-
100
100
-
3,000
3,000
-
4,000
4,000|
|---|---|
||9,460
15,561
25,021
8,037
21,911
29,948|
||-
-
-
12,415
-
12,415
1,490
-
1,490
9,327
-
9,327|
||1,490
-
1,490
21,742
-
21,742|
||1,197
-
1,197
1,493
-
1,493|
||1,197
-
1,197
1,493
-
1,493|
||12,147
15,561
27,708
31,272
21,911
53,183|
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## NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
## (d) Membership
At the end of 2020, there were a total of 256 members (2019: 305). Of these, 5 were corporate members (2019: 8), 62 were family members (2019: 73), 77 were life members (2019: 73), 70 were individual members (2019: 85), 4 were 25-and-under members (2019: 8), 35 were 65-and-over members (2019: 41) and 3 were overseas members (2019: 6). There were 4 Patrons of the Arts (2019: 5) and 14 Friends of the Arts (2019: 14).
Life membership was closed to new members from 1995, but was re-introduced at the 2018 AGM, at 15 times annual individual membership, which means £600 with a 50% discount for the over-65s, at current levels.
The annual subscription is payable in advance on January 1st each year. Where appropriate, tax is reclaimed under Gift Aid on subscriptions.
Subscriptions are currently as follows:
- (i) for persons that are Members, £40 per year
- (ii) for Family Membership, £50 per year
- (iii) for Firms or Corporations which are Members, £200 per year
- (iv) for persons that are Members and resident overseas, £20 per year
- (v) for persons that are Members and 65 years or older, £20 per year
- (vi) for persons that are Members and 25 years or younger, £10 per year
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## NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
|**3**
**Costs of generating**
**voluntary income**
Function expenses
**4**
**Charitable activities**
Grants and awards
Printing, stationary &
postage
Website domain costs
Website upgrade costs
**5**
**Governance costs**
Secretary’s salary and
graphical work
Bank and payment charges
Total resources
expended|Unrestricted
Funds 2020
£
Restricted
Funds 2020
£
Total
2020
£
Unrestricted
Funds 2019
£
Restricted
Funds 2019
£
Total
2019
£
280
-
280
23,374
-
23,374|
|---|---|
||280
-
280
23,374
-
23,374|
||-
10,085
10,085
-
21,610
21,610
407
-
407
1,256
-
1,256
413
-
413
413
-
413
368
-
368
4,275
-
4,275|
||1,188
10,085
11,273
5,944
21,610
27,554|
||2,350
-
2,350
1,901
-
1,901
1,219
-
1,219
860
-
860|
||3,569
-
3,569
2,761
-
2,761|
||5,037
10,085
15,122
32,079
21,610
53,689|
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## NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
|**6**
**Investments**
M&G The Equities Investment Fund for Charities
Cost
£10,000
Income Units
£1,718
Market Value at 1 January
Gain / (Loss) on revaluation at 31 December
Market value at 31 December
**7**
**Liabilities: amounts falling due within one year**
Payments received in advance (for next year)|2020
£
2019
£
28,531
24,465
(4,950)
4,066
23,581
28,531
2020
£
2019
£
480
-|
|---|---|
||480
-|
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## NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
## **8 Funds**
|**Funds**||
|---|---|
|Unrestricted Funds
Anglo-Swedish Arts
Foundation Fund
Scholarships
& Awards Fund
Unrestricted Funds
Scholarships & Awards Fund|As at
01.01.20
£
Incoming
resources
£
Resources
expended
£
Unrealised
invest. gain
£
As at
31.12.20
£
78,971
12,147
(5,037)
(4,950)
81,131
-
-
-
-
-
26,197
15,561
(10,085)
-
31,673|
||105,168
27,708
(15,122)
(4,950)
112,804|
||As at
01.01.19
£
Incoming
resources
£
Resources
expended
£
Unrealised
invest. loss
£
As at
31.12.19
£
75,712
31,272
(32,079)
4,066
78,971
25,896
21,911
(21,610)
-
26,197|
||101,608
53,183
(53,689)
4,066
105,168|
The Scholarships & Awards Fund was established in 2002 to provide scholarships and academic support together with grants for similar purposes.
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## NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
## **8 Funds - continued**
## **9**
|Grants and scholarships were paid out as follows during the year:
January 2020
Te Swedish Church donation
March 2020
Coscan donation
March 2020
‘Royal College of Art 19/20 (Guy A Marshall-Brown)
March 2020
Konstfack 20/21 (Kristin Larsson)
December 2020
Guildhall School of Music 20/21
**Analysis of net assets by fund**
Unrestricted
Funds£
Restricted
Funds£
Fixed Assets
28,581
-
Current Assets
58,030
31,673
Current Liabilities
(480)
-
81,131
31,673
Unrestricted
Funds£
Restricted
Funds£
Fixed Assets
28,531
-
Current Assets
50,440
26,197
78,971
26,197|Grants and scholarships were paid out as follows during the year:
January 2020
Te Swedish Church donation
March 2020
Coscan donation
March 2020
‘Royal College of Art 19/20 (Guy A Marshall-Brown)
March 2020
Konstfack 20/21 (Kristin Larsson)
December 2020
Guildhall School of Music 20/21
**Analysis of net assets by fund**
Unrestricted
Funds£
Restricted
Funds£
Fixed Assets
28,581
-
Current Assets
58,030
31,673
Current Liabilities
(480)
-
81,131
31,673
Unrestricted
Funds£
Restricted
Funds£
Fixed Assets
28,531
-
Current Assets
50,440
26,197
78,971
26,197|£
60
25
500
4,500
5,000|
|---|---|---|
|||10,085|
|||Total
2020£
23,581
89,703
(480)|
||81,131
31,673|112,804|
||Unrestricted
Funds£
Restricted
Funds£
28,531
-
50,440
26,197|Total
2019£
28,531
76,637|
||78,971
26,197|105,168|
## **10 Trustees’ remuneration**
No members of the council nor any person connected with them has received or is due to receive any reimbursement of expenses or any remuneration for the year or all prioir years.
There were no fees or expenses paid for the year or all prior years with respect to the independent examination of the accounts..
## **11 Commitments**
The Society has made no commitments for payments in 2021 as at 31st December 2020 not included in these accounts.
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## MEMBERS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
Nina Åberg Kerstin Adams * Rikard af Ekenstam Peter Ahlås Eva Ahrell * Ulric G Almqvist Mr & Mrs George Andersson Jan Ankarcrona * Anthony & Kate Arfwedson Dr Gunilla Assmundson Pehr Johan Aurén Revd Katarina Bäckelin Georgios Bakoulis Elisabet Baldwin Baron & Baroness Peder & Christine Banér Mrs Caroline Bar Jeremy Barlow Peter Barnes Johan Beckman * The Rt Hon The Lord Beith PC * B R Bendeus * Claes Bennet Peter Berg * Erik Berggren Johan & Anna Berglund Count Bertil & Countess Jill Bernadotte * Paul Binding
Maya Birke von Graevenitz Christian & Isabelle Bjärnram Kristina Bluhm Caroline Boggis-Rolfe Sir Roger & Lady Bone Sir Peter & Lady Bonfield Mr & Mrs M C Bonsor * K M Broad * Louise Brooker * Åsa Brown * Kerstin S Bruno Dr David Buckley * Professor Tom Burns & Mrs Eva Burns-Lundgren * Kristina Byng * Charles & Christina Cadogan Sven Calvén * Camilla Carlbom Flinn Dr Terry Carlbom * Christina Chamberlain * Roger O Cohen * Professor Vincent Peter Collins Dr Judith Richardson-Bunbury & The Rev’d Canon Jonathan Collis
Christina Crews Eva Crispin * Agneta Crosfield Mr & Mrs Stephen W Curran
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## MEMBERS (continued)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
Kerstin Niblaeus & Ulf Dahlsten
W F de Coverly Veale * Maria Luiza de Freitas Mish Dev * Dr Lucy Douglas & Dr Christopher Douglas A-L E Edmonds Mr & Mrs William R B Edwards Ulla Elias * Dr Peter Ellis Staffan Elmgren Eva Elrin * Ingela Evans K Eyles * Gunilla Falk * Emma Flight & Richard Bates Mark & Alexia Florman Geoffrey Forss Timothy J Forster I Freeman * Robert & Elizabeth Freeman Abbot Redwood Fryxell * Margareta Gadd Kenneth & Lillemor Gardener Björn Gävert * Anders Rydell & Cecilia Gejke N C Gibbon Sir Roger Gifford
Dr Jenny Gimpel Professor David Goldsmith Nina Good
Peter & Dr Christina Goodacre *
Eva Gothall Brita Gould * Andrew Philip John Gray Aubrey-James Greenshields Mikael & Marina Grut Sofie Haag
Annika E Hall Dr Anders Hallengren * Donald & Anne Hallett Ulla Halliway * Nicholas Hamilton Jan Haraldson Dr Michael Hardingham * Julia Hawkins Cecilia & Mark Haszlakiewicz Paul Hoffman David Stewart & Elisabeth Hogfors-Stewart Charlotte Holdsworth-Hunt * Alan J Hovell Nicholas & Candy Iliff Kamran Iqbal John Islander & Linda Nordlund Benjamin Jaglom
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MEMBERS (continued) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
Nina Jahanbin
Anders Simon Gunnar Jay Henrik Johnsson Magnus Jones Nicholas G Jones Rhidian Jones * Oscar Knut Franz Jonson Per Jonsson Christian & Oksana Kåberg Mr & Mrs T Kalborg Dr Patrik Kärrberg Isabelle Katsumata Professor Neil Kent Kristoffer Kenttä Jacob Kinde * Kevin King Henric & Lena Kjellgren Mark Klos Astrid Lagerberg A Lamming Maria Borelius-Larson & Greger Larson Anna, Andreas, Camilla, Julius Lehmann Joj Eva Lind Sara Lindgren Michael & Maud Logan Allan Luskow * Carl & Annica Malmaeus
Jacqueline Appel & Alexander Malmaeus Björn & Kristina Malmström * Lady Mander * Magnus Månsson * Anders Christian Martensson Nils Mårtensson Patrick & Maria Mårtensson Alexander Hoare & Claudia Martin Christina H D L Mathieu Barbro McAusland * Andrew McCullough Aidan McGee Monica McNeish Hol Michael Larsson & Dr Elisabeth Moor E K Munding * Nathalie Mylog Derek William Netts Andreas Nilsson Lanny Nilsson Sophie Nilsson Gunilla Nordquist-Turner * Carl R J Norström Jenny Nunn Magnus & Melanie Nylén Lena Anderson & Marcus Ohlin Eric Orlowski Geoffrey B Orr *
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MEMBERS (continued) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
Ulla Påhlson-Möller
Eric Palmcrantz
Baron & Baroness Markel & Åsa Konstantia Palmstierna
Dr Shirin Parsno Christine I Peel * Erik Penser * Lennart Perlhagen I Philipps Celia J Pilkington Oscar de Poncins Johanna-Luise Pontani David R W Potter * John W Prior * Louise Pyman Katherine Råge Bo Ramfors Helen Rennie-Smith Karin B Richards * Svea Riches * Mr & Mrs Torsten B Ringdahl * Hon Maurice Robson * Maria Romano Cecilia Roos Ebba Roos Helen & Göran Roos Sten & Jill Rosenlund * Baron Henrik Rosenørn-Lehn
Gunilla Rudder * Eva-Lena M Ruhnbro James G Ryeland * Charlotte Salford Professor Ifor & Mrs Vanessa Samuel Jason & Lucy af Sandeberg Peter Sandberg Gunvor Sandblad * Maj Sanders * Bryan & Sirkka Sanderson * Peter & Donna Sanderson Björn Savén Michael & Moussie Sayers Mattias Scheibel-Larsson Peter Schofield * Laurent & Åsa Schönbach Christopher Seidenfaden & Saija Singer Seidenfaden Christina, Countess of Shaftesbury R J Shelton S M Sheppard * Annika Simonsson Bergqvist A E C Slingsby * Sylvia G H Smith * Carol & Staffan Söderlind Oliver Spencer Dr Michael St John Parker & Mrs Annette St John Parker
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Baron Jan Staël von Holstein * Barbro Stenfot * Nicole Stjernswärd Ulrich Stoof A Gunilla Sutton * Lotta Sutton Steve Sutton Tina Tamman Zuming Tang Gunilla C Taylor * Mr & Mrs Jeremy H Taylor * Cem Kemahli & Elizabeth Tegnér Carin Terry * Dr Nillie Teymouri Anna Tham Claire Thomsen Maria Tibblin Jeffrey & Gunilla Tuite Gulvie Tye * Sir John Ure KCMG LVO * Annika Vallgren Vips Vallis * Judith Atkins & James Vaux Mattias Vendelmans-Hedberg Claudio Magnesi & Gerard Versteegh * Robin Vollert Hans von Celsing
Diana von Holstein Hans & Jaana von Rettig Mamhoud Warriah Torun Watkins Mikael & Åsa Wersäll Martina Westin Peter Westman Mr & Mrs John T White * Staffan Widenfelt * Ivo Wiesendanger & Elife Hanhart Camilla Williams * Joe, Rose and May Payne & Kate Wilson J Winberg Claes Zangenberg Lu Zhou * Life Members
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## SWEDEN IN AFRICA Savile Club
## 30 January 2020
Peter Stein and Professor Emil Uddhammar gave a fascinating talk on Sweden’s trade links with sub-Saharan Africa, from the slave trade to IT.
Many members of the AngloSwedish Society turn out to have strong links with Africa
- through upbringing, ancestry and business. One member present was the cousin once removed of Karen Blixen, the author of Out of Africa.
A lively question and answer session was followed by informal discussion, drinks and canapés.
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## TEA AND COFFEE IN BRITAIN AND SWEDEN
## 7 July 2020
Professor David Goldsmith and Eric Orlowski gave their third joint talk. This time the topic was “Tea and Coffee in Great Britain and Sweden”, which provided a springboard for an exploration of two nations’ customs, histories and international trade routes.
In England (in particular) the archetypal cup of breakfast or afternoon, tea is a cultural marvel, which literally sustained an Empire. In Sweden, coffee has come to rule the roost. A quintessential part of Swedish culture, the fika, is grounded in coffee. The when, how’s and why’s were explored and illustrated with some brilliant slides. Participants learned how each drink arrived in, then came to dominate, the two countries. There were many fun-facts, knowledge nuggets, and entertaining tales. Members of the Swedish-British Society in Stockholm joined the talk, quesion and answer session and chat afterwards.
The talk was recording and is available to watch on the Society’s YouTube Channel.
Professor David Goldsmith (left) & Eric Orlowski (right)
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## PAUL BINDING ON SELMA LAGERLÖF
## 4 August 2020
Paul Binding is a literary critic, novelist, and a renowned expert in Scandinavian literature. He gave an engaging and highly informative talk via Zoom on the work of Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940). Paul Binding describes her as a truly great writer - profound, original and virtuous. She was the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature and to become a member of the Swedish Academy. Nils Holgersson’s Wonderful Journey has recently been translated into English by Peter Graves. Reviewing the translation in the Times Literary
Supplement, Paul Binding wrote ‘The Personal is the geographical, the geographical becomes the personal, and Peter Graves’ superb, attentively faithful new rendering of Selma Lagerlöf’s masterpiece makes us understand this truth afresh’. The talk covered all years of Lagerlöf’s productivity, from the phenomenal successful early work, Gösta Berlings Saga, to the masterpieces of her later years, above all the superb trilogy, The Löwensköld Ring and her recreation of her childhood home, Mårbacka. The event was organised by Council
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member Robert Freeman and we were joined by members of our sister societies in Sweden and Pia Lundberg, Counsellor for Cultural Affairs at the Swedish Embassy.
The talk was recording and is available to watch on the Society’s YouTube Channel.
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## SWEDEN AND THE NORDIC NATIONS A BALTIC PERSPECTIVE
## 9 September 2020
Caroline Boggis-Rolfe, noted lecturer and historian, gave a talk based on her recent book “The Baltic Story: A ThousandYear History of Its Lands, Seas and Peoples” (Amberley Publishing 2019).
The talk was recorded and is available on the society’s YouTube channel.
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She answered questions after the Zoom talk. David Goldsmith and Eric Orlowski were on hand to ensure that the discussion was both memorable and informative.
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## ANIMALS THAT NO ONE BUT US HAS SEEN
## 28 October 2020
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Linda Bondestam gave an excellent presentation to the Society’s largest gathering to date. Members and friends particularly enjoyed her charming poetry readings from some of the children’s books that she has illustrated. Linda is one of the Nordic’s Countries’ best-known artists, illustrators and authors, and her playful use of colour is delicately balanced with the appropriate sensitivity to handle difficult subjects in children’s literature.
Swedish-Finnish, she was born and lives in Helsinki and studied Illustration at Kingston University. Her illustrations of the text by Ulf Stark of Djur Som Ingen Sett Utom Vi (Animals That No One But Us Has Seen) was awarded the Snöbollen Prize in 2016 for Swedish Picture Book of the Year. The book was also awarded The Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize in 2017 and winner of the August Prize in 2020.
Linda made her debut as a writer in 2019 with the publication of God Natt på Jorden (Good Night on Earth) which she both wrote and illustrated. It comprises a collection of bedtime stories for children in which Linda creates a very special universe for children in text and image. The book will be available in English in spring 2021.
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## GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS DAY
## 6 November 2020
Charles Stern (2010-11 scholar) gave a talk about the innovative work of WorkshopStern. The application of the latest digital fabrication technologies to traditional glass and ceramic production is yielding some astonishing results. Please see page 49 for more information.
Current music scholar Ami-Louise Johnsson (violin & viola), accompanied by Pau Vendrell Vilardaga (piano) performed pieces by Bartok, Milhaud and Faurè. Johan Löfving (theorbo and baroque guitar) and Yu-Wei Hu (baroque flute) performed traditional Swedish folk tunes and pieces by Bartok and Glazunov.
The talk was recorded and is available on the society’s YouTube channel.
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## CHARLES STERN
## 2010-2011 scholar
WorkshopStern is a studio that produces collaborative design, education, craft and research. The company has a broad focus that is informed by the cultures of glassblowing, ceramics and digital fabrication and collaborates with institutions, academics and makers in different ways. These include fabrication services for designers, project managing research into craft techniques, teaching, lecturing and the creation of works for gallery and museum display. The company is closely aligned with Anthony Stern Glass London and Charles Stern is a co director of ASG.
Clients and employers have included NationalMuseum Stockholm, V&A London, Konstfack University College for Art, Craft and Design, The Royal Institute of Art Stockholm, The Glass Factory Boda and Beckmans College of Design. Support has been furnished by The Swedish Arts Grants committee, The Anglo Swedish Society, Corning Museum of Glass and The City of Stockholm’s Innovativ Kultur Fund.
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## ST ANDREW’S DAY GALA
## 28 November 2020
We were delighted to see many of our members and friends at a Zoom gala event hosted by our sister organisation, the Swedish-British Society (Stockholm), celebrating St Andrew’s Day 28 November. Traditionally a ball, the event was successfully held as a virtual event with over 60 people joining.
We sang and listened to music and speeches, some enjoyed gala dinners at home, and bid on luxury items and experiences in a virtual auction with the famous antique expert Peder Lamm as auctioneer. Our music scholar, Ami-Louise Johnsson, performed, as well as the Thistle Pipe Band, Jessica Fernandez-Rodrigues, Björn Bergérus, and Mattias Enn.
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## THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE
## 1 December 2020
silent cinema and of its director Victor Sjöström.
We were delighted to see so many members and friends join us for a virtual talk by Dr Claire Thomson (UCL) on the classic Swedish film The Phantom Carriage (Körkarlen) on 1 December.
Sjöström is often referred to as the father of Swedish cinema and was a great influence on Ingmar Bergman who cast him in what is now his best known role, as Professor Isak Borg in Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället, 1957). Selma Lagerlöf’s novella The Phantom Carriage is available in English from Norvik Press, translated by Peter Graves.
This talk marks the centenary of the première of the film on 1 January 1921. Adapted from the 1912 novella by Selma Lagerlöf, The Phantom Carriage is considered to be one of the most important works of the
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The talk was recording and is available to watch on the Society’s YouTube Channel.
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## PATRONS OF THE ARTS
Jacqueline Appel & Alexander Malmaeus Andrew McCullough Bryan and Sirkka Sanderson Foundation Gerard Versteegh & Claudio Magnesi
## FRIENDS OF THE ARTS
Jan Ankarcrona Erik Berggren Mark & Alexia Florman Rhidian Jones Oscar Knut Franz Jonson Allan Luskow Carl & Annica Malmaeus
Andreas Nilsson Maria Romano Ulrich Stoof Zuming Tang Diana von Holstein Hans & Jaana von Rettig Ivo Wiesendanger & Elife Hanhart
## CORPORATE MEMBERS
A M Visualisation Anelca Clinic From Sweden Productions
Swedish Chamber of Commerce Swedish School in London
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## From the archives
The Duke of Edinburgh was in top form as guest of honour at the Anglo-Swedish Society’s Swedish National Day celebrations on 6 June 1983. The photograph shows Dr Karin Swanberg receiving a compliment from his Royal highness, accompanied by Ambassador Leif Leifland.
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## Structure, Governance and Management
The Anglo-Swedish Society (hereafter referred to as “the Society” or “the Charity”) was formally established on 17 February 1919 and Registered as a Charity in England and Wales on 21 June 1984 under rules adopted on 16 May 1984.
A Board of Trustees, known as the Council, comprising the Officers and up to 12 members, administers the Society. The Officers are: the President, the Chairman, the Vice-Chairman, the Honorary Treasurer and Honorary Secretary. The President is elected by the Society’s members for 3 years and may be re-elected. The Officers and Council Members are elected by the Society’s members and hold office until the next Annual General Meeting at which they may be re-elected. The Trustees receive no emoluments.
The President, although an Officer of the Society, takes no part in the management of the Society.
The Council has appointed an Executive Committee from its members with the Society Chairman as its Chairman and a membership comprising the Officers of the Society and the Chairmen of the Awards and Events Committees.
The Society has the power to make any investment which the Trustees see fit. The Council has considered the most appropriate policy for investing funds and has found that specialised unit trusts, designed for the charity sector, and bank accounts paying high tax free interest, meet their requirements to generate both income and capital growth. The Council is constantly reviewing the performance of its investments.
## Objectives and Activities
The objects of the Society, which shall have no political character, are:
(a) the advancement of the education of the public in the science, art, literature, music, history, economics, philosophy, culture and other recognised academic subjects of Great Britain and Sweden;
(b) the support of any other charitable activities.
In furtherance of the above-mentioned objects, but not further or otherwise, the Society shall:
(i) arrange fund-raising events and activities;
(ii) arrange lectures, classes, exhibitions, readings, concerts and broadcasts;
(iii) print and publish such literature as shall be necessary for the attainment of the objects;
(iv) administer any funds available for charitable and educational purposes.
Although grant making is not the main way the Society carries out its purpose, the Scholarships and Awards programme, re-established in 2003, is an important part of the charity’s work.
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