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2022-12-31-accounts

CONTENTS

1 Reference & Administrative Information 2 HM King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden 3 King Charles III The Former Prince of Wales 5 Scholars 19 Chairman’s Report 21 Independent Examiner’s Report 22 Statement of Financial Activities 23 Balance Sheet 24 Notes to the Accounts 32 Members 37 Events 59 From the Archives 62 Patrons of the Arts, Friends of the Arts & Corporate Members 63 Credits

Berenice Hernandez ceramic artist

ANGLO-SWEDISH SOCIETY

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

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)

HM King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden The Former Prince of Wales HE The Ambassador of Sweden The Lord Beith PC

Patrons

President

Vice Presidents

Sir John Ure KCMG, LVO Anthony Arfwedson PatrSstGM

Count Bertil Bernadotte af Wisborg Countess Jill Bernadotte af Wisborg The Lord Beith PC

Honorary Members

Council

Chairman

Alexander Malmaeus

Vice-Chairman Michael Sayers QC Hon. Treasurer Erik Berggren Hon. Secretary Christian Bjärnram Johan Aurén Professor David Goldsmith Elisabet Baldwin Professor Neil Kent Christina Cadogan Sara Lindgren Maggie Dan-Lersten Andreas Nilsson Robert Freeman Martina Westin Dr Cecilia Geijke Lu Zhou

Secretary

Lucy af Sandeberg Christian Bjärnram Ransford Agyei-Boamah

Hon. Solicitor Independent Examiner

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ANGLO-SWEDISH SOCIETY

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

SCHOLARSHIPS

& Awards 2021 - 2022

Ami-Louise Johnsson

Ami-Louise is a violinist and viola player supported in all three years of her BMus Course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama 2019-23 and again in her first year of MMus course.

London Nordic Choir

The Anglo-Swedish Society supported the choir’s tours to York and Liverpool, featuring works by Nordic and international composers.

Liz Jackson

Liz graduated from the Royal College of Art with a MA in ceramics. She was supported as an exchange student at Konstfack in Stockholm for 3 months.

Tenebrae Choir

Supported to tour Copenhagen, Kalmar and Helsingborg in 2022.

Elin Sundström

Elin is a 2021 MA graduate from Konstfack in Stockholm. She was supported during her exchange to the Royal College of Art in winter/ spring 2022.

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ANGLO-SWEDISH SOCIETY

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

SCHOLARSHIPS & Awards 2022 - 2023

Ami-Louise Johnsson

Ami-Louise is a violinist and viola player supported in all three years of her BMus Course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama 2019-22 and again in her first year of MMus course.

Berenice Hernandez

Ceramic artist from Konstfack in Stockholm was selected to spend spring 2023 at the Royal College of Art in London.

Alex

Wainwright

The first recipient of the Baroness Maddock Scholarship. Scandinavian Studies UCL student who elected to spend his third year at the University of Gothenburg.

The Baltic Cauldron

The society sponsored the publication of the English version of the important work “I Fred och Örlog ”

Mils

Bridgewater

Glass and ceramic artist from the Royal College of Art in London was selected to spend spring 2023 at Konstfack in Stockholm.

London Nordic Choir

The Anglo-Swedish Society supported the choir’s tours to York and Liverpool, featuring works by Nordic and international composers.

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LIZ JACKSON

ceramic artist

Liz graduated from the Royal College of Art with a MA in ceramics. She was supported as an exchange student at Konstfack in Stockholm for 3 months, starting January 2022.

Elizabeth works to commission as well as for exhibitions. She welcomes conversations with galleries and organisers and looks to partake in residencies globally.

Her work explores the way in which meaning can emerge through making and the ambiguity of composition. Using colour, glaze, intuitive and considered making she look to create work which evokes thought or feeling in the viewer and might offer a reflection on the human condition and modes of being.

At the centre of my practice I am a gatherer of things: words, abstract objects, everyday objects, colours, gestures, and questions. At Konstfack I will once again use gathering as a starting point for my work in clay, a way into intuitive making, an attempt at translating thoughts, feelings and experience that might not be easily translated through the use of language.

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ELIN SUNDSTRÖM

glass & ceramic artist

Elin is a 2021 MA graduate from she has participated in various Konstfack in Stockholm. She was group shows in Sweden. supported during her exchange to the Royal College of Art in A deep care for nature winter/spring 2022. permeates her processes and

A deep care for nature permeates her processes and methods, and much of the work takes place outdoors. She often works site-specific in proximity to water, which holds an important place in her art through its physical and philosophical properties of spreading and thereby binding together species, bodies and landscapes.

Elin is a materialbased artist living outside Uppsala, Sweden. Her practice is multi-disciplinary and performative using photography, ceramic sculpture, land art and installation, as well as writing. Her work is concerned with the relationship between human and nature, negotiating nonhierarchical ways of relating to the other-than-human. She holds a BFA from HDK, the University College of Design and Crafts, Gothenburg and a MFA from Konstfack, the university of Arts, Craft and Design, Stockholm, and

elinsundstrom.net

I am intrigued to see what could be learned from working with a city as a landscape, and it would be quite the challenge to hear the places through the urban noise. I am prepared to be unprepared. Maybe there are some new materials, waiting to be put to work?

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MILS BRIDGEWATER glass & ceramic artist

Mils Bridgewater’s work explores and slaughter and the the themes of of ecology, transportation of inanimate pollution, waste, tenderness, objects for consumer pleasure. value, animal husbandry and One is encased in bubble wrap, duplicity. packing peanuts, an oversized cardboard box - the other in Inspired by a youth spent in a overcrowded metal cages, remote rural English environment extreme temperatures, with no populated by domesticated food or water.

Inspired by a youth spent in a remote rural English environment populated by domesticated animals, Bridgewater is currently investigating the disparity between transportation of livestock for fattening

Through her work, Bridgewater offers insight into feelings that are universally relatable but

often remain buried. Constructed from wood, bronze, bones, fur and glass to symbolise memory and loss, she transforms materials into tactile sculptures and multi-layered immersive installations. These materials are chosen specifically for their unique inherent qualities and their properties inform the work.

milsbridgewater.com

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BERENICE HERNANDEZ

ceramic artist

Born in Mexico City, lives and works in Scandinavia Berenice pieces are reminders of our relationship to unstable spaces, spaces that are at the constant mercy of imminent catastrophy. Sometimes they are forced upon you, sometimes they are shelters, sometimes they are homes – and sometimes they crumble to ruins. What they have in common is that they are formed in relation to us, and us to them.

hernandezberenice.com

instagram.com/hernandez

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AMI-LOUISE JOHNSSON violinist & violist

Ami-Louise is a violinist and viola player is being supported as the Anglo-Swedish Society’s music scholar for the fourth year running. She is currently completing her fourth year at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London with Professor David Takeno.

2nd prize and the Dvorak Society Award at the Oskar Nedbal International Viola Competition in Prague, the Junior award from Hattori Foundation and, in the same year, was named a scholar of the Drake Calleja Trust. As the 2020 winner of the Max and Peggy Morgan Viola Award, she was awarded a solo recital in St James Piccadilly, London. With a passion for chamber music, she often performs at festivals in Scandinavia and internationally. See a recording from Copenhagen Summer Festival (2022). Ami-Louise made her solo debut at the age of 8 in 2009 with the Swedish Radio Philharmonic in Berwaldhallen, Stockholm playing J.S.Bach’s Violin Concerto in A minor.

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.

Ami-Louise has been lauded for her insightful musicianship and the warmth of her captivating sound. As a featured artist with LGT Young Soloists, she has performed on many prestigious stages worldwide, such as Tonhalle Zürich and Charlottenborg festival. She regularly broadcasts on Radio and TV, most recently on BBC Radio 3’s ‘In Tune’ in London and Podium Witteman in Amsterdam. In 2021 she was awarded the

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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Achievements and Performance

Royal College of Art graduate Liz Jackson was sponsored to spend three months at the ceramics department in Stockholm. Her counterpart, Elin Sundström, spent three months in London.

Viola player Ami-Louise Johnsson was supported in the final year of her Bachelor of Music degree at the

Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

The London Nordic Choir received funding to perform in York and Liverpool.

The Tenebrae Choir was supported to tour Copenhagen, Kalmar and Helsingborg.

UCL Scandinavian Studies student Alex Wainwright was selected as the first recipient of the Baroness Maddock Scholarship, which allowed him to spend a year in Gothenburg in Sweden.

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 2022: £7,353 (2021: £3,826).

At 31 December 2022 the Society had unrestricted reserves of £84,778 (2021: £89,053). Of this, £25,247 (2021: £26,736) is held in investments to provide income, leaving free reserves of £59,531 (2021: £62,317). In addition, restricted reserves of £29,694 (2021: £32,891) are held, taking total reserves to £114,472 (2021: £121,944).

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.

Mils Bridgewater (RCA) and Berenice Hernandez (Konstfack) were selected to take part in the 2022-23 exchange.

Professor Neil Kent and Captain Clement Chevalier’s talk about France’e Royal Swedish Regiment marked a return to live events. Other highlights were the annual Valborg Dinner at the Travellers Club, a visit to the College of Arms, a reception hosted by H E the Swedish Ambassador at her Residence, and the annual Punsch Ball at the Cavalry and Guards Club.

Virtual events continued to allow us to attract speakers and audiences from outside the United Kingdom. These included a talk about Tjolöholm Castle in Gothenburg, Åbo Swedish Theatre, Carl Michael Bellman, and the textile artist Märta Måås-Fjetterström.

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:

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 28 April 2023

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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 2022, which are set out on pages 24 to 31.

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:

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:

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

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 2022
Restricted
funds 2022
Total
2022
Unrestricted
Funds 2021
Restricted
Funds 2021
Total
2021
£
£
£
£
£
£
7,016
19,396
26,412
7,290
17,861
25,151
23,710
-
23,710
30
-
30
1,480
-
1,480
1,273
-
1,273
32,206
19,396
51,602
8,593
17,861
26,454
27,639
-
27,639
-
-
-
2,672
22,593
25,265
993
16,643
17,636
4,681
-
4,681
2,833
-
2,833
34,992
22,593
57,585
3,826
16,643
20,469
(2,786)
(3,197)
(5,983)
4,767
1,218
5,985
(1,489)
-
(1,489)
3,155
-
3,155
(4,275)
(3,197)
(7,472)
7,922
1,218
9,140
89,053
32,891 121,944
81,131
31,673 112,804
84,778
29,694
114,472
89,053
32,891 121,944

The notes on pages 24 to 31 form part of these accounts

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 22 April 2022

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ANGLO-SWEDISH SOCIETY

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

BALANCE SHEET FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

Notes
Fixed Assets
Investments
6
Current Assets
Balance at Bank and accounts
Net Current Assets
Net Assets
9
Funds:
Unrestricted
9
Restricted: Scholarships & Awards Fund
9		 2022
£
£
25,247
89,225
89,225
89,225
114,472
84,778
29,694
114,472		 2022
£
£
25,247
89,225
89,225
89,225
114,472
84,778
29,694
114,472		 2021
£
£
26,736
95,208
95,208
95,208
121,944
89,053
32,891
121,943		 2021
£
£
26,736
95,208
95,208
95,208
121,944
89,053
32,891
121,943
114,472 121,944
84,778
29,694		 89,053
32,891
114,472 121,943

For the financial year ending 31 December 2022 the Charity was entitled to exemption from audit under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 relating to small charities.

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.

The Trustees consider that the most appropriate level of free reserves is a sum equivalent to twelve months of the Charity’s running costs.

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:

Chairman: Alexander Malmaeus Hon. Treasurer: Erik P.O. Berggren 22 April 2022

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.

The notes on pages 24 to 31 form part of these accounts

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 2022

NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

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.

2 Incoming Resources
(a) Voluntary income
Subscriptions
Individuals
Corporate Members
Other Members
Friends of the Arts
Patrons of the Arts
(b) Activities for generating
funds
Function income
(c) Investment Income
Dividends and interest
Total incoming resources		 Unrestricted
funds 2022
£
Restricted
funds 2022
£
Total
2022
£
Unrestricted
Funds 2021
£
Restricted
funds 2021
£
Total
2021
£
7,016
-
7,016
5,890
-
5,890
-
-
-
1,400
-
1,400
-
13,866
13,866
-
11,971
11,971
-
2,490
2,490
-
2,890
2,890
-
3,040
3,040
-
3,000
3,000
7,016
19,396
26,412
7,290
17,861
25,151
23,710
-
23,710
30
-
1,490
23,710
-
23,710
30
-
1,490
1,480
-
1,480
1,273
-
1,273
1,480
-
1,480
1,273
-
1,273
32,206
19,396
51,602
8,593
17,861
26,454

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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

(d) Membership

At the end of 2022, there were a total of 255 members (2021: 244). Of these, 2 was a corporate member (2021:3), 56 were family members (2021: 52), 75 were life members (2021: 80), 63 were individual members (2021: 63), 4 were 25-and-under members (2021: 5), 41 were 65-and-over members (2021: 38) and 7 were overseas members (2021: 3), 3 honorary life members, and 3 annual-free members. There were 3 Patrons of the Arts (2021: 3) and 13 Friends of the Arts (2021: 10).

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 a year (2008: £20) (ii) for Family Membership, £50 a year (2008: £25)

(iii) for Firms or Corporations which are Members, £200 a year (2008: £100)

An overseas subscription rate was introduced at the 2013 AGM:

(iv) for persons that are resident overseas, £20 a year (2013: £40)

A 25-and-under subscription rate was introduced at the 2018 AGM: (iv) for persons that are 25 years or younger, £10 a year (2017: £40)

16 members payed pre-2009 membership fees (2018: 16) and the Society is pursuing members to review their standing orders to ensure they are paying the correct amount.

Persons joining after 1 October need pay one-half of the appropriate subscription for that year.

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 2022
£
Restricted
Funds 2022
£
Total
2022
£
Unrestricted
Funds 2021
£
Restricted
Funds 2021
£
Total
2021
£
27,639
-
27,639
-
-
-
27,639
-
27,639
-
-
-
-
22,593
22,593
-
16,643
16,643
96
-
96
360
-
360
376
-
376
-
-
-
2,200
-
2,200
633
-
633
2,672
22,593
25,265
993
16,643
17,636
3,315
-
3,315
2,378
-
2,378
1,366
-
1,366
455
-
455
4,681
-
4,681
2,833
-
2,833
34,992
22,593
57,585
3,826
16,643
20,469

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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

6 Investments 2022 2021
£ £
M&G The Equities Investment Fund for Charities
Cost £10,000
Income Units £1,718
Market Value at 1 January 26,736 23,581
Gain / (Loss) on revaluation at 31 December (1,489) 3,155
Market value at 31 December 25,247 26,736

7 Funds

Funds
Unrestricted Funds
Anglo-Swedish Arts
Foundation Fund
Scholarships
& Awards Fund
Unrestricted Funds
Restricted Funds
Scholarships & Awards Fund		 As at
01.01.22
£
Incoming
resources
£
Resources
expended
£
Unrealised
invest. gain
£
As at
31.12.22
£
89,053
32,206
(34,992)
(1,489)
84,778
-
-
-
-
-
32,891
19,396
(22,593)
-
29,694
121,944
51,602
(57,585)
(1,489)
114,472
As at
01.01.21
£
Incoming
resources
£
Resources
expended
£
Unrealised
invest. loss
£
As at
31.12.21
£
81,131
8,593
(3,826)
3,155
89,053
31,673
17,861
(16,643)
-
32,891
112,804
26,454
(20,469)
3,155
121,944

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 2022

MEMBERS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

Grants and scholarships were paid out as follows during the year:
January 2022
Te Swedish Church donation
January 2022
Konstfack 2021/22 (Elin Sundström)
February 2022
Coscan donation
April 2022
Tenebrae Choir
June 2022
Peter Hore (for the book “I Fred och Örlog”)
August 2022
Konstfack 2022/23 (Josefn Burmester-Andersson)
August 2022
Baroness Maddock Scholarship (Alex Wainwright)
September 2022
Guildhall School of Music 2022/23 (Ami-Louise John)
November 2022
London Nordic Choir
December 2022
Royal College of Art 2022/23 (Berenice Hernandez)
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Analysis of net assets by fund
Unrestricted
Funds
£
Restricted
Funds
£
Fixed Assets
25,247
-
Current Assets
59,531
29,694
84,778
29,694
Unrestricted
Funds
£
Restricted
Funds
£
Fixed Assets
26,736
-
Current Assets
62,317
32,891
Current Liabilities
-
-
89,053
32,891		 Grants and scholarships were paid out as follows during the year:
January 2022
Te Swedish Church donation
January 2022
Konstfack 2021/22 (Elin Sundström)
February 2022
Coscan donation
April 2022
Tenebrae Choir
June 2022
Peter Hore (for the book “I Fred och Örlog”)
August 2022
Konstfack 2022/23 (Josefn Burmester-Andersson)
August 2022
Baroness Maddock Scholarship (Alex Wainwright)
September 2022
Guildhall School of Music 2022/23 (Ami-Louise John)
November 2022
London Nordic Choir
December 2022
Royal College of Art 2022/23 (Berenice Hernandez)
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Analysis of net assets by fund
Unrestricted
Funds
£
Restricted
Funds
£
Fixed Assets
25,247
-
Current Assets
59,531
29,694
84,778
29,694
Unrestricted
Funds
£
Restricted
Funds
£
Fixed Assets
26,736
-
Current Assets
62,317
32,891
Current Liabilities
-
-
89,053
32,891		 £
60
4,500
33
1,000
1,500
4,500
2,250
5,000
1,500
2,250
22,593


Total
2022
£
25,247
89,225
84,778
29,694		 114,472
Unrestricted
Funds
£
Restricted
Funds
£
26,736
-
62,317
32,891
-
-

Total
2021
£
26,736
95,208
-
89,053
32,891		 121,944

9 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.

10 Commitments

The Society has made no commitments for payments in 2023 as at 31 December 2022 not included in these accounts.

Kerstin Adams *

Rikard af Ekenstam Mr & Mrs Jason & Lucy af Sandeberg Peter Ahlås Eva Ahrell * Ulric G Almqvist Mr & Mrs George Andersson Erik Andre Jan Ankarcrona *

Mr & Mrs Anthony & Kate Arfwedson Dr Gunilla Assmundson Jonas Aurell Pehr Johan Aurén Georgios Bakoulis Elisabet Baldwin Baron & Baroness Peder & Christine Banér Jeremy Barlow Peter Barnes Johan Beckman * The Rt Hon Lord Beith *

B R Bendeus *

Claes Bennet Peter Berg *

Erik Berggren

Count & Countess Bertil & Jill Bernadotte *

Marie Bertheau Norgren

Tomasz Bilakiewicz

Christian & Isabelle Bjärnram Sir Roger & Lady Bone Sir Peter & Lady Bonfield Mr & Mrs M C Bonsor * James Brazier K M Broad * Louise Brooker * Åsa Brown * Kerstin S Bruno

Dr David Buckley *

Professor Tom Burns & Mrs *

Eva Burns-Lundgren *

Kristina E Byng *

Mr & Mrs Charles & Christina Cadogan

Sven Calvén *

Dr Terry Carlbom *

Christina Chamberlain *

Dr Isabelle Charmantier *

Clement Chevalier

Roger O Cohen *

Professor Vincent Peter Collins

Dr & the Rev’d Canon Judith RichardsonBunbury & The Rev’d Canon Jonathan Collis

Eva Crispin *

Mr & Mrs Stephen W Curran

Kerstin Niblaeus & Ulf Dahlsten

Maggie Dan-Lersten

W F de Coverly Veale *

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MEMBERS (continued)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

Mesant Dev *

Christina Goodacre *

Dr Lucy & Dr Christopher Douglas

Dr Elizabeth Goodwin-Andersson Brita Gould * Ulf Greder Aubrey-James Greenshields Mikael Grut Louise Grydbeck Annika E Hall Dr Anders Hallengren * Donald & Anne Hallett Ulla Halliway * Barbara Hamilton Nicholas Hamilton Jan Haraldson Dr Michael Hardingham * Cecilia & Mark Haszlakiewicz Anna Hawkins Christian C Henriksson Paul Hoffman David Stewart & Elisabeth Hogfors-Stewart Charlotte Holdsworth-Hunt * Alan Hovell Nicholas & Candy Iliff Michael Ingelög Kamran Iqbal John Islander & Linda Nordlund Benjamin Jaglom

Daniel Dowson

Anna-Lena Edmonds

Mr & Mrs William R B Edwards

Oscar Egerström

Wictor Ehrendal

Ulla Elias *

Dr Peter Ellis

Staffan Elmgren

Eva Elrin *

Ingela Evans

K Eyles *

Gunilla Falk *

Emma Flight & Richard Bates Mark & Alexia Florman Timothy J Forster Inger Freeman * Robert & Elizabeth Freeman Abbot Redwood Fryxell * Margareta Gadd Kenneth & Lillemor Gardener Björn Gävert * Nicholas C Gibbon * Dr Jenny Gimpel Professor David Goldsmith Nina Good

MEMBERS (continued)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

Anders Simon Gunnar Jay

Björn & Kristina Malmström * Lady Karin Mander * Anders Christian Martensson Nils Mårtensson Patrick & Maria Mårtensson Alexander & Claudia Hoare Eivor Martinus *

Henrik Johnsson

Nicholas G Jones

Rhidian Jones * Oscar Knut Franz Jonson

Per Jonsson Christian & Oksana Kåberg Mr & Mrs Ted Kalborg Dr Patrik A. Kärrberg Isabelle Katsumata Kristoffer Kenttä Thomas H F Kidman Jakob Kinde * Kevin King Henric & Lena Kjellgren

Christina H D L Mathieu

Barbro McAusland *

Aidan McGee

Nina & Peter Möller

Hol Michael Larsson & Dr Elisabeth Moor Ian Mounsdon

The Very Reverend Eric Muhl E K Munding * Raluca Nastase Annika Nestius-Brown Derek William Netts David Nicholson Andreas Nilsson Gunilla Nordquist-Turner * Carl R J Norström Jenny Nunn Magnus & Melanie Nylén Robert Ogden Geoffrey B Orr * Marwan Osseiran

Mark Klos

Maria Borelius-Larson & Greger Larson Anna, Andreas, Camilla & Julius Lehmann Elodie Limouzin Joj Eva Lind Sara Lindgren Michael & Maud Logan Allan Luskow * Peter Maamari Alexander Malmaeus * Carl & Annica Malmaeus * Jacqueline Appel Malmaeus

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MEMBERS (continued)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021

Axel Östling

Ulla Påhlson-Möller

Baron & Baroness Markel & Åsa Konstantia Palmstierna

Dr Shirin Parsno

Alexander Payne

Christine I Peel *

Erik Penser *

Jan W G Penser

David Percival

Lennart Perlhagen

Ingrid Philipps

Celia J Pilkington

Lena Portoff Saläng

David R W Potter *

John W Prior *

Katherine Råge

Howard Raingold

Helen Rennie-Smith Karin B Richards * Svea Riches * Mr & Mrs Torsten B Ringdahl * Dr Eva Robards Lawrence Robertson Hon Maurice Robson MA FCA * Maria Romano Ebba Roos

Josefin Roos

Sten & Jill Rosenlund *

Baron Henrik Rosenørn-Lehn

Gunilla Rudder *

Eva-Lena M Ruhnbro

James G Ryeland *

Charlotte Salford Professor Ifor & Mrs Vanessa Samuel

Gunvor Sandblad * Maj Sanders * Bryan & Sirkka Sanderson * Björn Savén Michael & Moussie Sayers Mattias Scheibel-Larsson Peter Schofield * Laurent & Åsa Schönbach Christina, Countess of Shaftesbury Richard John Shelton Stephen Magnus Sheppard * Lotta Slingsby * Sylvia G H Smith * Carol & Staffan Söderlind Deepmala Sokappadu Oliver Spencer Arabella St John Parker Dr Michael & Mrs Annette St John Parker Baron Jan Staël von Holstein *

Barbro Stenfot *

Ulrich Stoof Joseph Sullivan Gunilla Sutton * Lotta Sutton Steve Sutton Klara Svensson Tina Tamman Zuming Tang Gunilla C Taylor * Mr & Mrs Jeremy H Taylor * Carin E Terry * Dr Nillie Teymouri Anna Tham Maria Tibblin Jeffrey & Gunilla Tuite Gulvie Tye * Sir John Ure KCMG LVO * Annika Vallgren Vips Vallis * Judith Atkins & James Vaux Claudio Magnesi & Gerard Versteegh * Robin Vollert Hans & Jaana von Rettig Giles Ward Mamhoud Warriah Torun Watkins

John Weatherall

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 Jennifer Winberg Claes Zangenberg Lu Zhou

Helen & Göran Roos

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SWEDEN’S ROYAL FRENCH REGIMENT

22 February 2022

Professor Neil Kent and Captain Clement Chevalier spoke about a Swedish regiment that participated in France’s greatest military campaigns during the reign of Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI.

and the regiment was disbanded at the close of the 18th Century.

The talk was the British launch of Professor Neil Kent and Captain Clément Chevalier’s new book, which sheds new light on this influential military unit. The work examines the regiment’s role in diplomatic and military relations between France and Sweden.

Régiment de Royal Suédois played a part during the American War of Independence, fighting alongside Lafayette and General George Washington until the victory at Yorktown. Count Axel von Fersen purchased the position of colonel-proprietor of the regiment in 1783, possibly in order to be able to stay close to the Queen of France Marie Antoinette. He later struggled in vain to save the King and Queen during the French Revolution,

Professor Neil Kent

This event was held at Buck’s Club in Mayfair and was followed by drinks, canapés and members’ first opportunity to meet in person since January 2020.

An edited version of the talk, including the Q&A session, has been published on our YouTube Channel.

Captain Clement Chevalier

THREE MEN FROM THE NORTH

9 March 2022

Members of the Society were invited to a performance of Three Men from the North, a collaboration between Sweden, Finland and Iceland produced by the Nordic Council.

It was part of Nordic Exposure, a season of performances bringing Nordic culture to London. The Nordic Council was created in 2017 by Merri Heikkilä (Finland), Bjarni Árnason (Iceland) and Jakob Jacobsson (Sweden), whilst the three performers were still studying at Codarts Circus Arts in Rotterdam.

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VALBORG DINNER

22 April 2022

The Swedish Ambassador, HE Mikaela Kumlin, attended the society’s first Valborg dinner since 2019.

The London Nordic Choir led a full house in song at the Travellers Club on Pall Mall as members and guests welcomed spring in the traditional manner. The dinner followed the Annual General Meeting, chaired by our President, Lord Beith PC.

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TJOLÖHOLM CASTLE

22 March 2022

Author and photographer Elisabeth Svalin Gunnarsson spoke online about this exceptional country house in the Swedish province of Halland.

It was designed in the English style by Lars Israel Wahlman (1870–1952) for the shipping magnate James Fredrik Dickson (1844-1898). The house was inherited by Dickson’s daughter Blance Bonde in 1906 and became a registered historical building in 1991. Lars von Trier filmed the exterior scenes of Melanchola at the castle.

This event was hosted by our sister society, the SwedishBritish Society in Stockholm.

Elisabeth Svalin Gunnarsson

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ÅBO SWEDISH THEATRE 18 June 2022

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Cathedral founded in 1300, the seat of the Archbishop of Finland, the Åbo Akademi University, which is the only exclusively Swedish-speaking university outside Sweden and, of course, the magnificent Åbo Swedish Theatre.

A Zoom talk and virtual tour of Åbo Svenska Theater, the Åbo Swedish Theatre, was given by the theatre’s head of Communications, Maria Olin. This outstandingly beautiful theatre is the oldest in Finland, among the oldest theatres in Northern Europe and is still primarily in its original form. The first theatre in Finland was built in Åbo in 1817 and was destroyed in Åbo’s Great Fire of 1827. The current building opened on 21 January 1839, with its earliest productions being mainly touring groups of Swedish Actors. Åbo (or Turku in Finnish) plays an integral part in the history of Swedish-speaking Finland. The City is officially bilingual and is the former capital of Finland. It has a magnificent castle (Turun Linna), a Medieval

An edited version of the talk, including the Q&A session, has been published on our YouTube Channel.

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CARL MICHAEL BELLMAN

28 June 2022

His reputation is very high in the Nordic countries and Germany, but much less so in Anglo-American circles. We were pleased to be joined by the world-famous musician Martin Best.

Bellman quickly became highly popular. He was musically gifted, but when he performed his songs, he also assumed roles as one would in a theatrical performance.

Dr. Jennie Nell, lecturer at Stockholm University and vice-chairman of the Swedish Bellman Society, gave an online talk about Sweden’s most famous songwriter, composer, musician, poet and entertainer.

Sadly, Bellman suffered from financial troubles throughout his life became a severe alcoholic, and many then saw him then (and forever) as merely an alcoholic ‘pub poet’. This was despite the fact that he had a close relationship with the then Swedish king Gustav III.

Carl Michael Bellman (1740-1795) is often referred to as Sweden’s national poet. His debut work was Evangeliska Dödstankar (Evangelical Death Thoughts) which was written in 1757 and was followed by a wealth of mainly but not exclusively satirical poems.

An edited version of the talk, including the Q&A session, has been published on our YouTube Channel.

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30 June 2022

John Petrie OBE, Windsor Herald at the College of Arms, hosted a talk and supper at the College of Arms in the City of London.

This is the corporation responsible for the granting of new coats of arms, genealogical research and the recording of pedigrees in England and Wales. The College is also the official body responsible for matters relating to the flying of flags on land, and it maintains the official registers of flags and other national symbols.

Members and guests spent over an hour in the record room looking at medieval and later manuscripts, including successive grants of arms to Admiral Lord Nelson.

MÄRTA MÅÅSFJETTERSTRÖM 7 September 2022

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Ingrid Person Skogh spoke about the remarkable life and work of one of Sweden’s most influential artists, Märta Måås-Fjetterström.

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AMBASSADOR’S RECEPTION

9 November 2022

Members were invited to a lively reception and concert hosted by H E Mikaela Kumlin Granit at the Swedish Ambassador’s Residence.

A special performance was given by Mae Heydorn, the society’s 2008-10 music scholar. Mae is a contralto and sang a wonderfully varied repertoire ranging from Wagner to Gilbert and Sullivan. She has enjoyed great success since graduating from the Guildhall of Music and Drama. She was the recipient of the Swedish Wagner Society’s Award in 2019 and has performed at Glyndebourne and Cadogan Hall among many others. Mae was accompanied on piano by Ben Woodward, artistic director of Regents Opera.

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and Drama. She has been part of many productions including Der Zar lässt sich Photographieren, Die Fledermaus, in Zauberflöte and Angel Esmeralda & Miss Fortune. Aina was accompanied by Thomas Eckhout on piano. Emilia Agajew played the harp. Members then enjoyed dancing the night away.

Members and guests enjoyed a marvellous evening of food, wine, song and dancing in the convivial surroundings of the Cavalry and Guards Club, Piccadilly.

Mezzo soprano, Aina Miyagi Magnell sang. Aina is a Masters student of classical singing at the Guildhall School of Music

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From the Archives

Streamlining the Membership Experience

The Anglo-Swedish Society, known for fostering cultural exchange and strengthening ties between the United Kingdom and Sweden, has traditionally managed its membership offline. However, with the advent of digital technology, the society is now embracing a transformative change to enhance its membership experience.

Embracing digital transformation, the Anglo-Swedish Society has transitioned from offline membership management to an online platform, revolutionizing the membership experience. This shift brings convenience, real-time updates, efficient event management, personalized profiles, and valuable data analytics, enabling the society to better serve its members and strengthen the bonds between the United Kingdom and Sweden.

Right: Membership cards from 1962, 1965 and 1980

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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.

PATRONS OF THE ARTS

Lisbet Rausing & Peter Baldwin Jacqueline Appel & Alexander Malmaeus Andreas Nilsson

Claudio Magnesi & Gerard Versteegh

FRIENDS OF THE ARTS

Nina & Peter Möller Marwan Hani Osserian Maria Romano Ulrich Stoof Ivo Wiesendanger & Elife Hanhart Zuming Tang

Jan Ankarcrona Erik Berggren Mark & Alexia Florman Michael Ingelög Rhidian Jones Oscar Knut Franz Jonson Allan Luskow

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:

CORPORATE MEMBERS

A M Visualisation Scandinavian Kitchen Swedish Chamber of Commerce Swedish Church in London Swedish School in London

(i) arrange fund-raising events and activities;

(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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Front cover:

Inside front cover:

Back cover: Design: Event photography:

Elin Sundström, Glass & ceramic artist Berenice Hernandez, Ceramic artist Mils Bridgewater, Glass & Ceramic artist Antonios Marinis, A M Visualisation Limited Olga Kotovska

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