With his signature washboard abs and dark features, Marcus Schenkenberg became one of the most successful Scandinavian exports in the modelling industry and the first bona fide male supermodel in the world. Schenkenberg, born to Dutch parents in Sweden, first made it big in the early 90s and is still riding high with an increasingly varied career.
She is only 19 years old but has come a long way in the international world of tennis. Caroline Wozniacki from Denmark is currently the third ranked female tennis player in the world and right now she is training hard to be in top shape for Wimbledon later this month.
Scandinavia is going to be on everybody’s mind and lips in London later this year, when The Scandinavia Show hits the city. More than 100 exhibitors will showcase and sell the best brands that Scandinavia has to offer in fashion, food, design and culture at a two day show.
Paola Ivana Suhonen is just 35 years old but already a well-established designer in the international fashion arena. Her brand IVANAHelsinki is an exclusive Finnish design brand and the hottest representative of "Fennofolk" on the new Scandinavian design scene. The designer’s secret to success lies in her love for what she does.
The unique and treasured Swedish singer Lisa Ekdahl recently visited London to perform songs from her new album “Give me that Slow Knowing Smile”, just released in the UK. Along with numerous other Scandinavian fans, we went to see the concert and talk to the artist.
After releasing her second cookbook in English, The Nordic Diet, Trina Hahnemann is set to tour the UK with cooking demonstrations and debates. Scan Magazine’s own food guru Bronte Blomhoj had a chat with the healthy Dane.
Scan Magazine’s music fanatic Karl Batterbee takes a look back at the decade gone by in Scan pop hits. Who makes his list of nougthies’ greatest export hits? Find out below where you can also take a glimpse into the Scandinavian pop future!
If you have never heard The Final Countdown, you have to visit planet Earth more often - and in particular Europe! The band’s Keyboard Intro is one of rock history's most iconic creations ever. Scan Magazine talks to Europe’s singer Joey Tempest about the band’s wild heydays in the 80s, their successful new album Last Look at Eden and the forthcoming UK tour.
For someone who has enjoyed tremendous success in her home country and is only just embarking on an international career, Agnes Carlsson - or simply Agnes as she is known in the UK - is remarkably relaxed and down to earth. In fact, it is hard to notice her slim figure, tucked up in a huge armchair at the trendy London Hospital Club where Scan Magazine meets her.
At Westminster Business School not only are the lecturers professionals, the students are too! The cosmopolitan school, which is located just near Baker Street, London, requires students to have at least three years work experience to do an MBA with them.
Friday, July 2, 2010
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