ROTARYFRIENDSHIP EXCHANGE WITH DISTRICT 2340 SWEDEN

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1 ROTARYFRIENDSHIP EXCHANGE WITH DISTRICT 2340 SWEDEN 2009 Göran and Marie-Louise Stenson Stig Thoursie Matts and Anneli Jelgert Maj Sandberg and Boo Östling Lisbeth Fröding Marly Westerburgen

2 Göran and Marie-Louise Stenson Born in 1940 and educated to Production Engineer. Married to Marie-Louise and have 3 children and 3 grandchildren. Experienced from some years in production technology within Volvo and from sales within many companies such as Parator,TTS, Electrolux and ABB. During 30 years in ABB worked as salesresponsible in Middle East for 5 years and after that 22 years within Robotics. Spent 9 years for ABB Robotics in other countries such as Japan, S.Korea, Germany as Division Manager and vice President. Today member of 2 boards,one in Projectmanagement,one in Wavepower Technology. My interest for sports are golf and skiing. Family and Rotary are also main topics. Music is also one of my favourite spending Born in 1945 and educated to Nurse. Married to Göran and have 3 children and 3 grandchildren. Experienced from some years in Hospital in Vasteras in the first years and then many years experienced from abroad as teacher in small children school(japan) and later as assistant in Adoptioncenter(S.Korea).From year 2000 working in Home for Demenssuffering. Member of SWEA board in Vasteras. Family and SWEA are also main topics of interest.music is also one of my favourite spending.

3 Stig Thoursie Profession university lecturer, Ph.D.Dislikes/Allergies none Non Smoker Hobbies languages, dogs, travels, music, politics I do not play golf. This year I am president of my rotary club in Karlstad. I am a member of the Swedish Masonic Order. I have visited America a couple of times, but I have not yet been in Iowa. I look forward to getting acquainted with new people.

4 Matts and Anneli Jelgert Professions: Matts is a retired grocer and Anneli works with accounting service by their own company. Hobbies: In wintertime skating and skiing. During the summer we spend the time in our boat.we also like to travel and meet new people and learn about other countries. Food & wine and lifelong learning.ìunfortunatelyî we are both smokers, but we always smokes outside.no special dietary requirements. More of interest: We are both Rotarians, Matts since 1987 and Anneli since Three daughters : 31, 27 and 22 years old. Looking forward to meeting new friends.

5 Maj Sandberg and Boo Östling We are both retired, Maj has been teacher at nursery schools, and Boo have been bank manager. We like to travel and experience new things. We have no allergies, and are non smokers. Both are singing in choir, and Boo like old cars.

6 Lisbeth Fröding I m working for the Swedish Television Company as a TV-Director. I m married with Stig since He has retired from his work as policeofficer and now he is very busy with engagement in trotting. Vi have two dougthers, Pernilla and Lenah. Lenah have a little family with a son who is now 2 years old. They are living in Stockholm. I m very fond of gardening and have two gardens because we have one house in Karlstad and one outside Stockholm in the archipelago. I do a lot of walking in the forest and often take a tour on my bike. We have been travelling a lot. Our daughter Pernilla has been working for a travelagency at different places the last 14 years, so we have been to see her everywhere. But it s now 30 years since Stig and I went to USA for a tour with my choir. Last year I was the President in my Rotaryclub. I started new groups to make the members come more together.

7 Marly Westerburgen Thank you for your invitation. I am looking forward to meeting you. My name is Marly Westerburgen (offi cally Marie-Louise). I was born and raised in the Netherlands. After my secundary education I was an au-pair in 5 families in 3 countries. I love to learn languages. Later I studied English and French and became a teacher. I was married, but divorced and had two sons, my eldest son died. I moved to Belgium and started my career in personnel management, I worked at a large exhibition centre in Ghent. Later I returned to the Netherlands where I worked as a Eures adviser for European Employment Services that was founded to stimulate the mobility of work within the European Union. In my holidays I was a tourleader in Indonesia, the Philippines, Kenia, Tanzania, Morocco and Egypt.Three years ago I got a job at a Norwegian company in Sweden, I assist Dutch, Belgian and German families to start a business in Sweden or to find a job and help them in all aspects of their immigration. I love the peace and quiet of the countryside in Sweden and really enjoy nature. My favourite pastime is reading literature, listening to music, going on walks and, of course, travelling and visiting my friends in different countries

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