Highlights from previous events
- Annual member Rooftop Terrace Mingle at CCSF

News from the Business Community
- Scania and Saab strengthen French air defence capabilities
- Sweden selects Naval Group for new frigate programme
- Kinnarps “Le Korner”
- IKEA launches a new concept in France - “IKEA Compact”
- Sweden awards major east link rail contract to French construction groups
- EQT selected to lead the Scaleup Europe Fund

Eco Bulletin Board
- France remains Europe’s top investment destination
- Sweden at VivaTech 2026

En présence de S.E. Caroline Vicini, Ambassadrice de Suède en France

L’Assemblée Générale sera suivie d’un déjeuner avec notre invité et conférencier Morten Rud Pedersen, President and CEO, Rud Pedersen

Thème: “Attractiveness in a Challenging Regulatory Environment.”

Morten Rud Pedersen est considéré comme l’une des figures les plus influentes du secteur des affaires publiques en Suède et il fait partie du top des dirigeants de cabinets indépendants en Europe dans les affaires publiques.

Programme
10h45-12h30 111ème Assemblée Générale
12h30-14h30 Déjeuner d’affaires

Lieu: FTPA, 50 rue Ampère, Paris 17ème
 

The theme of this Comité RH will be « AI and Companies: Current State and Future Perspectives »

Venue: Chambre de Commerce Suédoise en France, 39. Avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie, 75008 Paris.

Youssef Hadine, Strategic Workforce Management Director, Tetra Pak, will take the lead on the topic followed by your interactions and discussions.

This event is reserved for Premium members

Nous aurons le plaisir d’accueillir Pierre-Alexandre Miquel, Directeur adjoint de l’Union européenne à la Direction de l’Union européenne au Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères.

Le thème des échanges sera : « Made in/by/with Europe » – enjeux, opportunités et défis, dans une perspective industrielle.

Lieu : CCSF, 39 Avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie, 75008 Paris

Cet événement est réservé aux membres Premium

CCSF Young Professionals are delighted to collaborate with the French-Finnish Young Chamber of Commerce for an elegant White Cocktail evening on the 9th of July.

This event will be a great opportunity to strengthen our networks, explore new collaboration possibilities, and enjoy a friendly and sophisticated atmosphere.

Dress code: All white attire, for a chic summer evening

Venue: CCSF, 39 Avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie, 75008 Paris

Registration is mandatory to secure your spot. Please note that you need to be a member of CCSF Young Professionals or JCCFF to attend.
 

More information and registration details coming soon.

In the presence of the Ambassador of Sweden to France, Team Sweden in France is pleased to invite you to a presentation of the Business Climate Survey France 2026.

The report and subsequent discussions will offer valuable insights into the economic outlook, key market trends, and the performance of Swedish companies operating in France.

The presentations will be followed by a panel discussion with company leaders.

More information and registration details coming soon.

La santé mentale au travail: en quoi l’expérience suédoise éclaire le débat français. La conférence sera en français et co-organisée avec SWEA Paris.

This event aims to promote and develop French-Swedish business relations, investments, and impact collaborations. Focus will be on the potential of strategic innovation collaborations and tech partnerships between France and Sweden within the areas of the bilateral Innovation Partnership Act such as security & defense, forestry, low-carbon energy systems, and digitalisation.

In a time of rapid technological change, geopolitical uncertainty and accelerating climate transition, innovation has become a strategic priority for Europe.

Join us for the next French-Swedish Innovation Forum 2026 taking place in Stockholm, at Grand Hôtel.

CCSF is hosting a professional training in intercultural management in Paris, led by Laurence Romani, professor at the Stockholm School of Economics and specialist in cross-cultural leadership.

Designed for:
Managers and collaborators of French-Swedish companies or organisations brought to work with Swedes, their leadership and within the framework of French-Swedish commercial or managerial relations.

For Swedish participants employed in Swedish companies or organisations, you have the possibility to apply for a grant to cover the fee.

The program will be in French.
 

Sweden’s growing defence ties with France are becoming increasingly visible at industry level. Scania France and Saab have secured a new contract with the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) to deliver tactical vehicles for the French Armed Forces, with deliveries planned for 2026–2027.

The programme includes 16 Scania V3P tactical carrier vehicles equipped with Saab’s Giraffe 1X radar system, designed to enhance France’s short-range air defence capabilities. The agreement also covers technical support, training, and spare parts.

The project highlights the growing cooperation between European defence and industrial partners in developing modern, flexible, and rapidly deployable defence solutions.

It is now official that France’s Naval Group has been selected by the Swedish Ministry of Defence to supply four new Defence and Intervention Frigates (FDI) for the Royal Swedish Navy as part of the YSF Luleå programme.

The announcement marks a major milestone in strengthening defence cooperation between Sweden and France, following a highly competitive procurement process. The selection now opens a period of exclusive discussions between the parties.

The vessels will be equipped with several subsystems from Swedish suppliers. From Saab, these include the Torpedo 47, the RBS 15 anti-ship missile system, the G1X radar, and the Trackfire close-in defense system. From BAE Systems Bofors, they include 57 mm and 40 mm guns.

The programme is expected to significantly strengthen Sweden’s naval capabilities and support the country’s growing role in NATO and allied maritime operations. Naval Group also highlighted the rapid delivery timeline made possible through an already established production line and proven platform design. The four frigates will play a key role in reinforcing Sweden’s maritime security and protecting critical national interests in the years ahead.
 

Kinnarps announced the opening of its new space, “Le Korner”, located in the heart of Paris. The space is designed as a meeting place for architects, designers, and workplace professionals. It will serve as a hub for inspiration, creativity, and dialogue around design, materials and new ways of working.

The space officially opened on May 26.

IKEA France has officially launched its new “IKEA Compact” concept. The concept is about bringing IKEA closer to customers in medium-sized cities by creating stores that are smaller and more accessible. The first IKEA Compact store in France is located in Limoges and opened the 27 May and will be followed by a second opening in Le Mans later this summer.

The 3,000 m² Limoges store will offer more than 3,900 home furnishing products, inspiring showroom spaces, planning and design services, as well as IKEA’s iconic food offering in a smaller bistro-style format.

French construction groups Bouygues Travaux Publics and Colas Rail, together with Swedish partner Infrakraft, have been selected to deliver a major section of Sweden’s East Link high-speed rail project.

The feronord consortium will construct approximately 36 kilometers of double-track railway between Gerstaberg and Skavsta in southern Sweden, including 28 bridges and 3 viaducts. The contract value is estimated at around €1.2 billion.

The East Link project forms part of Sweden’s long-term railway expansion program and will connect Järna and Linköping through a new 160-kilometer rail corridor scheduled to enter commercial service by 2035. According to the Swedish Transport Administration, the procurement attracted unprecedented interest from leading European contractors, reflecting growing international confidence in the Swedish infrastructure market.

EQT has been selected by the European Commission, European Innovation Council Fund Board, to lead €5 billion Scaleup Europe Fund. The initiative aims to empower the continents most innovative deep tech startups.

The fund will become the largest initiative of its kind ever mobilised in Europe, providing growth capital to high-potential companies in strategic deep-tech sectors such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, clean energy, biotech and space technology.

The European Commission highlights EQT’s strong European presence, operational expertise and extensive experience in growth equity investments as key reasons for its selection. The fund is intended to help bridge Europe’s late-stage financing gap and encourage promising scaleups to remain and grow within Europe.

France has once again been named Europe’s leading destination for foreign investment, marking its seventh consecutive year at the top of the EY Attractiveness Survey. In 2025, the country attracted 852 foreign investment projects, ahead of both the United Kingdom and Germany, while generating nearly 28,000 jobs across the country.

The report highlights France’s strong position in key growth sectors including artificial intelligence, defence, software, and low-carbon energy. France also maintained its leadership in industrial investment, reinforcing its role as a major European hub for innovation and advanced manufacturing.
 

As part of the Scale with Sweden program, Business Sweden will host a national pavilion at VivaTech 17-20 June 2026 in Paris to strengthen Sweden’s position within the European tech ecosystem and increase its international visibility. To date, 21 Swedish partner companies and organisations are confirmed, with several additional startups currently in the pipeline.