{"id":38108,"date":"2020-10-15T19:47:17","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T11:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/?p=38108"},"modified":"2024-01-16T12:06:17","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T04:06:17","slug":"the-nordic-culture-festival-at-hsuhk-cum-hsuhk-consul-general-series-the-inspiring-finland-a-place-of-happiness-and-diversities-and-sweden-a-country-of-innovation-and-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/the-nordic-culture-festival-at-hsuhk-cum-hsuhk-consul-general-series-the-inspiring-finland-a-place-of-happiness-and-diversities-and-sweden-a-country-of-innovation-and-c\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nordic Culture Festival at HSUHK cum HSUHK Consul General Series: \u201cThe Inspiring Finland &#8211; A Place of Happiness and Diversities\u201d and \u201cSweden &#8211; A Country of Innovation and Creativity\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"38108\" class=\"elementor elementor-38108\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-caa5cbe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"caa5cbe\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e1b32c6\" data-id=\"e1b32c6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc2bb7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc2bb7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"> <strong>15 October 2020<\/strong><\/p><p>The Nordic Culture Festival at HSUHK cum HSUHK Consul General Series, an event co-hosted by the Student Affairs Office and the School of Translation and Foreign Languages on 15 October 2020, showcased the kaleidoscopic culture of Scandinavia and encouraged cultural exchanges through an array of activities.<\/p><p>Ms Johanna Karanko, Consul General of Finland in Hong Kong and Macao, shared with the audience the happy life in Finland. With mutual trust between people, equal opportunities, political and civil freedom, free education system, work-life balance living style and the beautiful natural environment, Finland is ranked as the happiest country in the world.<\/p><p>Mr Per Augustsson, Consul General of Sweden in Hong Kong and Macau, introduced Sweden to the audience as an innovative country with several renowned brands. Sweden encourages creativity and innovation, its people believe in individual\u2019s ability, and the less hierarchical working environment unlocks everyone\u2019s potential. Mr Augustsson also mentioned that Sweden would focus on environmental protection, mobile technology and life sciences in the future.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74ab5a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"74ab5a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201015_Photo-Nordic-1.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"20201015_Photo (Nordic 1)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201015_Photo-Nordic-1-1140x760.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Ms Johanna Karanko, Consul General of Finland in Hong Kong and Macao.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201015_Photo-Nordic-1-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201015_Photo-Nordic-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Ms Johanna Karanko, Consul General of Finland in Hong Kong and Macao.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71fe24d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"71fe24d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a 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