The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Stockholm and the ‘Business Sweden’ jointly organized the‘Sweden-Sri Lanka Virtual Workshop’ to promote investment opportunites in Sri Lanka toSwedish companies. Deputy Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development Chathuranga Abeysinghe delivered the keynote address to over twenty five leadingSwedish companies who joined the Workshop from across diverse sectors, includingHitachi Energy, ICA, Tetrapak, SAAB, Freja eID, Candella, IBM. Officials of the Board ofInvestment and Export Development Board were also present in the meeting.
Delivering his remarks, Deputy Minister Abeysinghe spoke about the recent structuralreforms and policy initiatives by the Government to further improve Sri Lanka’sinvestment environment. The Deputy Minister also shared information on updated visaschemes for investors and on land reforms for industrial development. Improvedefficiency of the Government service through digital transformation was also highlighted.Marine, fisheries, value added agriculture, electrical and electronic manufacturing andvalue added mineral sectors were highlighted by the Deputy Minister as sectors thatposses further potential for development through foreign investments.
The Virtual workshop was also addressed by Trade & Invest Commissioner of Swedento Sri Lanka Sofia Högman, Ambassador of Sweden to Sri Lanka Jan Thesleff,Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Sweden Kapila Fonseka and Honorary Consul-General ofSweden to Sri Lanka Sanjay Kulatunga. The speakers shared the interest for furtherstrengthening of business and investment ties between the two countries and thereadiness of the institutions to work in coordination.
Market Manager of Business Sweden New Delhi Pawan Tahlani presented an overviewof Sweden – Sri Lanka trade relations, past collaborations and planned activities. Hispresentation included a detailed overview of Sri Lanka’s investment landscape with overthirty Swedish companies already established in Sri Lanka.
The Embassy of Sri Lanka together with the Office of the Business Sweden intends tocoordinate an investor delegation from Sweden to Sri Lanka in January 2027 alignedwith the Sri Lanka Expo 2027 scheduled to take place in Colombo between 14-17January 2027. A virtual business matchmaking session in October this year is plannedahead of the investor delegation visit to Sri Lanka in January 2027.
