Author: Anne Solheim

We, Business Queens Network, have the pleasure of presenting Dr. Gunilla Andersson Gustafsson from Gunilla Consulting. She is a philosophy doctor in industrial economics and organization, but that is far from the whole truth related to her career.

By Anne Solheim

Gunilla is an extraordinary and interesting human being, a woman with a career ranging from the artistic part of the hairdressing profession through teaching to a doctoral degree related to Industrial economics and organization.

We recommend listening to the interview Christina Berardi did with her in August. There Gunilla tells us more about her career. She also became a teacher before she took a university degree in pedagogic as well – before the doctorate degree became a reality after she had studied industrial economics and organization and received the title Ph.D.

Gunilla is an author as well and has written a number of books in various fields in Swedish with titles such as Kemi för frisörer (Chemistry for hairdressers), Dynamisk pedagogik (Dynamic pedagogy), Den inre teatern i lärandet (The inner theater of learning), Scenbyte (Scene change), Resan mot det omöjliga (The journey to the impossible), Händernas språk (The language of hands), Resan från Finland som krigsbarn (The journey from Finland as a child of war) and Extranjeros : Invandrare och Nybyggare i Spanien (Extranjeros: Immigrants and Settlers in Spain).

How is it possible to describe a career in a fair way to illuminate a doctor in philosophy in industrial economics and organization who is a hairstylist artist? … almost impossible. But you may listen to the interview in Swedish with Gunilla to get more insight.

If you want to get in touch with Gunilla Andersson Gustafsson, you can do this through her Facebook page.

We have the pleasure to present Anvi Winston Wernersson.

By Anne Solheim

Together with her partner and colleague Anncharlotte Witasp, she will start a beauty salon at IBC International Business Center, Orihuela, Costa, Spain.

But due to the current world situation with the pandemic, the opening date has been delayed. Despite that, now the great day is near. This is – at the time of the interview – set approx to the 15th of October.

Anvi and Anncharlotte, both from Sweden, are enthusiastic and look forward to being there and soon can meet their customers in the salon. Please listen to the interview we did with Anvi in August here. The interview is in Swedish.

We from Queens wish them luck and will have our hair fixed at Salong Prima.

In this blog post, we present a partner, Simon Foster, a PGA professional delivering bespoken golfing events on Costa Blanca since 2003. Simon is English but fluent in Spanish and has extensive contacts in the hospitality, leisure, and sports industries.

By Anne Solheim

Simon and his team, Simon Foster Golf, are specialists in luxury golf and corporate events. They have established a reputation for providing the highest quality personal service for golfers, holidaymakers, and discerning corporate travelers throughout the year.

If you want somebody to tailor your event to your every need – both on the course and off it – whether you are traveling for business, pleasure, or both, let Simon Foster Golf take care of your stay, allowing you to relax and enjoy.

Unfortunately, the corona situation has changed since the interview with him, so some changes in what he tells us will be put out.

So, as we all have to do these days, you have to abide by the travel rules that exist when you want to travel. But you may contact Simon through his Facebook page below to get the information you need.

Here you can listen to the interview we did on the 25th of June.

Have you ever thought that it could turn out to be more than a usual good alternative to travel by car between a Nordic country and Spain? … due to restrictions in public transports, including transportation by plane.

By Anne Solheim

Marie-Louise Malmström has 30 years of experience in this “game”- to travel this long way alone.  Here in the video below, she talks about her latest car journey from Sweden to Spain. She also informs us how she prepares with important documents, puts the route into the GPS, small power naps along the road, how she does when she sleeps after the road, and much more.

Listen to her story about the difference to drive this year – a pandemic year – against previous years.

(Sorry for the problems with the sound at the start of the video.)

Meet Catriina Karppinen, a real estate broker who lives in Costa Blanca in Spain. She made a big change in her work life in the quarantine period the country was forced into. Perhaps this can inspire others as well to make the necessary changes in the work-life in challenging times.

By Anne Solheim

In short, Catriina Karppinen has taken up her hobby, which turned out to be a successful move.

If you understand Swedish, listen to the interview we did with her on the 27^th of May 2020 here:

More information here: 1347263.synergyworldwide.com/nn-no

You may contact Catariina Karppinen through email or WhatsApp:
catriina.karppinen@gmail.com, WhatsApp +34 662 189 829

Now is the time to introduce a new partner, Arturo Ruiz Montava, from Valencia. He has lived eight years in Torrevieja and is known as the man behind wine-tasting tours and other excursions with wonderful experiences and surprises.

By Anne Solheim

Live & Enjoy, Torrevieja is the name of his company, specialized in quality wine and excellent gastronomic meat and seafood.

The Iberian ham they offer is from black pigs living natural life near Spain and Portugal. And the beef meat is from black cattle living in Toledo, also free walking animals. The result of this is an excellent quality of meat. The seafood is from Galicia, where the ocean is colder with higher salinity than in the Mediterranean Sea.

Listen to the interview in English with Arturo Ruiz Montava to know more about Live & Enjoy, and check the links below.

Enjoy! It is easy. You can even order the gastronomic products and the wine directly to your home from the webpage here: www.expeditionbusiness.es  

If you are eager for more, check out the Facebook page as well: www.facebook.com/landetorrevieja

What do you do when the customers do not show up because some have left the country and do not know that the clinic is open?

In the video below in Swedish, you can listen to one of our partners, Monika Bramsell, dentist and clinic owner. She gives us an insight into how it was to keep her business alive during the period when Spain was in lockdown – when it became the fact that the customer base disappeared.

By Anne Solheim

Despite this Swedent Clinica Dental was and is open both to treat dental problems and do tooth hygiene. Contact information here: www.swedent.com/

Monika thinks it will take time before they return to the new normal business world, perhaps even up to the end of the year, but it will take even longer for some other market segments. But despite all changes, she looks optimistic about the future.

Best office! What is that? Check it out here.



Here you can listen to an interview with one of our business partners, Peter Jaegerstierna. An interview Christina Berardi did in May 2020.

By Anne Solheim

In the video below, Peter tells us about himself and his company Best Office in Torrevieja. This office hotel is part of a large international business system with different business areas. And Peter is one of the owners of this complex.

The best office in Torrevieja, Alicante, Spain, had its inauguration a few days before the area was hit by quarantine Covid-19, and now is Spain slowly open up again. But in the meantime, many months without the opportunity to run businesses as planned were a major challenge.

Listen to the story behind Best Office, Torrevieja here. The video is in Swedish.