The founder and owner of Bluechip, Joakim Frisk, brief company history timeline:
1991 – Joakim Frisk starts CIS-Center for International Studies that works with US, Australian, Canadian and New Zealand institutions helping over 15 000 Swedish students go abroad between 1991 – 2005 During these years CIS organized two events/tours a year for partners institutions in Sweden.
1999 – Joakim starts CIS Abroad in the US helping American students go abroad. CIS Abroad is today one of the leading providers for American students wanting to study abroad.
2005 – Sells CIS Abroad and CIS Sweden and starts Bluechip Study USA and Bluechip Athletics to only focus on helping Swedish students and Swedish student athletes go to the US. Becomes the only agent in Sweden and the rest of Scandinavia that only works with the US and only works with education.
2005 – Bluechip Athletics organizes the first Hockey and Soccer Showcases in Sweden for hockey and soccer players wanting to go to the US. The first boarding school hockey player goes to the US that later on played for the Boston Bruins. Bluechip Athletics has helped over 4000 student athletes to the US since 1991.
2010 – Joakim starts Bluechip Tours to organize events and tours throughout Scandinavia for its partner US institutions as well as other invited institutions.
2014 – Bluechip starts to represent private boarding/prep schools from the US.
2025 – Bluechip Tours expands its focus beyond the United States and now works with international institutions from other English-speaking countries such as Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. This marks an important step in offering Scandinavian students a wider range of academic opportunities, and in giving schools access to an even broader student market.
