Dear surgical colleagues A warm welcome to Surgeons' Week 2024, the year when we bring surgery back to all of Sweden's surgeons! It is with humility before previous Surgeons' Weeks and with anticipation for what is to come that we proudly organize another scientific week in Karlstad. It is now 10 years since we last organized the Surgeon's Week. Expectations are high and we hope to live up to at least a fraction of them. The scientific program will offer some novelties this year with slightly