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Sweden: Swedes Touched by Practitioners Clarifying the Truth in the Snow

World NewsFebruary 14, 20210Comments

Security guards near Parliament House in Stockholm greeted Falun Gong practitioners parking their cars loaded with truth clarification materials. “Hello! Welcome!” one of them said. “You are always welcome here!” After several days of snow, the entire city was covered with a thick blanket on January 29, 2021. The security guards helped practitioners clear away…

Swedish MP: “How Can We Know About This [Persecution] and Be Doing Nothing?”

World NewsNovember 22, 20200Comments

Ann-Sofie Alm, member of the Swedish Parliament, delivered a speech on November 18, 2020 at a webinar, titled “Falun Dafa persecution in China: Then and now – 21 years of abuse of basic human rights.” This webinar was a side event of the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, which was held by the government of…

World NewsSeptember 13, 20200Comments

After raining for several days, blue skies and white clouds returned to the skies in Gothenburg, Sweden. Falun Gong (also called Falun Dafa) practitioners gathered at the square in the city center on August 30, 2020, and demonstrated the Falun Dafa exercises with the calming music. Two police officers on duty stopped by and asked…

Swedish People: The CCP is a Tumor Unleashed on the World

World NewsAugust 23, 20200Comments

Falun Gong practitioners in Sweden held activities at Mynttorget, a public square in Stockholm, on August 11, 2020, to expose the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution of the practice and call for international society to help bring it to an end. Many people stopped to learn about Falun Gong and the persecution. They condemned the…

Sweden: Falun Gong Practitioners Raise Awareness of the Persecution Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic

World NewsApril 26, 20200Comments

Falun Gong practitioners held activities at Mynttorget Square next to the Swedish Parliament (Riksdag) in central Stockholm on April 4, 2020, to raise awareness of the ongoing persecution in China. Sweden has not yet implemented a mandatory lockdown to deal with the coronavirus, but the Swedish government is considering some emergency measures, including travel restrictions…

Sweden: Business Club Members Learn Falun Gong in Linköping

World NewsOctober 8, 20180Comments

Members of the Business Network International (BNI) in the Swedish city of Linköping participated in a Falun Gong exercise class on September 20, 2018. BNI is an American referral organisation with over 240,000 members in 8,500-plus chapters worldwide. As part of the BNI monthly activities in Linköping, they invited local volunteers to give a class…

Introducing Falun Gong on the Island of Gotland during Almedalsveckan

World NewsJuly 16, 20170Comments

Falun Gong practitioners in Sweden held activities to introduce Falun Gong and expose the persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) during Almedalsveckan on the island of Gotland from July 2nd to July 9th, 2017. Almedalsveckan is the most important and largest forum in Swedish politics, with 50 years of history. During…

Chinese Embassy Attempts to Sabotage Falun Gong Art Exhibition in Sweden

World NewsJune 23, 20170Comments

The Art of Zhen, Shan, Ren (Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance) International Exhibition was held on May 26 through June 9, 2017 at Galleri Melefors in the city of Linköping Sweden. Prior to the event the Chinese Embassy called and demanded that the city cancel it. Truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance are the principles of Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline…

Swedish Lawmakers Hold Forum on China’s Organ Harvesting Crimes

World NewsMay 8, 20170Comments

Sweeden, Four Swedish Parliament Members held a forum on Wednesday to promote a bill banning “organ tourism” to China. American reporter and China affairs expert Ethan Gutmann and a representative from the organization Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH), Dr. Harold King, were invited to speak at the forum. According to MP Marta Obminska, four lawmakers…

Sweden: Falun Dafa Activities Raise Awareness, Support

World NewsApril 17, 20170Comments

Swedish Falun Dafa practitioners held activities to raise awareness Mynttorget, a public square near the Royal Palace on April 8. A large number of tourists and local residents stopped to learn more. Many of them talked with practitioners and signed petitions calling to end the atrocities in China. Group exercises at the public square of Mynttorget…

The Fortunate Swedish People (Photos)

Events, Main Page, Media Release, World NewsJune 4, 20060Comments

The Swedish people have been practicing Falun Dafa since 1995. Mr. Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Dafa, taught the practice in person in Sweden on April 6th, 1995. To help more people understand Falun Gong, Master Li gave five lectures, about three hours each, including three in Gothenburg, one in Stockholm, Sweden’s capital, and…