Swedish Buddhist Community

Swedish Buddhist Community (Swedish Svenska buddhistiska gemenskap) is the national umbrella organisation for different Buddhist associations and congregations that are registered in Sweden. It has been a registered congregation since 2019.[1]

Swedish Buddhist Community
Sveriges buddhistiska gemenskap
Formation2019
Legal statusregistered congregation
Location
Membership
22 member organisations
Chairperson
Trudy Fredriksson
Websitehttps://www.sverigesbuddhister.se
Formerly called
Swedish Buddhist Cooperation Council

The community was founded on 1st January 2019 as the successor of Swedish Buddhist Cooperation Council.[2] It is a member of the European Buddhist Union.[3]

Its current chairperson is Trudy Fredriksson.[4]

SBC works together with the Swedish hospital church (Swedish Sjukhuskyrkan) to provide spiritual help for those hospital patients who identify as Buddhists.[5]

The community consists of 22 member organisations that represent all three major branches of Buddhism (Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana).[6]

Sources

  1. "Sveriges Buddhistiska gemenskap - Företagsinformation". www.allabolag.se. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  2. "Welcome to the Swedish Buddhist Cooperation Council - SBS". www.buddhism-sbs.se. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  3. "Swedish Buddhist Community (SBG)". European Buddhist Union. 2014-05-30. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  4. "Om oss". Sveriges buddhistiska gemenskap (in Swedish). 2021. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  5. "Andra religioner". Sjukhuskyrkan (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  6. "SBG medlemmar". Sveriges buddhistiska gemenskap (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-01-07.


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