Tibetan events in Sweden

Sweden is home to one of the Nordic region’s most organised Tibetan communities, centred on Stockholm. The Tibetan Community in Sweden (Tibetanska Gemenskapen i Sverige) was formed in 1999 to bring Tibetans across the country together, preserve language and tradition, and pass Tibetan culture on to a new generation born in Scandinavia. Alongside it, the Swedish Tibet Committee (Svenska Tibetkommittén) has campaigned for Tibet and human rights for decades, making Sweden a long-standing centre of Tibet solidarity in northern Europe.

The community gathers each year for Losar, His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s birthday and the 10 March commemoration of the Tibetan National Uprising, most often in Stockholm. Tibetan Buddhism also has deep roots in Sweden through centres such as Yeshin Norbu and Drom Tönpa, where Swedish and Tibetan practitioners study and practise together. Though spread across a large country, Sweden’s Tibetans maintain a close-knit cultural and religious life.