Swedish Buddhist Community
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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]
Sveriges buddhistiska gemenskap | |
Logo of the Swedish Buddhist Community | |
| Formation | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Legal status | registered congregation |
| Location | |
| Membership | 22 member organisations |
Chairperson | Trudy Fredriksson |
| Website | https://www.sverigesbuddhister.se |
Formerly called | Swedish Buddhist Cooperation Council |
The community was founded on 1 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 more than 25 member organisations that represent all three major branches of Buddhism (Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana).[6]
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