Swedish Buddhist Community

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

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]

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

  1. ^ "Sveriges Buddhistiska gemenskap". Företagsinformation (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Welcome to the Swedish Buddhist Cooperation Council". buddhism-sbs.se. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Swedish Buddhist Community (SBG)". European Buddhist Union. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Om oss". Sveriges buddhistiska gemenskap (in Swedish). 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Andra religioner". Sjukhuskyrkan (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 January 2021.[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ "SBG medlemmar". Sveriges buddhistiska gemenskap (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 January 2021.