LONDON, 23 June – The Office of Tibet, London, is pleased to announce that from June 2 to 10 His Holiness the Dalai Lama will be visiting Sweden and Denmark to give public talks, teachings and to meet with government officials and parliamentarians. The Office of Tibet, London, is the official agency of His Holiness the Dalai Lama for Northern Europe, and His Holiness is visiting at the invitation of the Tibetan Community of Sweden and the Tibet Charity of Denmark, respectively.
“The arrangements for His Holiness’ visit to Sweden and Denmark are going very smoothly. According to the organizers the tickets for His Holiness’ teachings and public talks have all been sold out. There is a lot of interest, respect and support for His Holiness and Tibet in both these countries. For instance, at the airport an airlines official told me that he has great respect for His Holiness and like many others is looking forward to the visit,” says Mrs. Kesang Y. Takla, Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama for Northern Europe, who returned yesterday from Denmark after meeting with the visit organisers.
The main programme in the Swedish capital Stockholm is the public talk on June 3 on Non-violence and Peace at the 15,000 seater Globe Theatre. Because of the demand, the organizers have made arrangements with the Swedish Public Television which will be airing the talk live so that people all over the country and especially schools can benefit from His Holiness’ message on non-violence and peace.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1989 for leading the non-violent Tibetan struggle for freedom from China.
On June 3 morning, the Tibetan leader will address Swedish Parliamentarians in the 2nd Chamber of the Parliament and meet with the Speaker, Mr. Bjorn von Sydow. He also will meet with members of the Swedish-Tibet Parliamentary Group and the Swedish Tibet Committee or support group. In the afternoon, His Holiness is scheduled to attend a special function at the Hall of Nobility [Riddarhuset] where he will be presented the Stigtuna Foundation’s Mandred Bjorkquist Medal in recognition of his defence of “human dignity and freedom.”
His Holiness’ main programme in the Danish capital Copenhagen will be the teachings on The Six Paramitas for a two-hour session each in the morning and afternoon from June 5 to 9 at the at the Falconer Hall. On June 5 evening His Holiness will give a public talk on Universal Responsibility.
During his stay in Denmark, the Tibetan spiritual and temporal leader also will be meeting with the Danish Prime Minister, Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, and the Danish Foreign Minister, Mr. Per Stig Moller. Denmark has been active in supporting and sponsoring resolutions on Tibet at UN Commission on Human Rights held each year in Geneva.
Prior to the visit to Sweden and Denmark, His Holiness will be in Germany where he is scheduled to give a public talk, address an International Congress in Sciences and an Ecumenical Congress in Berlin. His Holiness’ May 28 visit to Wiesbaden, the capital of Hessen State of Germany, is at the invitation of Mr. Roland Koch, the Minister-President of the State. (For more information on His Holiness’ visit to Germany, please contact our Bureau du Tibet in Geneva. Tel: 0041-22-7387940 Email: Tibet@bluewin.ch)
Tsering Tashi (Mr)
Secretary & Press/Information Officer
Office of Tibet
1 Culworth Street
London NW8 7AF
Tel: 020 7722 5378 Fax: 020 77220362 Email: info@tibet.com
