Sweden: Introducing Falun Gong to the People of Stockholm

On November 18th, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners went to the central square in the district of Vallingby, located in northern Stockholm, to tell people the true story of Falun Gong.

Some Falun Gong practitioners from the Swedish capital Stockholm have continuously persisted in promoting Falun Gong and exposing the persecution to local people for a long time. Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began to persecute Falun Gong, some Swedish people have misunderstood Falun Gong. The practitioners plan to go to different districts every Saturday to tell the true story to local people and disclose the CCP's illegal trade in organs harvested from Falun Gong practitioners.

The activity site was at the exit of the subway. The Falun Gong exercise music and tranquil exercise demonstration attracted the attention of passers-by. People stopped to watch and received a brief introduction to Falun Gong as well as leaflets and pamphlets distributed by the practitioners.

People expressed great interest in the practice and asked where to find local exercise sites. Many people condemned the CCP upon hearing that Falun Gong practitioners were being brutally persecuted and in particular after hearing about the harvest of living Falun Gong practitioners’ organs. A Swedish gentleman told a practitioner: “I’ve seen on the TV some time ago and know that China illegally harvests and trades human organs. This is too brutal! They actions are tantamount to homicide. The Chinese people have suffered too much.”

A boy from China, who is sixteen years old and just came to Sweden to study in high school, stood at our activity site for quite a long time and was not willing to leave. He took all the leaflets and a copy of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, an editorial published by the Epoch Times newspaper. He was very happy when hearing there are more than fifteen million Chinese people who have withdrawn from the CCP. He was also gratified to go abroad and get so much information. When the practitioner knew he was here to study, he gave him his contact number and told him that he could help him if he encountered any difficulties afterwards. That Chinese student was very moved and left happily.

The three hour activity quickly finished and lots of information was handed out. Some practitioners needed to take the subway and then transfer to a bus. Their journey home would take one to two hours. Although it is tiring, when they saw so many people happily get to know about Falun Gong and understand the truth, they all felt very happy from the bottom of their hearts.