Sweden: “Truthfulness Compassion Forbearance” International Art Exhibition in Gothenburg Attracts Attention

On July 14th, 2007, a “Truthfulness Compassion Forbearance” International Art Exhibition was successfully concluded at the city library in Gothenburg. During the week-long exhibition, the artworks, created by Falun Gong practitioners who are artists, attracted many people’s attention, including artists, politicians, tourists and local people. Some of them came especially out of admiration for the exhibition and some were attracted when they were passing by the exhibition hall.

Among them, the Swedish congresswoman Eva Selin Lindgren visited the exhibition twice; she said that, “I can feel the strength of Truthfulness Compassion and Forbearance from the art pieces!”

Another Swedish congressman Hans Rothenberg mentioned in his speech on the opening ceremony of the exhibition that “while strengthening the economy and trade intercourses, we should also promote democracy and human rights. We must put forward the requirement of the Swedish athletes and staff who will attend the Beijing 2008 Olympics, they should be Sweden’s ambassadors of democracy and human rights, and should undertake the obligation of making China’s democracy progress and improving China’s human rights condition. The “Gothenburg Ship” should also bring the concept of Swedish people’s democracy and human rights into China.”