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TEMPORARY ARMENIAN GENOCIDE EXHIBITION IN STOCKHOLM DRAWS TOURISTS, DIPLOMATS
hetq.am
15:20, May 3, 2012
The Union of Armenian Associations in Sweden in cooperation with
the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, Yerevan, Armenia, arranged
a temporary exhibition entitled the "Armenian Genocide and the
Scandinavian Response".
The exhibition took place during April 23-27, 2012 in the Catholic
Cathedral, situated in central Stockholm. The exhibition was
originally inaugurated during April 2011 by the Armenian Genocide
Museum-Institute in Yerevan as part of the celebration of 150th
anniversary of Fridtjof Nansen, the world known Norwegian explorer
and human rights activist. In 2011 foreign ministers of Sweden and
Norway visited the exhibition during their official visits to the
Republic of Armenia. Numerous tourists from the Scandinavian states
had a chance to visit the exhibition during 2011.
The exhibition in Stockholm consisted of the original eleven panels
as well as six new additions, displaying the work of Scandinavian
diplomats, politicians and missionary workers during and after the
Armenian Genocide of 1915-1922. The additional panels also contained 12
selected diplomatic reports from the Swedish embassy in Constantinople
about the "annihilation of the Armenian nation".
It is estimated that between 400 and 500 people visited the exhibition,
while it was mentioned by three Swedish newspapers, Svenska Dagbladet,
Dagen and Varlden idag. The exhibition will now go on a tour around
Sweden and will be displayed in various libraries, universities and
other public places.
hetq.am
15:20, May 3, 2012
The Union of Armenian Associations in Sweden in cooperation with
the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, Yerevan, Armenia, arranged
a temporary exhibition entitled the "Armenian Genocide and the
Scandinavian Response".
The exhibition took place during April 23-27, 2012 in the Catholic
Cathedral, situated in central Stockholm. The exhibition was
originally inaugurated during April 2011 by the Armenian Genocide
Museum-Institute in Yerevan as part of the celebration of 150th
anniversary of Fridtjof Nansen, the world known Norwegian explorer
and human rights activist. In 2011 foreign ministers of Sweden and
Norway visited the exhibition during their official visits to the
Republic of Armenia. Numerous tourists from the Scandinavian states
had a chance to visit the exhibition during 2011.
The exhibition in Stockholm consisted of the original eleven panels
as well as six new additions, displaying the work of Scandinavian
diplomats, politicians and missionary workers during and after the
Armenian Genocide of 1915-1922. The additional panels also contained 12
selected diplomatic reports from the Swedish embassy in Constantinople
about the "annihilation of the Armenian nation".
It is estimated that between 400 and 500 people visited the exhibition,
while it was mentioned by three Swedish newspapers, Svenska Dagbladet,
Dagen and Varlden idag. The exhibition will now go on a tour around
Sweden and will be displayed in various libraries, universities and
other public places.