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ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AND THE SCANDINAVIAN RESPONSE: A TEMPORARY EXHIBITION IN STOCKHOLM
armradio.am
03.05.2012 14:18
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 opened 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".
An estimated 400 and 500 people visited the exhibition, it was covered
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.
armradio.am
03.05.2012 14:18
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 opened 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".
An estimated 400 and 500 people visited the exhibition, it was covered
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.