Sweden–Kampuchea Friendship Association

The Sweden–Kampuchea Friendship Association was a Swedish Maoist pro–Khmer Rouge Kampuchea friendship organization.

Sweden–Kampuchea Friendship Association
AbbreviationSKFA
FormationOctober 1976
Founded atSweden
DissolvedDecember 1980
LeaderGunnar Bergström

The five people of the organization (including Jan Myrdal) made a trip to Democratic Kampuchea in 1978 in which they met with Pol Pot.[1][2]

History

The Sweden–Kampuchea Friendship Association was founded in 1976 as part of associations against the Vietnam War.[3] It was influenced by the Maoist Communist Workers' Party of Sweden and other pro–Khmer Rouge organizations in Denmark and Norway.

Gunnar Bergstrom pictured with a photograph of his meeting with Khmer Rouge

Visited to Kampuchea

In August 1978, 5 members of the organization visited Democratic Kampuchea for 14 days. In this they met with Pol Pot and Ieng Sary.[4]

References
  1. "Swedish man who dined with Khmer Rouge's Pol Pot 40 years ago: I regret it". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 2019-05-03. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  2. Pol Pot; Sweden-Kampuchea Friendship Association (1978). Talks with the delegation of the Sweden-Kampuchea Friendship Association [August 1978 (PDF). Phnom Penh: Dept. of Press and Information, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Democratic Kampuchea. OCLC 5114522.
  3. emao2015 (2015-08-12). "The propaganda contest to win international support". cambodia to kampuchea. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  4. "Cambodia - English site". Kambodja. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
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