Swedish Committee for Vietnam
Swedish non-government organization / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Swedish Committee for Vietnam [SKfV – Svenska Kommittén för Vietnam] was a pacifist non-governmental organization founded in Sweden in 1967 that supported North-Vietnam in the Vietnam War.[1] The SKfV was a restructuring of the former Swedish Vietnam Committee [SVK – Svenska Vietnamkommittén].[2] The committee was aimed at supporting North Vietnam and strongly opposed American involvement in Vietnam with the slogan "Peace in Vietnam"[3] through monetary aid, the torchlight procession, providing asylum for draft evaders, and letters to the Swedish government. Politically left leaning, the SKfV was tied to the Social Democratic Party. The SKfV aimed to increase public focus and involvement in Vietnam.[4] The SKfV pushed the Swedish government to critique the United States over its involvement in what was formerly French Indochina and organized campaigns to raise support for North Vietnam.[4] This campaign exacerbated the worsening Swedish-United States tensions over the American War in Vietnam. In 1974, the SKfV increased its scope to include Cambodia and Laos, marking its second rebranding, prior to the American withdrawal from Vietnam in 1979 and the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia. The Swedish Committee for Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia continues to operate today.[5]
Svenska Kommittén för Vietnam | |
Abbreviation | SKfV |
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Formation | 1967 |
Website | skvlk |