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{{short description|Overview of the role of Buddhism in Sweden}}
[[File:Buddharama Tempel 01.JPG|thumb|Buddharama Temple in [[Torsby, Värmdö Municipality]]]]
'''Buddhism''' is a relatively small religion in [[Sweden]]. Most of the practicing Buddhists have various Asian (mostly [[Thai people|Thai]], [[Han Chinese|Chinese]] and [[Vietnamese people|Vietnamese]]) heritage. In 2015, the Swedish Buddhist Cooperation Council (Sveriges Buddhistiska samarbetsråd, SBS) had 7 901 members.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20170211081210/http://www.sst.a.se/statistik/statistik2015.4.50877827159454eb8c36207.html Statistik 2015 - Myndigheten för stöd till trossamfund]". www.sst.a.se (in Swedish). 2015</ref>
	
A Buddhist Temple was planned for [[Fredrika, Sweden|Fredrika]], a small town in the north part of Sweden. This Thai-style temple would be the biggest Buddhist temple in [[Europe]] when finished.

A 500s AD Kashmir Indian made Buddha statue made of bronze was found at [[Helgö]] in Sweden dating from the [[Viking]] era.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://irisharchaeology.ie/2013/12/the-helgo-treasure-a-viking-age-buddha/ |title=The Helgo Treasure: A Viking Age Buddha |author=Colm  |date=December 28, 2013 |website=Irish Archaeology |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
*Fredriksson, Trudy (2013). [http://www.sst.a.se/download/18.6e8d553514f5d72fdf7286f5/1440485848904/Uppvaknandets+v%C3%A4gar_komplett.pdf Uppvaknandets vägar : från buddhistisk historia till nutidens utövning och gemenskapsliv]. SST :s skriftserie; 2. Bromma: Nämnden för statligt stöd till trossamfund. Libris länk. {{ISBN|978-91-980611-2-3}}
*Plank, Katarina (2010). [https://pure.au.dk/portal/files/44437069/FJEM_2_2010.pdf#page=47 Mindful Medicine: The Growing Trend of Mindfulness-Based Therapies in the Swedish Health Care System], Finnish Journal of Ethnicity and Migration 5 (2), 47-55
*Plank, Katarina (2015). [https://journal.fi/scripta/article/view/67454/27751 The sacred foodscapes of Thai Buddhist temples in Sweden], Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis 26, 201-224

==External links==
*[http://www.buddhismtoday.com/english/world/country/020-Sweden.htm Buddhism Today - Sweden: A growing interest in Buddhism]
*[https://www.sverigesbuddhister.se/ Swedish Buddhist Community]
*[http://www.buddhism-sbs.se/ Sveriges Buddhistiska Samarbetsråd]

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