The Sweden–GDR Association ( sv, Förbundet Sverige–DDR) was a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

organization, formed on 23 October 1956 to promote ties between Sweden and the German Democratic Republic (GDR or East Germany). The association published the journal ''DDR-revyn''. The association was typically seen as pro-

communist Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...

and ceased to exist in January 1991, following the

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Bibliography

*Abraham, Nils: ''Die Rolle der Freundschaftsgesellschaft "Schweden-DDR" in der Auslandspropaganda der DDR gegenüber Schweden nach 1972'', in ''Den okände (?) grannen. Tysklandsrelaterad forskning i Sverige'', 2005.

References

Organizations established in 1956 Organizations disestablished in 1991 East Germany friendship associations Political organizations based in Sweden Germany–Sweden relations 1956 establishments in Sweden 1991 disestablishments in Sweden Sweden friendship associations {{Swedish Communism