The Sweden–Israel Friendship Association () is a

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

-based organization which describes its purpose as to "establish and increase knowledge about – and the understanding of –

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

in Sweden, and in different ways work to strengthen Swedish–Israeli bonds of friendship." The Sweden–Israel Friendship Association established its first local branch in

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

in 1953. The founding was marked with an appeal written by

Hugo Valentin Hugo Mauritz Valentin (October 4, 1888 – May 7, 1963) was a Swedish historian, writer, and scholar in the field of Jewish history, particularly the history of Jews in Sweden, for which he has been labelled "The father of Swedish-Jewish histor ...

, Swedish historian, in the

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building on May 8. In 1954 local branches were also established in

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and

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. The nationwide association was established in 1978. The association currently comprises 26 local branches with about 3,000 members. The current chairman of the association is

Lars Adaktusson Lars Göran Peter Adaktusson (born 6 August 1955) is a Swedish politician for the Christian Democrats. He served as a Member of the Riksdag from the 2018 general election until 2022. Prior to that, he was a Member of the European Parliament (M ...

— member of the

for the

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