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

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

History

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

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.

See also

• Cambodian genocide denial

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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
4. "Cambodia - English site". Kambodja. Retrieved 2021-06-03.

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