Several Ministers participated in commemorating Holocaust Remembrance Day on 27 January
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On Holocaust Remembrance Day January 27 several representatives from the Swedish Government participated in memorial services to honour the victims of the Holocaust and to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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Minister for Education Anna Ekström at a memorial service arranged by the Jewish Community of Malmö in the Synagogue of Malmö.
Photo: Government Offices
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Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, Crown Princess Victoria, Speaker of the Riksdag Andreas Norlén and survivors of the Holocaust at the memorial ceremony at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Photo: Maria Soläng/Government Offices
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Minister for Home Affairs Mikael Damberg, Minister for Environment and Deputy Prime and Climate Isabella Lövin, Minister for Justice and Migration Morgan Johansson and Minister for Financial Markets and Housing Per Bolund also participated at the ceremony in the Great Synagogue.
Photo: Ninni Andersson/Government Offices
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Minister for Environment and Deputy Prime and Climate Isabella Lövin at the ceremony in the Great Synagogue.
Photo: Ninni Andersson/Government Offices
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Minister for Home Affairs Mikael Damberg spoke at a ceremony arranged by The Living History Forum at Raoul Wallenberg’s Square.
Photo: Ninni Andersson//Government Offices
Prime Minister Stefan Löfven attended a memorial ceremony at Auschwitz-Birkenau to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation. The memorial service began in Auschwitz and ended with a candle lighting ceremony in Birkenau.
Minister for Education Anna Ekström spoke at a memorial service arranged by the Council of Roma representatives in Malmö and then at a memorial service arranged by the Jewish Community of Malmö in the Synagogue of Malmö.
Minister for Home Affairs Mikael Damberg spoke at a ceremony arranged by The Living History Forum at Raoul Wallenberg’s Square and then at the memorial ceremony in the Great Synagogue of Stockholm. Minister for Environment and Deputy Prime and Climate Isabella Lövin, Minister for Justice and Migration Morgan Johansson and Minister for Financial Markets and Housing Per Bolund also participated at the ceremony in the Great Synagogue.
Minister for Culture and Democracy Amanda Lind visited the Jewish Community of Gothenburg and spoke at the memorial ceremony in the evening.
Minister for Gender Equality, with responsibility for anti-discrimination and anti-segregation Åsa Lindhagen spoke at the memorial ceremony at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
Further Minister for Energy and Digital Development Anders Ygeman and Minister for Justice and Migration Morgan Johansson participated in a memorial service at the The Royal Dramatic Theatre.
