Sweden Hindu Population: Sweden, located in the European continent, is a country where the population of Hindus is negligible. According to Wikipedia, only 0.13 percent people in Sweden follow Hinduism. Hinduism is clearly a minority religion in this country. The total population of Sweden is 1 crore 5 lakhs, out of which only 13 thousand people follow Hinduism. The highest number of people in Sweden are Christians, while the second largest number are people following Islam.
In Sweden, Hinduism is followed mainly by people of Indian origin and NRIs together. NRIs are those Hindus who have come from countries other than India. Most of them are Tamil, Punjabi, Bengali, Gujarati, Telugu and Kannada. Some Indian students who went to Sweden in the 1950s settled there. Apart from this, another group of Indians from Uganda arrived in the 1970s. After the year 1984, some Indians sought political asylum in Sweden and got citizenship there.
Indian computer experts go to Sweden
It is said that the Indian community in Sweden is very active culturally. There are many associations in Sweden that organize various cultural programs and also celebrate national days. Tamil Hindu refugees from Sri Lanka and Hindu refugees from Bangladesh also reside in Sweden. Apart from this, after Sweden’s immigration policy reform in the year 2008, India sends a large number of workers from its country to Sweden. Most Indians from India go to Sweden as computer experts.
How many Hindus are there in Sweden?
According to estimates, there were 7 thousand to 10 thousand Hindus in Sweden in the year 2005. Of these, 2 thousand were of Tamil origin and 1500 were of Bengali origin. With the arrival of Indian IT and other engineers in Sweden, Hinduism is increasing in the country. According to the estimates of the Association of Religion Data Archives, there were about 13,000 Hindus in Sweden in the year 2020, which is 0.13 percent of the total population.
Hindu temple built in Sweden
Hindu Forum Sweden (HFS) is a major Hindu association in Sweden. This organization works to coordinate between the Hindus of Sweden and Swedish politicians. It also organizes religious programs. The International Swaminarayan Satsang Organization also has a temple in Mariestad in the country. This organization has also built a Hindu temple in the UAE. In the year 1973, Sri Prabhupada visited Sweden.
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