Various cultural events were held in March at the Korean Cultural Center in Sweden.
1. Exhibition to commemorate the temporary opening of the Korean Cultural Center Sweden ends successfully
The exhibition, which featured about 70 woodcrafts by carpenter Kim Jin-song, ended on March 31 with praise from various visitors.
Many visitors showed appreciation and commented, "The story the work tells is impressive," and 'It's amazing that one person created all of these works."
• 2023.2.1-3.31, Korean Cultural Center in Sweden Space ON
2. Korean picturebook author Baek Heena visited Korean Cultural Center in Sweden
We invited Baek Heena, the first South Korean to win the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) in 2020. ALMA is an international children's literary award established by the Swedish government in 2002 to honour Astrid Lindgren. Baek could not visit Sweden when she was appointed an ALMA winner due to the pandemic.
During the event, Baek read her book Magic Candies, and the author and the participants shared their thoughts and opinions about her books. Through this event, we have provided an opportunity to introduce Korean writers and Korean picture books to Sweden.
• 20.3.1.8, Korean Cultural Center in Sweden Library BADA
3. Visiting programs for K-culture lovers
Our Cultural Center organized group-targeted visiting programs.
• (March 4, 2023) Visiting program for the members of adopted Korean association ( Adopterade Koreaners Förening, AKF)
• (March 22, 2023) Visiting program for local architecture and design company.
• (March 29, 2023) Visiting program for Korean language course students from Folkuniversitetet.
We went on a tour of each space and experienced Hanbok and Korean tea ceremony.
4. Korean Cultural Classes are open to the Swedish public.
Starting in April, our Cultural Center prepared Korean Cultural classes. The courses are varied from K-POP Dance workshops to Morando drawing. The courses received great attention from the Swedish public, and the registration was fully booked within 1-2 days.