Poland in Sweden

Ahead of the anniversary of Russia's aggression against Ukraine, Ambassador Hofman together with Governor of Gotland region Anders Flanking officially opened the exhibition 'Mom, I don't want war!' in Visby. Ambassador of Ukraine to Sweden, Andrii Plakhotniuk, also addressed the attendees gathered at the event in a video specially prepared for the occasion. Both Governor Flanking and Ambassador Plakhotniuk, acknowledged in their speeches the contribution of Poland and Poles to Ukraine's fight against the Russian aggressor.

The 'Mom, I don't want war!' exhibition is a joint Polish-Ukrainian archival project showing the war through the eyes of children. It presents drawings by Polish children depicting the experience of World War II and current works by young Ukrainians who are witnessing the atrocities of the Russian invasion. Alongside the exhibition, drawings by Ukrainian children residing in Gotland are also on display. The exhibition at Almedalsbiblioteket in Visby, co-organised with the Swedish-Polish Association on Gotland, can be viewed until 19 March.

The event in Visby was also an opportunity for Ambassador Hofman to hold a meeting with members of the Polish community living on Gotland, as well as with representatives of the local authorities.

During her visit to Gotland, Ambassador Hofman also laid a wreath at the cemetery in Lärbro, where Poles and Jews, former prisoners of German concentration camps who arrived in Sweden as part of the Swedish Red Cross humanitarian 'White Buses' operation, are buried.