SweFOR

Founded in 1919, SweFOR is a non-governmental organisation based in Stockholm, Sweden working on human rights, peace & conflict.

SweFOR, also known as the Swedish Fellowship of Reconciliation (Kristna Fredsrörelsen), is a Swedish civil society organisation with an ecumenical background, founded in 1919. It is a democratic, members-based nonviolence and peace organisation and a member of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation, which holds consultative status at the UN. Its vision is peace and justice, a society without violence. Its main programme, a международный accompaniment programme, protects human rights defenders in Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico through preventive presence, observation, advocacy and strategic communication, and workshops on self-protection. The organisation also advocates for peaceful politics and disarmament in Sweden and internationally, and offers courses in nonviolence and conflict management. Its head office is in Stockholm, with regional and local offices in Bogotá, Quibdó, Villavicencio, San Cristóbal de las Casas and Guatemala City.