Buddhism in Sweden:
Number of Tricycle subscribers: 39
Year that the Dalai Lama came to Sweden during his first trip to the West: 1973
Year that Kalu Rinpoche and the Sixteenth Karmapa founded the first retreat center in the country (Karma Dechen Osel Ling in Fellingsbro): 1980
Percentage of adults who identify as Buddhist: 0.42%
Population Breakdown:
0.18% are Mahayana
0.23% are Theravada
0. 01% are Vajrayana
Number of Buddhist centers: 63
Breakdown:
12 Theravada
21 Mahayana
23 Vajrayana
7 nonsectarian
Height of the oldest Buddha statue in Sweden: the Helgo Buddha, dating back to the Viking Age: 8.4 cm
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