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29 Jul 2019, 1.00 PM
Sweden has a long history of international adoption from South Korea and today there are almost 10 000 Korean adoptees in Sweden.
The Embassy of Sweden hosted a special reception for Swedish Korean adoptees with their families who are visiting Seoul at the Swedish residence in Seoul on Monday, July 29th.
On the topic of adoption, don’t miss this radio episode in P1 Sommar (in Swedish, link below) with Madeleine In-Hwa Björk, a Swedish Korean adoptee. In the episode, Madeleine shares her experiences with birth family search, adoption and South Korea.
Sweden has diplomatic relations with almost all States in the world. It has embassies and consulates in around half of these. Sweden's foreign representation consists of approximately 100 missions abroad and 350 honorary consulates.