Pinochet’s nemesis receives the Edelstam Prize
The Edelstam Prize 2016 is awarded to Judge Juan Guzmán Tapia of Santiago for outstanding contributions and exceptional courage in standing up for one’s beliefs in the Defence of Human…
Artist of the bust of Harald Edelstam, Mr. Luciano Escanilla, Prime Minister of Sweden, Mr. Stefan Löfven, President of Chile, Ms. Michelle Bachelet, and Ms. Caroline Edelstam, President of Edelstam Foundation.
Chile’s President hands over a Statue of the diplomat hero Harald Edelstam to the Swedish Parliament
PRESS RELEASE During a ceremony in the Swedish Parliament today, Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet, handed over a bust of the Swedish diplomat, Harald Edelstam, thanking for his humanitarian deeds during…
The Edelstam Prize 2016 opens the Call for Nominations
During a press conference in Stockholm earlier today the Edelstam Foundation announced that it is now opening their Call for Nominations for the Edelstam Prize 2016. The nomination is open…
Mr. Benjamín Manuel Jerónimo from Guatemala receives the Edelstam Prize for this pursuit of justice in Guatemala
The Edelstam Prize 2014 is awarded to Mr. Benjamín Manuel Jerónimo for outstanding contributions and exceptional courage in standing up for one’s beliefs in the Defence of Human Rights, and…
Announcement of the Edelstam Prize Laureate 2014
The Laureate of the Edelstam Prize 2014 will be announced on the 10th of November, 10 A.M. during a press conference at the Army Museum in Stockholm. The Laureate will…
Invitation to seminar on Ukraine
We invite you to a discussion on the current situation in Ukraine, what has happened at Majdan, what is happening in Crimea, and what will happen onwards. Time: Saturday 22…
Dr. Brian Palmer, Board Member of the Harald Edelstam Foundation
Dr. Brian Palmer is a social anthropologist at Uppsala University in Sweden. Previously he held the Torgny Segerstedt Guest Professorship at Gothenburg University, and before that he taught at Harvard.…
The Edelstam Foundation meets with Dr. Kofi Annan and Dr. Jan Eliasson
The Edelstam Foundation had the pleasure to meet with Dr. Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations, together with Dr. Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary General of the UN,…
Still Possible to Register to the Course “Civic Courage and Global Service”
Through a co-operation with the Newman Institute in Uppsala the Edelstam Foundation can offer the course: “Civic Courage and Global Service. Civic Courage and Global Service What is the place…
Exhibition: “Human Rights, Civic Courage, and Heroes”
The exhibition ”Human Rights, Civic Courage, and Heroes” will be staged on controversial sites around the world. Welcome to the inauguration ceremony on the 25th of June at 7 P.M. at…
