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A thousand to mock Trump with Copenhagen ‘Pray for Sweden’ vigil
A march will be held in Copenhagen (Denmark) in solidarity with those affected by the “last night in Sweden” incident mentioned on Saturday by US President Donald Trump.
“After the terrible attack on Sweden, to which attention was correctly drawn by President Trump, the Nordic countries now stand together,” the organiser of the ‘Pray for Sweden’ event wrote on Facebook.
“We invite all citizens to walk past the Swedish Embassy on Friday 17.00, in honour of our Swedish brothers and sisters.”
The event, which nearly 3,000 people have expressed interest in and which which has been viewed by more than 250,000 people, has been cleared with the Copenhagen Police.
“Please remember to bring fake flowers,” Artpusher, the Danish prankster behind the event, told The Local. “The idea is that we quietly go there and quietly put down our fake flowers, but the most important thing is the posts we make afterwards about it on social media, so it’s a fake event.”
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Mourners aim to lay flowers outside the Swedish embassy in Copenhagen (not pictured). (Photo: David Clay)Artist plans mock ‘Pray for Sweden’ event at embassy | BBC News |
“Following the terrible attack on our sister country Sweden reported by US President Trump, the Nordic countries now stand united,” the Pray For Sweden Facebook page reads, adding that the “love-filled” event has been approved by the Danish police.
Artpusher tells The Local that the vigil is not an anti-Trump protest. “This is about being able to make your own mind up and make a decision based on facts. This is bigger than Trump,” he says. “I don’t have money or power, but I can try and use humour and irony to make people aware of things.”
The city of Copenhagen is removing 2,500 illegally-hung posters of a fictitious political party called The Love Party that have been posted across the capital over the last two days.
The man behind the posters, which show topless women and promote love and freedom of speech, sexuality, colour and religion, is Søren Vilhelm (aka Artpusher), a member of the Alternativet party running in this year’s general election.
Spreading values like common sense and compassion
The mission of The Love Party is, among other things, to get values like common sense, love and compassion back into the political arena, which according to Søren Vilhelm has been supplanted by self-sufficiency, self-interest and profit optimisation.
“It’s a way to spread some alternative ideas,” explained the artist on his Facebook page.
Vilhem spent 100,000 kroner from his own pocket paying for the posters and having them distributed across the capital. His attempt to ‘beautify’ Copenhagen has not pleased the councillors who have decided to remove the posters immediatelly. And it is not going to be cheap.
According to Jyllands-Posten, the removal of one poster may cost up to 40 kroner, so with 2,500 posters hanging around the city, that’s 100,000 kroner. It is illegal to hang posters that are not of the established political parties during the election campaign.
