Fridays For Future

Two days ago I attended my fourth Fridays For Future demonstration in Stockholm, together with Greta Thunberg and maybe 4000 others. The protest started at Mynttorget where Greta got the worldwide movement going all alone five years ago as a teenager when she sat down there for her first protest. Now, she is studying full time at the Stockholm University. This time we walked to Medborgarplatsen, The Citizen's Square on Södermalm. Although I cheated a bit as I jumped on and off the bike a few times to get my photos. At the square there were music acts performing and a lot of speeches from activists from different organizations. I present the photos in no particular order. You can spot Greta on the last photo. There is also a snap when I guy takes a photo of me as I take one of him. And he found it on Flickr! As always I was there as much for saving the planet as photographing people, and I have a few favorites as usual. More photos in my set, Week of Action.Oh, and as a bonus, there is one photo where the protestors are walking up Götgatsbacken, which is the title of the book I mentioned in yesterdays post about the police officer Viktor.

Week of Action

Week of Action got under way yesterday. I stopped by the protest at Mynttorget, or Greta Thunberg's Place, as I think it should be called now. Greta and maybe 100 other climate activists from Friday's For Future and a few other organizations were there talking and also singing. Always a bit of a surreal feeling here. Lots of police because of the location at the Royal Palace and Parliament building and tourists visiting the old town, so she picked a good location when she got this movement under way a few years ago.

Faces from the climate strike

A few people photos from the Fridays For Future climate strike. The police officers had just recognized a colleague on the square that was quickly filling up with people. I must have seen the girl with the guitar at another protest because I recognized her body language. I noticed the guy with camera issues from my vantage point above Sergels torg before the protesters left the big square. The woman with her eyes closed had just realized that I was going to take her photo because I thought that she was pretty.

Skolstrejk för klimatet

On Friday, duh!, Fridays For Future arranged twelve climate strikes around Sweden as they were very unhappy with the lack of climate discussion during the ongoing election campaign. In Stockholm, around four thousand people joined Greta Thunberg, first at Sergels torg and then out on the streets. I am still going through my photos from the strike, and if you would like to see them check out the Flickr album Climate Strike where I will put all the photos from the protest.

Act now, change the future

Last Friday there was another climate strike in Stockholm. Organized by Greta Thunberg and FridaysForFuture. This time they walked from Odenplan to Norrmalmstorg. I followed them on their way down Sveavägen. It was a warm and sunny Summer day. Traffic was a little chaotic last week with everything that was going on, but this demonstration ran very smoothly. I created a Flickr album with a few more photos, and you can see then if you press here.

Fridays For Future IV

A last bunch of photos from the Fridays For Future demonstration in Stockholm. Snapped nearer to and at Tantolunden where the speeches were held. It was fun to see all the clever and home-made signs from everyone taking part. I made five pit-stops during the protest and as we closed in on the big park on Södermalm many of the faces in the crowd already felt familiar to me.