The International Society for Krishna Consciousness, known colloquially as the Hare Krishna movement or Hare Krishnas, is a Gaudiya Vaishnava Hindu religious organization, founded in 1966 in New York City by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada the Guru and spiritual master of the organization. In 1973 A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and the Hare Krishna movement arrived in Sweden.—Ulf Kjell Gür
