About us

Jord og Frihet is a non-profit association. In recent years, our main work has been importing, distributing, marketing and selling olive oil and other commodities from Palestine. In the Stockholm region - where Jord och Frihet is based - we also help the association Ki'nal (formerly Mut Vitz Sweden) with the distribution of coffee from Zapatista cooperatives in Chiapas, Mexico. We believe that trade in solidarity – based on mutual respect – can contribute to changing the world in a radical direction. The solidarity trade we engage in gives ourselves and others an opportunity to trade with partners working to build a world free of oppression and exploitation.

When Föreningen Jord och Frihet was originally created, in the early 1980s, the objective was to print and distribute anarchist and other libertarian socialist printed materials and publications. Although the association's focus has changed since 2004, we still have a lot of archive material. The idea is to eventually create a smaller archive of posters, flyers and other printed material from the history of the libertarian left.

Background
We who make up Föreningen Jord och Frihet have our background in the libertarian, socialist left in Sweden, mainly in the anarchist and syndicalist tradition. We have worked with actions, occupations and demonstrations, with book sales and international solidarity and within the fair trade movement. For many years we have been looking for a good way to support the Palestinian people at the grassroots level. In the fall of 2004, that opportunity was revealed when we started to cooperate with French syndicalists and a French fair trade organization that managed to start importing olive oil from the West Bank. In the winter of 2004, we started importing oil from France on a very modest scale, but since 2009 we have been taking in one container of goods a year.

We do not work with charity but with a solidarity trade based on mutual respect and trust. In addition to contributing financially to Palestinian society, the trade in Palestinian olive oil also gives us the opportunity to spread information about the general situation in Palestine. About the construction of Israel's apartheid wall, about the occupation and confiscation of land and water and about the violations of international law. With our goods, we also give others the opportunity to discuss the resistance to the occupation and the Palestinian people's struggle for land and freedom.

Facts about the association
Name of the association: Jord & Frihet non-profit association
Organization number: 802438-6917

Board of Directors (elected 2024)
Chairman Per Erixon
Other board members: Svante Tidholm & Tor Olofsson