Press release - 30 November 2020 12:43

The Non-Violence Project Foundation celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Knotted Gun

Created in 1980 by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd as a tribute to his friend John Lennon, the sculpture Non-Violence is also known as the Knotted Gun. The idea behind the sculpture was to create a vision of a peaceful world, a vision deeply shared by Lennon and wife Yoko Ono.

Initially placed in the Strawberry Fields memorial in Central Park, the Government of Luxembourg donated a bronze sculpture to the United Nations in 1988. To quote former UN Secretary Kofi Annan: “The sculpture of Non-Violence has not only endowed the United Nations with a cherished work of art; it has enriched the consciousness of humanity with a powerful symbol that encapsulates, in a few simple curves, the greatest prayer of man which asks not for victory, but for peace.”

Since 1980, replicas of the knotted gun have been placed in more than 30 strategic places around the world, including the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, at the Waterfront in Cape Town and in the Peace Park in Beijing just to name a few.

Jan Hellman, Co founder of the Foundation declared:“The knotted gun carries a message that is at the same time powerful and easy for most people to understand. It makes people think about the impact of violence and non-violence. We are proud of that and we work hard to promote it everzwhere and especially among the young generations we train every year .”

The Knotted Gun around the world (click on image to watch VIDEO)

Limited editions of customized versions of the Knotted Gun are also made to support celebrities, among which our Ambassadors of Peace, to raise the awareness around the world about benefits of non-violence for the whole society.

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