Christer Lundgren, co-chairman of the European regional preparatory committee for the 2017 Meeting Praising the Great Persons of Mt. Paektu, an executive member of the Goteborg Committee, and Oskar Molleby, chief of the Swedish Group for the Study of the Juche Idea, were elected co-chairmen of the remembrance committee.

The committee decided to hold significant political and cultural events to praise the revolutionary career and exploits of Kim Jong Il on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of his demise.