Salwan Alkhamas

Salwan Alkhamas is an Iraqi-Swedish Mandaean priest currently serving as the head priest of the Mandaean community in Sweden.

Biography

Born in Basra Governorate, Salwan Alkhamas moved to Baghdad with his family in 1986 and completed his university studies there. On November 11, 1989, he was ordained as a tarmida by Ganzibra Abdullah [bar Negm] and then moved to Basra to serve as a Mandaean priest. In 1995, he moved back to Baghdad, and then to Stockholm, Sweden in 1998. He initially served as a priest in Sandviken during the early 2000s. In 2010, Salwan Alkhamas was became a ganzibra. He then became the head priest of the Södertälje mandi and currently serves as the Rishama of the Mandaean community in Sweden and Finland.
Salwan Alkhamas has initiated Tarmida Majid Dakhil, Tarmida Asaad Dakhil, Tarmida Maksim Al-Saeedi, and Tarmida Thamir Jabbar Shamkhi.