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Swedish Temperance Movements
Swedish temperance societies are of a wide variety. In 1933 these included: * IOGT-NTO (the Swedish branch of IOGT International) * Nykterhetsorden Verdandi (NOV, socialist, established 1896) * Öfverås Blåbandsförening, founded by Beatrice Dickson in 1884 * Sveriges Blåbandsförbund (SBF, Christian, the blue ribbon association, established in Sweden in 1883) * Vita Bandet (for women, the white ribbon, established in Sweden in 1900) * Motorförararnas Helnykterhetsförbund (MHF, for motorists, founded 1926) * Sveriges Lärares Nykterhetsförbund (SLN, for teachers, founded 1906) * Sveriges Studerande Ungdoms Helnykterhetsförbund (SSUH, for students) * Järnvägsmännens Helnykterhetsförbund (JHF, for railroad workers) * Sveriges Polismäns Helnykterhetsförbund (SPHF, for policemen, founded 1905) * Svenska Tullpersonalens Helnykterhetsförbund (STHF, for customs staff) * Svenska Läkarnas Nykterhetsförening (for physicians). Sweden's first central temperance society ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IOGT-NTO
IOGT-NTO is a Swedish temperance society, the Swedish branch of IOGT International. In 2007, it had approximately 46,000 members, in 1,000 local groups. History IOGT-NTO was formed in 1970, through the merger of the Swedish chapter of IOGT with (NTO), a Christian Swedish temperance organisation. IOGT was established in Sweden in 1879, when the first local chapter was started in Klippan, and was then called ''Godtemplarorden''. In 1888, a group of people left Godtemplarorden to form another temperance order, ''Nationalgodtemplarorden''. The latter group was merged with the , a Swedish branch of the American organisation Templars of Temperance, in 1922, to form the NTO. Activities IOGT-NTO works to promote total abstinence from alcohol among its members and in society. The organisation also offers a variety of study circles in various subjects, which are open to non-members. It operates two folk high schools, and a treatment facility for alcohol abusers. Youth organisations Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Organizations Based In Sweden
An organization or organisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is an entity—such as a company, an institution, or an association—comprising one or more people and having a particular purpose. The word is derived from the Greek word ''organon'', which means tool or instrument, musical instrument, and organ. Types There are a variety of legal types of organizations, including corporations, governments, non-governmental organizations, political organizations, international organizations, armed forces, charities, not-for-profit corporations, partnerships, cooperatives, and educational institutions, etc. A hybrid organization is a body that operates in both the public sector and the private sector simultaneously, fulfilling public duties and developing commercial market activities. A voluntary association is an organization consisting of volunteers. Such organizations may be able to operate without legal formalities, depending on jurisdiction, incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Temperance Organizations
The Temperance and prohibition movement has taken many organizational forms, from fraternal orders to political parties to activist groups. Activist groups *American Temperance Society *Anti-Saloon League, which was renamed as the American Council on Alcohol Problems (active) * Blue Ribbon Army or the Gospel Temperance Union *Catch-my-Pal * Dominion Alliance for the Total Suppression of the Liquor Traffic * People's Democratic Temperance League *People's Temperance League *Svenska Sällskapet för Nykterhet och Folkuppfostran *White Ribbon Association (active) *Woman's Christian Temperance Union (active) * World League Against Alcoholism Fraternal orders Good Templars *Good Templars (active) – Founded in 1850 in Utica, New York as a reorganization of the Knights of Jericho, the International Order of Good Templars remains active today and has lodges worldwide. The reorganization committee consisted of L. E. Coon, the Rev. J. E. N. Backus and William B. Hudson. In c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temperance Movement
The temperance movement is a social movement promoting temperance or complete abstinence from consumption of alcoholic beverages. Participants in the movement typically criticize alcohol intoxication or promote teetotalism, and its leaders emphasize alcohol's negative effects on people's health, personalities and family lives. Typically the movement promotes alcohol education and it also demands the passage of new laws against the sale of alcohol, either regulations on the availability of alcohol, or the complete prohibition of it. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, the temperance movement became prominent in many countries, particularly in English-speaking, Scandinavian, and majority Protestant ones, and it eventually led to national prohibitions in Canada (1918 to 1920), Norway (spirits only from 1919 to 1926), Finland (1919 to 1932), and the United States (1920 to 1933), as well as provincial prohibition in India (1948 to present). A number of temperance organiza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Växjö
Växjö ( ) is a city and the seat of Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden. It had 70,489 inhabitants (2019) out of a municipal population of 95,995 (2021). It is the administrative, cultural, and industrial centre of Kronoberg County and the episcopal see of the Diocese of Växjö and the location of Växjö Cathedral. The town is home to Linnaeus University. Etymology The city's name is believed to be constructed from the words ("road") and ("lake"), meaning the road over the frozen Växjö Lake that farmers used in the winter to get to the marketplace which later became the city. History In contrast to what was believed a century ago, there is no evidence of a special pre-Christian significance of the site. The pagan cultic center of Värend may have been located at Hov, a nearby village. An episcopal see since the 11thcentury, the city did not get its city charter until 1342, when it was issued by Magnus Eriksson. The cathedral of St Sigfrid dates from ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Wieselgren
Peter (Per) Wieselgren, born Jonasson (1 October 1800 – 10 October 1877) was a Lutheran priest, librarian, archivist, literary historian, and leader of the Swedish temperance movement who formed the first organised temperance society in Sweden. Biography Upbringing and education Peter Wieselgren was born 1 October 1800 in Vislanda Parish in Småland. The name Peter is said to have arisen after the priest Peter Hyltenius misheard; he should have been named Pehr. The latter name was also the one he preferred to use. When Wieselgren was to receive his first school certificate, at Växjö public school, Hyltenius wanted to give him the name Wieselman, because "we have branches and twigs before, but you will become a man". But his father and the headmaster preferred Wieselgren to be considered a family name after "...birth parish and older relatives", and on 5 September 1811 that name was entered in the books. By the age of ten, he had read through the entire Bible. He also w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svenska Sällskapet För Nykterhet Och Folkuppfostran
('Swedish Temperance and Public Education Society'), until 1902 ('Swedish temperance society'), is an organization that promotes temperance and ethical education based on Christian principles. During the 1840s and 1850s, the organization was the center of the temperance movement in Sweden and had up to 100,000 members. Founding The society was founded on 11 April 1837 by , , Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Anders Retzius, Samuel Owen, George Scott, and others. The society gathered together the various newly formed temperance societies, including Owen and Scott's organization, , founded in 1832. The purpose of the organization was "to illustrate by printed matter and other useful means the harmfulness of the use of ''brännvin'' and other distilled spirits and to call attention to the importance of their elimination". Berzelius was the society's first chairman. It was modeled on the British and Foreign Temperance Society (founded in 1831) and the corresponding American Temperance Soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IOGT International
The International Organisation of Good Templars (IOGT; founded as the Independent Order of Good Templars), whose international body is known as Movendi International, is a fraternal organization which is part of the temperance movement, promoting abstinence from alcohol and other drugs. It describes itself as "the premier global interlocutor for evidence-based policy measures and community-based interventions to prevent and reduce harm caused by alcohol and other drugs". It claims to be the largest worldwide community of non-governmental organisations with a mission to independently enlighten people around the world on a lifestyle free from alcohol and other drugs. Founded in 1851, IOGT International works to promote the avoidance of alcohol and other drugs by supporting communities and societies around the world. Its constitution say this will lead to the liberation of peoples of the world, this leading to a richer, freer and more rewarding life. The headquarters of IOGT Intern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Ribbon
The white ribbon is an awareness ribbon sometimes used by political movements to signify or spread their beliefs. It is usually worn on garments or represented in information sources such as posters, leaflets, etc. The White Ribbon has been the badge of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union founded by Frances Willard since its founding in 1873. The WCTU claims to be the oldest continuing non-sectarian women's organization worldwide. The white ribbon bow was selected to symbolize purity. The WCTU traditionally uses the bow rather than the more modern "remembrance" loop. One of the most notable usages of the white ribbon in recent times is as the symbol of anti-violence against women, safe motherhood, and other related causes. It also has a long tradition in state fairs and similar farming and horticultural competitions in the United States and Canada as a third-place ribbon. Anti-violence against women and gender justice movement After the École Polytechnique massacre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vita Bandet
Vita or VITA (plural vitae) is Latin for "life", and may refer to: * ''Vita'', the usual start to the title of a biography in Latin, by which (in a known context) the work is often referred to; frequently of a saint, then called hagiography * Vita (brand), a beverage in Hong Kong * A curriculum vitae, a written overview of a person's experience and other qualifications for a job * Opel Vita, a car made by Opel * PlayStation Vita, a handheld game console by Sony * VITA, acronym for Views, Inventory, Transformation and Artefacts * VITA, acronym for Virginia Information Technologies Agency * VITA, the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program * VITA, VMEbus International Trade Association * Beta (letter) a.k.a. Vita (β), the second letter of the Greek alphabet * '' Vita: Life in a Zone of Social Abandonment'', an ethnographic study by João Biehl * Vita (given name), the name. People Given name *Vita (rapper) (born 1976), stage name of American rapper * Vita Anda Tērauda (bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
