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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 Cecilia Elise Beatrice Dickson (31 March 1852 – 18 January 1941) was a Swedish philanthropist and a pioneering temperance activist in Gothenburg. In 1884, together with her mother, Dickson founded the Överås International Federation of the B ...
in 1884 * Sveriges Blåbandsförbund (SBF, Christian, the
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association, established in Sweden in 1883) * Vita Bandet (for women, the
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, 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 was
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 ...
, established on April 11, 1837. It still existed in 1933, but only had 149 members.
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. ...
had formed an earlier society for high school students in
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 ...
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See also

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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 emph ...
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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 C ...


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Temperance Temperance may refer to: Moderation *Temperance movement, movement to reduce the amount of alcohol consumed *Temperance (virtue), habitual moderation in the indulgence of a natural appetite or passion Culture *Temperance (group), Canadian danc ...
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