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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] |
IOGT-NTO Huset
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 The ... [...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] |
Ungdomens Nykterhetsförbund
Ungdomens Nykterhetsförbund (UNF) is a Swedish youth temperance organisation, founded in 1970 after a merging between ''Sveriges Godtemplares Ungdomsförbund'' (SGU) and ''Heimdal''. It is the youth organization of the IOGT-NTO movement. It is a member of the European umbrella organisation ACTIVE and the Nordic umbrella organisation An umbrella organization is an association of (often related, industry-specific) institutions who work together formally to coordinate activities and/or pool resources. In business, political, and other environments, it provides resources and ofte ... NORDGU. UNF has about 7000 members. The current heads of the organisation are Jane Segerblom and Filip Nyman. External linksOfficial website Alcohol in Sweden Temperance organizations {{youth-org-stub ... [...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] |
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] |
Nationalencyklopedin
''Nationalencyklopedin'' (; "The National Encyclopedia" in English), abbreviated NE, is a comprehensive contemporary Swedish-language encyclopedia, initiated by a favourable loan from the Government of Sweden of 17 million Swedish kronor in 1980, which was repaid by December 1990. The printed version consists of 20 volumes with 172,000 articles; the Internet version comprises 260,000 articles (as of June 2005). History The project was born in 1980, when a government committee suggested that negotiations be initiated with various publishers. This stage was finished in August 1985, when in Höganäs became the publisher responsible for the project. The project specifications were for a modern reference work based on a scientific paradigm incorporating gender and environmental issues. Pre-orders for the work were unprecedented; before the first volume was published in December 1989, 54,000 customers had ordered the encyclopedia. The last volume came out in 1996, with three suppl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klippan, Scania
Klippan (literally ''the Cliff'', old da, Klippen) is a locality and the seat of Klippan Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 8,116 inhabitants in 2010. The famous liberal economist Bertil Ohlin Bertil Gotthard Ohlin () (23 April 1899 – 3 August 1979) was a Swedish economist and politician. He was a professor of economics at the Stockholm School of Economics from 1929 to 1965. He was also leader of the People's Party, a social-liberal ... was a native of Klippan. On September 1995, a young man named Gerard Gbeyo had been murdered by 2 Nazi sympathizers. https://bra.se/download/18.cba82f7130f475a2f1800028346/1371914734873/2000_manifestations_of_racism.pdf Sports The following sports clubs are located in Klippan: * Klippans FF References Populated places in Klippan Municipality Populated places in Skåne County Municipal seats of Skåne County Swedish municipal seats {{Skåne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teetotalism
Teetotalism is the practice or promotion of total personal abstinence from the psychoactive drug alcohol, specifically in alcoholic drinks. A person who practices (and possibly advocates) teetotalism is called a teetotaler or teetotaller, or is simply said to be teetotal. Globally, almost half of adults do not drink alcohol (excluding those who used to drink but have stopped). Etymology According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the ''tee-'' in ''teetotal'' is the letter T, so it is actually ''t-total'', though it was never spelled that way. The word is first recorded in 1832 in a general sense in an American source, and in 1833 in England in the context of abstinence. Since at first it was used in other contexts as an emphasised form of ''total'', the ''tee-'' is presumably a reduplication of the first letter of ''total'', much as contemporary idiom today might say "total with a capital T". The teetotalism movement was first started in Preston, England, in the early 19th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Study Circle
A study circle is a small group of people who meet multiple times to discuss an issue. Study circles may be formed to discuss anything from politics to religion to hobbies. They are differentiated from clubs by their focus on exploring an issue or topic rather than on activities or socializing. When they emerged in the early twentieth century they were based on a democratic approach to self-education and were often linked to social movements concerned with temperance or working class emancipation. Basics Study circles are typically created by persons who discover a common interest; other study circles may be created to analyze and find solutions to social, political, or community problems. Often there is no teacher, but one member usually acts as facilitator to keep discussion flowing and on track, and ensure that everyone has an opportunity to become as involved as he or she desires to be. Reading material and audio/visual aids are often used to stimulate dialogue. Study circl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folk High School
Folk high schools (also ''Adult Education Center'', Danish: ''Folkehøjskole;'' Dutch: ''Volkshogeschool;'' Finnish: ''kansanopisto'' and ''työväenopisto'' or ''kansalaisopisto;'' German: ''Volkshochschule'' and (a few) ''Heimvolkshochschule;'' Norwegian: ''Folkehøgskole( NB)/Folkehøgskule( NN);'' Swedish: ''Folkhögskola;'' Hungarian: ''népfőiskola'') are institutions for adult education that generally do not grant academic degrees, though certain courses might exist leading to that goal. They are most commonly found in Nordic countries and in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The concept originally came from the Danish writer, poet, philosopher, and pastor N. F. S. Grundtvig (1783–1872). Grundtvig was inspired by the Marquis de Condorcet's ''Report on the General Organization of Public Instruction'' which was written in 1792 during the French Revolution. The revolution had a direct influence on popular education in France. In the United States, a Danish folk school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scouting
Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement employing the Scout method, a program of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activities, including camping, woodcraft, aquatics, hiking, backpacking, and sports. Another widely recognized movement characteristic is the Scout uniform, by intent hiding all differences of social standing in a country and encouraging equality, with neckerchief and campaign hat or comparable headwear. Distinctive uniform insignia include the fleur-de-lis and the trefoil, as well as merit badges and other patches. In 1907, Robert Baden-Powell, a Lieutenant General in the British Army, held a Scouting encampment on Brownsea Island in England. Baden-Powell wrote '' Scouting for Boys'' (London, 1908), partly based on his earlier military books. The Scout Movement of both Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts was well established in the first decade of the twentieth century. Later, programs for younger children, such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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