IOGT-NTO is a Swedish

temperance society The temperance movement is a social movement promoting temperance or total abstinence from consumption of alcoholic beverages. Participants in the movement typically criticize alcohol intoxication or promote teetotalism, and its leaders emphasi ...

, 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

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from alcohol among its members and in society. The organisation also offers a variety of

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 with a minimum of 7 people to a maximum of 15. These study circles are formed ...

s 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 youth organisation affiliated with IOGT-NTO is

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 ...

, which as of 2007 had 125 local clubs. IOGT-NTO does also run an organisation for children, called Junis (the official name of Junis was originally ''IOGT-NTOs Juniorförbund'' (IOGT-NTO's Junior Association) until 2020 when ''Junis'' became the official name instead of a nickmane). Nykterhetsrörelsens Scoutförbund (The Temperance Movement's Scouting Association) is a

scouting Scouting or the Scout Movement is a youth social movement, movement which became popularly established in the first decade of the twentieth century. It follows the Scout method of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activi ...

organisation which is also part of IOGT-NTO.

References

External links

Official website
Alcohol in Sweden Temperance organizations NTO {{Sweden-org-stub

History

Activities

Youth organisations

See also

References

External links