Ungdomens Nykterhetsförbund
Overview
Temperance movement
A temperance movement is a social movement urging reduced use of alcoholic beverages. Temperance movements may criticize excessive alcohol use, promote complete abstinence , or pressure the government to enact anti-alcohol legislation or complete prohibition of alcohol.-Temperance movement by...
organisation, founded in 1970 after a merging between Sveriges Godtemplares Ungdomsförbund (SGU) and Heimdal. It is a member of the European umbrella organisation ACTIVE
ACTIVE
ACTIVE - sobriety, friendship and peace is a non-governmental umbrella organisation gathering European youth temperance organisations. ACTIVE is member of the Youth Forum Jeunesse and cooperates with IOGT International.The main aim of Active is peace and tolerance in the world...
. UNF, which is the youth organisation of IOGT-NTO
IOGT-NTO
IOGT-NTO is a Swedish temperance movement, the Swedish branch of IOGT International. IOGT-NTO has about 45,000 members. IOGT-NTO has a junior organisation, Junis....
, has about 7000 members. The current chairman is Vidar Aronsson and Linda Engström.