Swedish temperance movements (in 1933) included 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....

 (the Swedish branch of IOGT International), Nykterhetsorden Verdandi (NOV, socialist, established 1896), Sveriges Blåbandsförbund (SBF, Christian, the blue ribbon

Blue ribbon

The blue ribbon is a term used to describe or symbolize something of high quality. The usage came from The Blue Riband, a prize awarded for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by passenger liners—and prior to that from Cordon Bleu which referred to the blue ribbon worn by a particular order...

 association, established in Sweden in 1883), Vita Bandet (for women, the white ribbon

White ribbon

The white ribbon, a white-colored ribbon or representation of a white-colored ribbon, has several different meanings depending on the context. As with other color ribbons, is sometimes used by political movements to signify or spread their beliefs...

, 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), and Svenska Läkarnas Nykterhetsförening (for physicians). Sweden's first temperance movement was Svenska Sällskapet för Nykterhet och Folkuppfostran, established on April 11, 1837. Apparently it still existed in 1933, but only had 149 members.