Conference turris::scandia

382.0. "Swedish education associations & the folk movement" by NEILS::SAVAGE () Fri Mar 23 1990 10:16

    From: [email protected] (Lars-Henrik Eriksson)
    Newsgroups: soc.culture.nordic
    Subject: Re: Learning Swedish
    Date: 22 Mar 90 09:06:57 GMT
    Organization: Swedish Institute of Computer Science
 
In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Jon Forrest) 
writes:
> I started going to
> Swedish lessons at TBV (initials for some language school, I don't
> remember what they stand for).
 
    TBV is one of the so-called "education associations"
    (bildningsf�rbund).  These associations organize evening (mostly) group
    study classes. They are  substantially subsidized. There are about a
    dozen of these, all associated  with some very large nation-wide
    organisation such as trade unions, the  Swedish sports federation, the
    Church of Sweden, the Temperance association,  political parties etc.
 
    Sweden has the (very Swedish, I understand) concept of a "folk
    movement".  This is a nationwide organisation that, beside having a
    main purpose, has a  heavy emphasis on the ideas of democracy and
    education - often through an  associated education association.
    (Examples of such folk movements are the  sports movement, the social
    democratic party, consumer cooperatives, free  churches etc.) These
    organisation played a very important role in the  development of
    Swedish society from the end of the 19th century up to the  middle of
    the present century. These days their importance in furthering 
    democracy and education has all but disappeared.
 
 
Lars-Henrik Eriksson                           Internet: [email protected]
Swedish Institute of Computer Science          Phone (intn'l): +46 8 752 15 09
Box 1263                                       Telefon (nat'l): 08 - 752 15 09
S-164 28  KISTA, SWEDEN

From: [email protected] (Lars-Henrik Eriksson)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nordic
Subject: Re: Learning Swedish
Date: 22 Mar 90 09:12:33 GMT
Organization: Swedish Institute of Computer Science
 
In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Jon Forrest) 
writes:
> TBV (initials for some language school, I don't
> remember what they stand for).
 
    I forgot, TBV means "Tj�nstem�nnens bildningsverksamhet" -
    approximately "The  employees' educational activity" - and is
    associated with the trade union TCO  ("Tj�nstem�nnens
    centralorganisation" - The Swedish Central Organisation of  salaried
    employees).
 
    (In case someone think that the English name for TCO is weird - that's
    what  my lexicon says!)
 
Lars-Henrik Eriksson                           Internet: [email protected]
Swedish Institute of Computer Science          Phone (intn'l): +46 8 752 15 09
Box 1263                                       Telefon (nat'l): 08 - 752 15 09
S-164 28  KISTA, SWEDEN