YWCA-YMCA of Sweden

organization

YWCA-YMCA of Sweden (Swedish: KFUK-KFUM Sverige) is the Sweden-branch of YMCA and YWCA. It was established in 1966 when YMCA of Sweden and YWCA of Sweden merged.[1]

YWCA-YMCA of Sweden
KFUK-KFUM Sverige
Formation1966 (1966)
TypeChristian youth organization
HeadquartersSkeppsbron 28, Stockholm, Sweden
Methodsecumenism, sports, music
Membership
60 000
Official language
Swedish

In 2011 the organization decided to use the term "KFUM" in promotion with "M" standing for "människor" ("people"). Earlier the "m" stood for "män" (men)[2]

YWCA-YMCA of Sweden has 60 000 members. It has 4 000 local associations.[3]

Several Swedish YWCA-YMCA associations have been successful in sports.

References change

  1. "Historia" (in Swedish). YWCA-YMCA of Sweden. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  2. Protokoll – 1(13) YWCA-YMCA of Sweden's national meeting in Umeå, 29-30 October 2011 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. accessdate: 5 March 2012.
  3. "Organisation" (in Swedish). YWCA-YMCA of Sweden. Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.

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