Humanists Sweden
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| Formation | 1979 |
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| Type | Nonprofit organisation |
| Purpose | Working for a secular society and human rights, promoting a secular humanist lifestance |
| Headquarters | Stockholm |
Region served | Sweden |
Membership | 4,500[1] |
Chairman | David Rönnegard |
| Website | humanisterna |
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Humanists Sweden (Swedish: Humanisterna) is the largest humanist/rationalist organisation in Sweden with about 4,500 members. It is a member organisation of Humanists International (HI) and the European Humanist Federation (EHF).[2]
Humanists Sweden work for a secular life stance founded on reason, compassion and responsibility. Its goals include a completely secular state, free of religious oppression, discrimination and other infringements on human rights. Humanists Sweden also promotes science and philosophy as primary methods for finding general knowledge and answers to empirical questions, staunchly opposing pseudoscience.[1]
Organisation and history
The organisation was founded in 1979 and was then called Human-Etiska Förbundet ("Humanist-Ethical Association"). The name was changed into the more international Humanisterna in 1999.[2]
David Rönnegard has been chairman of the organisation since April 2020.[2]
There are eleven local groups, situated in Gotland, Jönköping, Kalmar, Stockholm, Södertälje, Umeå, Uppsala, Värmland, Väst, Örebro, and Östergötland.[3]
Secular ceremonies
The majority of
Humanisten
Humanists Sweden publishes a quarterly membership magazine called Humanisten ("the Humanist").[3]
Hedenius Award
The yearly award commemorates the Swedish philosopher Ingemar Hedenius, whose views - expressed in his book Tro och vetande ("Belief and knowledge") - were instrumental in starting the cultural debate that eventually led to the separating of the Swedish church and state. Its purpose is to acknowledge and support individuals who have worked, as Hedenius did, for a humanistic life stance, rationalism and critical thinking. The award was founded in 2000.[4]
Previous winners
- 2019: Kvinnors Nätverk
- 2018: Niklas Orrenius
- 2017: Shamina Aktar
- 2016: RFSL Newcomers
- 2015: Ulf Danielsson
- 2014: Taslima Nasrin
- 2013: Sara Mohammad
- 2012: Nyamko Sabuni
- 2011: Gunnar Göthberg
- 2010: Staffan Bergström
- 2009: Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin
- 2008: Per Kornhall
- 2007: P. C. Jersild
- 2006: Björn Ulvaeus
- 2005: Lena Andersson
- 2004: Barbro Westerholm
- 2003: Hans Alfredson
- 2002: Georg Klein
- 2001: Sholeh Irani
- 2000: Dan Larhammar
Kristallkulan
Kristallkulan ("the Crystal ball") is a prize of 100,000 SEK that will be awarded to anyone who can demonstrate beyond doubt that they possess a paranormal or supernatural talent that cannot be explained by conventional science. The award is similar to the One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge offered by the James Randi Educational Foundation. The prize was instituted in 2005.
References
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-06-24. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b "In English | Humanisterna" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-09-08.
- ^ "Medlemstidningen Humanisten | Humanisterna" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-09-08.
- ^ "Hedeniuspriset | Humanisterna" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-09-08.
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