Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Sweden
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The Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Sweden (IOOF), is a part as a
History in Sweden
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows came to Sweden when two businessmen who were members of the Odd Fellows in Copenhagen, Denmark, took the initiative to open a lodge. The Scania Lodge No. 1 was instituted in
Today, the Swedish Odd Fellow Order occupy a leading position in terms of membership with over 40,000 members and about 272 lodges.[2] The encampment branch is also very strong in Sweden with 23 odd fellow and 13 Rebekah encampments totaling 40,000 members. There are no mixed lodges and patriarchs militant do not exist. There is also a great number of clubs and associations within the framework of the IOOF of Sweden with all kinds of objects from socialisation to providing poor children with summer homes. Moreover, Odd Fellows of Sweden was entrusted to reintroduce Odd Fellowship in Poland and two Odd Fellows lodges and 1 Rebekah lodge were quickly established. The Rebekah movement is fast growing in members.[3]