Swedish Women's Educational Association

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The Swedish Women's Educational Association, referred to as SWEA but officially
designated SWEA International, Inc., is a global non-profit organization and a
network for Swedish and Swedish-speaking women who reside or have resided outside
of Sweden.[1]
SWEA is represented in many locations throughout the world and plays a major role
in the Swedish State Department's emergency management plan.
SWEA is a politically and religiously independent organization.
Contents [hide]
1 Organization
2 History
3 Swedish Woman of the Year
4 Sources
5 External links
Organization[edit]
SWEA International is the largest non-profit organization promoting Sweden outside
of Sweden with the goal of promoting the Swedish language and spreading Swedish
culture and tradition.[2]
Each year, SWEA International awards three scholarships of US$10,000 each:
The Scholarship for Research Related to the Swedish Language, Literature, and
Society[3]
The Agneta and Gunnar Nilsson Scholarship for the Study of Intercultural
Relations[4]
The Sigrid Paskell Scholarship in the Performing Arts[5]
In addition, SWEA International selects a Swedish Woman of the Year[6] annually.
Locally, SWEA International's chapters make donations and present scholarships that
total about 2 million Swedish kronor (US$250,000) per year.[7]
SWEA International provides members with support as they relocate and move between
countries, as well as welcoming and supporting members when they return to Sweden.
SWEA International has approximately 7,000 women members in approximately 70 local
chapters[8] in about 30 countries on five continents.[9]
SWEA International's chairman since 2016 is Christina Hallmert.
History[edit]
In 1979, SWEA International was founded in Los Angeles by Agneta Nilsson. Princess
Christina Mrs. Magnuson is the association's honorary president.[10]
Swedish Woman of the Year[edit]
Since 1989, SWEA International has selected a Swedish Woman of the Year
(abbreviated SK, for rets Svenska Kvinna) annually. The recipient is announced
during SWEA's annual meeting each spring and is recognized during the annual
"Sweden dinner" organized each summer by one of the chapters located in Sweden. The
recipient must be a Swedish woman who, through her accomplishments, has represented
and brought attention to the Sweden of today in the greater world.
The following women have been recognized as Swedish Woman of the Year:[11]
1989: Ulla Wachtmeister
1990: Birgitta Wistrand
1991, 1992: Undistributed
1993: Anne-Marie De Geer and Ingrid Croneborg-Bergman
1994: Lise-Lotte Lbeck-Erixon
1995: Ingrid Karlsson
1996: Undistributed
1997: Ulla-Brita Palm
1998: Dorothea Rosenblad
1999: Kerstin Nordquist-Lane
2000: Maria Nystrm Reuterswrd
2001: Drottning Silvia
2002: Eva Olofsson
2003: Ewa Kumlin
2004: Barbro Sachs-Osher
2005: Ingrid le Roux
2006: Tina Nordstrm
2007: Marianne Forssblad
2008: Inger Schuberth
2009: Agneta Nilsson, founder of SWEA International, Inc.
2010: Kjerstin Dellert
2011: Christina Lampe nnerud
2012: Filippa Knutsson
2013: Mona Henning
2014: Nina Stemme
2015: Petra Wadstrm
2016: Maria Strmme
Sources[edit]
Jump up ^ Barkan, Elliott Robert (2013). Immigrants in American History: Arrival,
Adaptation, and Integration. ABC-CLIO. pp. 1325. ISBN 978-1-59884-219-7.
Jump up ^ "SWEA in a Nutshell". SWEA International, Inc. Retrieved 2017-03-22.
Jump up ^ "The Scholarship for Research Related to the Swedish Language,
Literature, and Society (Stipendiet fr forskning i svenska sprket, litteraturen
och samhllet)". litstip.swea.org (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-03-21.
Jump up ^ "SWEA International's Agneta and Gunnar Nilsson Scholarship for the Study
of Intercultural Relations (Agneta och Gunnar Nilsson stipendium fr studier av
interkulturella relationer)". interkult.swea.org (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-03-
21.
Jump up ^ "SWEA International's Sigrid Paskell Scholarship in the Performing Arts
(Sigrid Paskell stipendium inom scenkonsterna)". paskell.swea.org (in Swedish).
Retrieved 2017-03-21.
Jump up ^ "SWEA Internationa's Swedish Woman of the Year (rets Svenska Kvinna
(SK))". ask.swea.org. Retrieved 2017-03-22.
Jump up ^ "SWEA International -- Donations". donationer.swea.org (in Swedish).
Retrieved 2017-03-22.
Jump up ^ "Chapters within SWEA International (Avdelningar inom SWEA
International)". SWEA International, Inc. (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-03-22.
Jump up ^ "SWEA International on the map (SWEA p kartan)". SWEA International,
Inc. (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-03-22.
Jump up ^ "History of SWEA (SWEAs Historia)". SWEA International, Inc. Retrieved 22
March 2017.
Jump up ^ "Swedish Woman of the Year recipients through the years (SK mottagare
genom ren - rets Svenska Kvinna (SK))". rets Svenska Kvinna (SK) (in Swedish).
Retrieved 2017-03-22.
External links[edit]
SWEA, SWEA International's website
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