The Swedish Adult Education Association (SAEA)

The Swedish Adult Education Association is the interest organization of the study associations and its task is to strengthen the position of the study associations in our society through communication, cooperation, and analysis of the surrounding world.

Contact us by e-mail at: fbf@studieforbunden.se

Our address is:
The Swedish Adult Education Association - Folkbildningsförbundet
Wallingatan 38
112 42 Stockholm
SWEDEN

Telephone: +46 8 402 01 50 

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Folkbildning

Folk means people and bildning means learning. Put them together and you get the word folkbildning, the Swedish form of non-formal adult education.
Read more about folkbildning in our new folder (2009) >>

The printed folder can be ordered and costs 10 kr + stamps. Write to fbf@studieforbunden.se

A world to live in

Participating in the work of the study associations gives many people an opportunity to reflect on their own lives and those of others.

Non-formal education plays a prominent and important role in good public health, sustainable development and global justice. These ten good examples, one from each of Sweden's study associations, present a small selection of what we can do. >>

Differences enrich us all

More attention should be paid to what non-formal adult education can achieve in work to encourage integration and in giving people an opportunity to get involved and boost their self-esteem – for everyone’s benefit.

Sweden’s study associations have a unique contact network, with direct
access to the groups, clubs and societies which many people with a foreign background choose as their meeting places. Read more in Differences enrich us all

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Sweden’s non-formal adult education system provides the country with its largest forum for people seeking personal development – a forum for improving knowledge and for reinforcing the bonds of society.

Read more in our folder Folkbildning - Non-formal adult education - key forums for Sweden´s development 

"Om folkbildning"
Fact sheet about
non-formal education

Fact sheet in English

Folkbildning -
a bridge between
people and politicians

Politicians often talk of the need to increase citizen commitment
in EU matters. Often raised questions are: How can we give people a voice? How can we transform the EU from a project for the elite to a project for the people?

Folkbildningsförbundet, the Swedish Adult Education Association
(SAEA), would like to contribute to this discussion by highlighting
the role that non-formal adult education have in bridging the gap
between people and politicians.
Read more in our folder

Written policies

Statues
Adopted at the general meeting of the Federation 19 April 2007 >>

Strategic plan
Describes the mission statement,
long-term priorities and communication strategies of The Swedish Adult Education Association and also provides a description of the directons its activities will take in the period 2007-2010 >>