Arbetarnas bildningsförbund (ABF; ) is the educational section of the Swedish labour movement. ABF conducts seminars, classes and study circles on a variety of subjects, including workshops, languages and music.
History ABF was founded on 16 November 1912, by the Swedish Social Democratic Party and some of the trade unions. Today, the main members of ABF are the Social Democrats and the Left Party.
There are ABF locations in almost every Swedish town and several in the major cities. Its headquarters are on Olof Palmes gata, near Sveavägen street in Stockholm. In Gothenburg, the ABF building is on Olof Palmes Gata, near Järntorget square.
Moa Award The Moa Award () is an annual literary prize awarded jointly by ABF and the Moa Martinson Society to a person who writes in the spirit of Moa Martinson. The prize has been awarded since 1989.
Recipients 1989 – Mary Andersson 1990 – Aino Trosell 1991 – Ebba Witt-Brattström 1992 – Kerstin Engman 1993 – Kerstin Ekman 1994 – Kerstin Thorvall 1995 – Majgull Axelsson 1996 – Sara Lidman 1997 – Kristina Lugn 1998 – Kjell Johansson 1999 – Elsie Johansson 2000 – Eva Adolfsson 2001 – Frida Andersson, Annika Malmborg, Martin Gerber 2002 – Rut Berggren 2003 – Anita König 2004 – Gerda Antti 2005 – Ulrika Knutson 2006 – Birgitta Holm 2007 – Suzanne Osten, Margareta Garpe, Gunnar Edander 2008 – Gunilla Nyroos 2009 – Anita Goldman 2010 – Anneli Jordahl 2011 – Gunilla Thorgren 2012 – Inger Alfvén 2013 – Susanna Alakoski 2014 – Kristina Sandberg 2015 – Agneta Pleijel 2016 – Yvonne Hirdman 2017 – Anna Jörgensdotter 2018 – Sara Stridsberg 2019 – Maj Wechselmann 2020 – Märta Tikkanen 2021 – Vibeke Olsson
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External links Official website