Riksförbundet M Sverige

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Riksförbundet M Sverige (M Sverige), formerly Motormännens riksförbund (The Swedish Automobile Association) is an organization for motor vehicle owners in Sweden. It was established in 1922[1] in Malmö as "Sveriges förenade motormän" before changing name in 1924.[2]

Riksförbundet M Sverige
Formation26 February 1922 (1922-02-26)
HeadquartersStockholm, Sweden
Official language
Swedish
Jan Sandberg
Websitehttps://msverige.se/

A former CEO was Astrid Lindgren's husband Sture Lindgren who held the post from 1941 to 1952 and started the organization's own magazine Motor in 1943.[3] Astrid Lindgren was also working for the Motormännens riksförbund, writing articles for the magazine, and her first books Fem automobilturer i Sverige (1939) and 25 bilturer i Sverige (1949, English: 25 automobile tours in Sweden).[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Motormännen" (in Swedish). Nationalencyklopedin. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Historiken" (in Swedish). Motormännens riksförbund. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Den okända Astrid". Archived from the original on 2013-07-06.
  4. ^ "Astrids första bok".[dead link]
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