Swedish Society for Nature Conservation

Swedish Society for Nature Conservation
Naturskyddsföreningen
AbbreviationSSNC
Formation1909; 115 years ago (1909)
FounderMultiple founders
Legal statusActive
PurposeCreating awareness and project for environmental protection
Location
  • Sweden
Membership (2019)
230,000
General secretary
Karin Lexén
Chairman
Johanna Sandahl
SubsidiariesNature and Youth Sweden
Budget (2012)
SEK 192.4 million
Websitewww.naturskyddsforeningen.se
Formerly called
Svenska Naturskyddsföreningen
Sveriges Natur.

The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (Swedish: Naturskyddsföreningen, previously known as Svenska Naturskyddsföreningen, SNF) is a non-profit, non-partisan, Swedish environmental organization.[1] It is the largest and oldest environmental society in Sweden, with 24 county branches and 270 municipality subdivisions.[2] In 2019, it had 230,000 members.[3]

  1. ^ "Årsredovisning" [Annual Report] (PDF). www.naturskyddsforeningen.se. Naturskyddsföreningen. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Sveriges största miljöorganisation" [Sweden's largest environmental organization] (PDF). www.lansstyrelsen.se. County administrative boards of Sweden. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  3. ^ "About us". www.naturskyddsforeningen.se. Naturskyddsföreningen. Retrieved 23 October 2019.