Temperance Movement
The temperance movement is strong in Sweden, especially in agricultural areas, and often connected with the "free churches" (non-conformists, that is Protestants outside the Church of Sweden). The Straight Edge movement spread among Swedish youth in the 1990s.
Scandinavian Lutherans played a large part in supporting Prohibition in the United States.
Read more about this topic: Alcoholic Beverages In Sweden
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—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
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