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v. social movements.
municipal grant from the city of Stockholm, amounting to 2 000 kronor. A firm
foundation for its finances was, however, laid, when King Oscar II and Queen
Sophia presented a donation of 100 000 kronor, in commemoration of their golden
wedding on the 6th of June 1907. For the support of its congresses and other
undertakings, the association has, moreover, received special grants from the
State and considerable donations from private persons.
Photo. Almbeiig & Prkin’ITz, Stockholm.
Y. M. C. A. Building, Stockholm.
Young Men’s and Young Women’s Christian Association.
K. F. U. M. These letters, whose equivalent, Y. M. C. A., is well
known to English readers, denote an organisation partly belonging to the
social, partly to the religious sphere. Ever since its foundation in 1844
by the young clerk George Williams in London, it has had for its aim
social improvement as well as religious awakening among young men, in
the first place shop assistants. It now numbers more than one million
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