Swedish Consumers' Association

The Swedish Consumers' Association (Swedish: Sveriges Konsumenter) is a consumer organization based in Sweden. It is a member of Consumers International, BEUC and ANEC.

Work

Swedish Consumers' Association works national, international and within the EU. The organisation owns the consumer test magazine "Råd & Rön".

The Swedish Consumers' Association strive to:

  • Protect the interests of the Swedish consumers in regard to both publicly and privately produced goods and services
  • Increase all consumers opportunities to use their consumer power
  • Ensure that goods and services are available and accessible to everyone
  • Advocate sustainability in line with the triple-bottom line: environmental, economical and social responsibility
  • Advocate consumer rights together with the member organizations both nationally, internationally and in the EU
  • Stimulate and support individuals to use their consumer power both individually and as groups

All work shall be based on the following often horizontal priorities: ethical consumption, availability, product safety, integrity, equality and non-discrimination with regards to ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, age, sex or gender orientation.

Swedish Consumers’ Association has presently five top priorities – Food, Financial Services, Textile and Digital Services. Sustainable consumption is a crosscutting priority.

The organization advocates simpler end-user license agreements, using Apple iTunes as an example.[1] The Swedish Consumers Association advocates consumer adoption of smart grids.[2]

History

Swedish Consumers' Association was founded in 1994. It is a federation of today 21 member organisations in Sweden.

In a 2016 New Yorker article the organization remarked on experiments in Swedish banking reform.[3]

gollark: They aren't very full replacements, of course.
gollark: I mean, we have roombas.
gollark: You would hope so, yes.
gollark: Your comparison operators are backward I think.
gollark: It's either a very good and hard to avoid system, or something ingrained enough that people can't think of alternatives.

References
  1. Jenselius, Michael (17 January 2011). "'Apples användaravtal är orimligt krångliga!'". pcforalla.idg.se. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  2. Bertoft, Jan (25 September 2012). "Smarta elnät – men för vem?". Ny Teknik. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  3. Heller, Nathan (3 October 2016). "Imagining a Cashless World". New Yorker.
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