HEF – Human-Etiska Föreningen
or, in English:

"Human-Ethical Association" is a Swedish association, which started as a local group of humanists and atheists. It was situated in the city of Västerås. (Before the year of 2000 with the additional "in Västerås" and shortened: HEF-V.) It is open to everybody understanding Swedish. In 2000 we became a nationwide organisation and also a member of the IHEU. The English term Humanism in the sense of a lifestance as propagated by the IHEU is usually translated to Swedish as "secular humanism" or "ethical humanism" for linguistical reasons. See also: Explanation, or: Humanism.

HEF promotes the humanist "Minimum Statement", and has decided to accept the IHEU-Statement from 1965 What ethical humanism stands for.

HEF works for getting the people of Sweden to think and act more scientifically, human-mindedly and non-religiously.
HEF is a politically free and unbound association, and of course in favour of democratic values as freedom of speach and against nazism, rasism, and fascism.

More about our philosophy and the human-ethical lifestance
you will find: Here.

Botulf-bladet is a periodical, printed four times a year, presented by HEF. Botulf was the name of an heretic farmer who was sentenced to death by the Swedish archbishop of Uppsala in the year of 1311.

The chairman of the HEF is Ingwar Åhman-Eklund
The vice chairman of the HEF is Monika Warfsjö
The secretary of the HEF is Magnus Elenborg
The treasurer of the HEF is Helge Eyser
The editor of Botulf-bladet is Gunnar Ståldal
The webmaster of hef.nu is vacant

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