Swedish Workers' Esperanto-Association

The Swedish Workers' Esperanto-Association (SLEA; in Esperanto: Sveda Laborista Esperanto-Asocio; in Swedish: Svenska Arbetar-Esperantoförbundet) is a Swedish association dedicated to the promotion of Esperanto within the labour movement and among people who sympathize with the ideas of that movement. According to its official website, its purpose is to propagate Esperanto in the Swedish-language area within the labour movement and among sympathizers with the ideas of this movement. The association presents Esperanto as a common language for the working class of all countries, for a world without language barriers and chauvinism. It describes itself as independent, favouring cooperation, discussion and reflection across ideological boundaries, without dogmatism, on equal terms for all people. It also expresses a vision of a united world where all people can live and thrive as equals, without hunger, war or poverty. The French-language Wikipedia article on the association states that SLEA is linked to the association mondiale anationale (the anational world association) and that its goal is to propagate Esperanto in workers' movements and among sympathizers of those movements. It does not adhere to any political party. It wants to work for the spread of Esperanto among workers and, through this, to promote the idea that Esperanto should be taught in schools and be recognized as an international language. To this end, the association wants to connect all workers as well as people of various socialist tendencies who speak or study Esperanto or who sympathize with the idea of a world language. The association maintains an official website at slea.se, where it publishes news and event announcements. For example, in 2023 it announced discussion meetings in Stockholm, including one on 18 May 2023 at Kafé 44, Tjärhovsgatan 44, organized by the Stockholm Labour Esperanto Club (Laborista Esperantoklubo de Stokholmo) under SLEA, with the theme "What is esperantujanismo?" and another on 20 April 2023. These events illustrate the association's ongoing activity in organizing discussions and gatherings for Esperanto speakers and sympathizers in Sweden. As a small civil-society association rather than a commercial company, SLEA does not have publicly listed shares, a parent company, or a conventional product line. Its "offerings" are membership, events, information and advocacy for Esperanto in the labour movement. The available evidence does not provide a founding year, founder names, or detailed membership figures, so those details are omitted here.

The available evidence does not provide a detailed history of the Swedish Workers' Esperanto-Association, including its founding date or early development. The association is known to be linked to the association mondiale anationale (the anational world association), according to the French-language Wikipedia article. Its stated purpose has been to propagate Esperanto in the Swedish-language area within the labour movement and among sympathizers with the ideas of that movement. The association describes itself as independent and not adhering to any political party, while seeking to connect workers and people of various socialist tendencies who speak or study Esperanto or sympathize with the idea of a world language. It also advocates that Esperanto be taught in schools and recognized as an international language. In 2023, the association was active in organizing discussion meetings in Stockholm, including events at Kafé 44 on Tjärhovsgatan 44, under the auspices of the Stockholm Labour Esperanto Club (Laborista Esperantoklubo de Stokholmo), a subgroup under SLEA. These meetings covered themes such as esperantujanismo, a new ideology giving Esperanto a new mission. No further historical milestones are supported by the supplied evidence.

• SLEA announced a discussion meeting in Stockholm for 20 April 2023.

• SLEA announced an Esperanto discussion meeting in Stockholm for 18 May 2023.

Independent association promoting Esperanto within the labour movement, without party affiliation.

• Membership

  Membership in SLEA, though some events do not require it.

• Discussion meetings

  Regular discussion meetings in Stockholm, often at Kafé 44.

1. 1SLEA – Sveda Laborista Esperanto-Asocio – Svenska Arbetaresperantoförbundetslea.se
2. 2Swedish Workers' Esperanto-Associationwikidata.org
3. 3Association suédoise des travailleurs espérantophonesfr.wikipedia.org