Sällskapet till belöning av trotjänare is a nonprofit organization[1] in Sweden, established in 1828,[2] giving prizes and awards to domestic worker girls and women who have worked for at least 15 years for the same family in Stockholm County. The activities of the organization was brought to public attention on 4 March 1987 at SR P1.[3]
| Formation | 1828 |
|---|---|
| Type | nonprofit organization |
| Headquarters | Grillby, Sweden |
| Methods | awardings |
Official language | Swedish |
The headquarters were in Saltsjö-Duvnäs before being relocated to Grillby.[4]
In 1988, a newspaper announce about the organization holding annual meeting led to the making of the programme Frida, en trotjänarinna.[5] The initiative to the establishment was taken by Carl Löwenhielm.[6]
References
edit- ^ "I Stockholm" (in Swedish). Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ^ "Sällskapet till belöning av trotjänare 1828-1978 - en historik" (in Swedish). Boktraven. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ^ "Trotjänarinnor" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ^ "Hotfrogs" (in Swedish). Swedish. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ^ "SVT" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. 1999. Retrieved 20 October 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Löwenhielmska släktförningen" (PDF) (in Swedish). 28 January 2012. p. 7. Retrieved 23 January 2015.