Eskilstuna GUIF : Idrottsrörelsen med en nykterhetsgrund

Sammanfattning: The study is about Eskilstuna GUIF, which has a background within the temperance movement IOGT between the years 1900–1940. The purpose of this study is to shed light on how GUIF went from being an association with a sobriety ideal to becoming a sports association. The temperance movement lost many members during the 20th century when the law to ban alcoholic beverages did not pass in 1922. This resulted in the sports movement becoming larger and the GUIF joined the executive board. The source material for this study consists of board reports and annual reports from GUIF's section. This gives the study an overall understanding for the reader to get an overall picture for the reader.The method selected for this study has been a narrative method as it has the function of deciphering GUIF's annual reports and board reports. The selected method fitted in very well in this type of research as the selected material for this study is in the form of stories. This results in the stories fulfilling a function in that it raises different perspectives. The selected theories for this study are movement entrepreneur and movement ideology. The purpose of these theories is to examine how the GUIF went from being a normal sobriety association to starting to bet on handball.The results of this study showed that Eskilstuna GUIF, which started as a sobriety association but did sports on the side, changed. GUIF offers sports as it can lead to more people being able to do sports and stay away from alcohol. This was during the heyday of the temperance movement but in 1922 there was a referendum to remove alcoholic beverages. This referendum did not go the way of the temperance movement, which resulted in the temperance movement losing many members and the sports movement becoming big in the country instead. This resulted in sports becoming the priority within the association. The young people began to get more involved in sports and were not interested in lodge matters. This results in handball becoming the biggest sport in the association over time.