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Save the Children Sweden’s roots go back to 1919, when a trade embargo imposed on Germany and its allies at the end of World War I led to starvation among 3 million children. In Cambridge, UK, Eglantyne Jebb began a campaign against the blockade by holding meetings, raising petitions and distributing pamphlets to have the embargo lifted and aid sent to war survivors.

 

On 19 May 1919, Jebb organised a mass meeting at the Royal Albert Hall in London, an event that marked the birth of the first Save the Children organisation.

 

In August 1919, Marion Chadwick, a 71-year-old associate of Jebb, travelled to Sweden. There, she met several like-minded and distinguished Swedish women, including Gerda Marcus and Elin Wägner. In October, the women met Baroness Ellen Palmstierna. On 19 November 1919, Save the Children Sweden – Rädda Barnen – was founded, with Baroness Palmstierna as a chairwoman. This marked the beginning of Save the Children Sweden’s work to improve the children’s rights and lives of children in Sweden and around the world.