Swedish Medical Association
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| Abbreviation | SMA |
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| Formation | 1903 |
| Type | professional association |
| Purpose | representing medical doctors and students |
| Headquarters | Vendevägen 89, Danderyd, Stockholm, Sweden |
Chair | Dr. Heidi Stensmyren |
| Website | slf |
The Swedish Medical Association (SMA) is the union and professional organization for medical doctors and medical students in Sweden. In the main, it deploys activities on behalf the Swedish doctors' employment conditions, ethics, working environment, and also regarding patient safety.[1]
The Swedish doctors’ professional associations
The Swedish Medical Association was founded in 1903. Its membership in February 2019 was officially given as 54,869,[2] which comprises about 85 percent of the medical doctors in the country.[3] About a third of medical doctors working in Sweden come from foreign countries,[4] and membership in the organization is granted irrespectively of citizenship.[5]
Membership of medical students comprises 75 percent [6] of all medical students in Sweden, whose total number is 8,100.[7]
Since 2020, the organization's chair is Sofia Rydgren Stale.
The organization owns the Swedish medical journal Läkartidningen.
The Swedish Medical Association is divided into eight professional sections, such as the Swedish Junior Hospital Doctors’ Association (SYLF, for doctors completing their internship and specialist training), the Swedish District Doctors Association (for general practitioners), the Swedish Military Doctors Association, the Swedish Private Doctors Association, on other sections.[8] Each of these associations elect its own board, and there is also a Federal Board elected in annual meetings.
