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Stockholm, July 27.
the ultra-modern equip-
A drastic revision of the Swedish liquor laws, The leader of the expedition,
Franco, told the Agree which will take effect from October 1, 1955, has Jean
the ellinb been one of the main talking points in Swedeņ France-Presse would certainly be the hardest in his carcer. Franco had been this spring.
Rountaineer for 20 years, and duected the
French National Climbing School 1900.-France-Presse.
from 1949 to
The country's present stringent liquor laws date back to 1916. Originally instituted to, check the widespread drunkenness among the working classes in the first decades of the century, these laws give the Swedish Government complete control over the purchase and sale of alcohol and & ORIENTAL wines, while the consumption of the individual
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By Frank Robbins
HE'S GONE!
The main
cf this In Sweden. In those that exist, feature rationing system is the quor | guests
with are served Jation book, the so-called | have to pay for a token meni. "Moibok". which every Swede There are, of
ways course, jeon oblain at the age of 21 and and means for those who Itnow
how to get round the restaurant restriction.
and
present
which his purchases of spirits are registered.
The average male citizen can Hires three 10 only buy up (about quarts) of alcohol a month. Women are restricted to one tre (one quart), and lose their book on marriage.
Though unrationed, wine can the be bought on also only
boolt.
Swedish beer, on the other hand, which only has un alcohol content of 2.0 per cent, la without any restrictions.
It
n
sold
"DRINK CHECKA”
The trick 14 that while 11 waiter dare not
show "drinks checks" for more than the per- mitted quantity in connection will each guest's food order, it "switch" extra possible to
"drink cheeks" for one guest and show them. for control purposes. In connection with the Is food order of another, who not drinking.
STANDING JOKE
But the customer has to know The liquor authorities keep a --or the walter or waitress close watch on book holders very
well. Watters will not and are able to cancel the take the ristt of serving extra
those
who behave drinks if they
that fear
the books of drunkenly in publie and can guest might get noticeably
to persons drunk. even refuse books
It is undoubtedly for this with crime recorda.
reason that co many Swedes standing Joke in Sweden that liquor offelals have keep to one particular restaurant
about information
the where more
they know the walters and are known. private citizen than the police.
Another feature of the liquor
"LIQUOR SPIES" lawa La the restrictions on serv-
AL ag alcohol in restaurants.
male present, the quota for Kinis 15 centilitres and for a female guest 7.5 centiliues. alehel may be served without
1
Tool.
No
to
This regulation has there being practically no bars
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IN THE COUNTRY]
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Up to about two months ago, the liquor authorities employed. small number of so-called "liquor spies", or snoopers, who visited resinurants as ordinary guests to see whether the
being broken. Rations were This practice was discontinued for economy reasons, but in fact I had no more than P slight moral significance as thero
whole country.
which Is In- fringement of individual liberty. has been steadily growing in Sweden during the last 15 years and in 1944 a Parliamentary Committee was set up to inves- tigate the possibility of abolish- Ing the "Motbok."
The decision
the to abolish "Motbak" and ease the restau❤
were not more than six such stoopers In
Reccotment against the Ilquor rationing generally
Starred
rant restrictions was finally carriect in the second House of the Swedish Parliament this spring
by 171 votes for to 27 voles against.
When the new Inws taku effect, any Swede over 2 will able to buy as much alcohol as he likes. There will be no res- trictions on his consumption of spirits in restaurants, although he will still have to buy Q sandwich with his drink.
STRONG BEER,
Parliament has also
decided
that the co-called strong beer, which has hitherto gone solely for export and only been avail- able to the Swedes on medical certlientes, will be served in restaurants holding liquor icences
wire restaurants.
The measures which will take effect next year to loosen up
and
in some
the liquor laws will be offset by a taxation system which favours lighter wines at the expense of strong liquor.
Parlament has also votet 2,300,000 crowns (about £163," 400 sterling) for the purposes, of furthering education concorn-
of alcohol. dangers ing the
In the debate preceding the decision, the Swedish Minister Mr Per Edvin, of Finance, Bkjorld, alated that Sweden was the only country in the world which had tried to prevent abuse of alcohol by rationing: and that she must admit having failed.
FROM VIKING AGE
One Conservative momba de clared: "We must gat rid of our barbarous driniting habits, which have come down to us from Sho Viking age, while another member, bolonging to the Agrarian party, stated: "The alcohol question is being đêm. bated as if Sweden wero án
liber county, on the love of
The general feeling of the country was summed up by.. another Conservative, who said. of the reform: "It will surely. Présta a better paychologien, basis for sobriety, than the systern."
Meanwhile, the malhor of the old system, Mir Ivan Brait,who, considers that the change oup will he too rapid, told the Py that the people who laboslah" the
they are doing.
want
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