ABSTRACT
The idea for the Swedish Psychoanalytical Association was first considered in 1963, when Margit Norell, then the secretary of the training committee of the Swedish Psychoanalytical Society, left the Society and formed a Study Group with some of her analysands. The reasons for the break were that she and the members of the Study Group thought that the Swedish Psychoanalytical Society had become too orthodox. Dr Kelman could perhaps be described as the closest follower of Karen Horney: those two names-Horney and Kelman-were often used to describe the main line of theory and practice in the Society, and to some members they are still very important. The Society was formally founded in 1968 and became a member of the International Federation of Psychoanalytic Societies in 1972. Harold Stewart was an honorary member of the Society. In 1979 eight members started an organized Study Group, with Stewart as teacher and supervisor. It was mainly clinical, but also had theoretical discussions.
