In the main, it deploys activities on behalf the Swedish doctors' employment conditions, ethics, working environment, and also regarding patient safety.
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.
[9] Besides to represent the Swedish doctors in bilateral negotiations with their employers, the organization also works for developing and improving Swedish health care, for which SMA conducts own investigations and present proposals for solutions.
The SMA is among the organizations that governmental authorities consult regarding health care policies, new legislations, and other society-relevant issues.