[1] It operates by methods including publishing, lobbying, activism and participating in political debates.
SPAS' central office is situated in Stockholm, headed by current president Agnes Hellström.
It was founded in 1883[3] by 50 Swedish parliamentarians and headed by Klas Pontus Arnoldson, who was awarded the 1908 Nobel Peace Prize.
[4] Among SPAS' notable achievements are: In 2015, after a Russian submarine was spotted off the coast of Sweden, in response to Russia’s ban of LGBT propaganda, the organization designed a subsurface sonar system with a depiction of a thrusting soldier and Morse code that translated to “This way if you are gay”.
[6][7][8][9] In Sweden, organisation's members are frequently called "traitors" and "Putin's useful idiots".