The purpose of this paper is the investigate the effect of  the abolition of the Swedish restriction system against alcohol abuse on a national and local level. It has been of intreset to examine how Växjö handled the restricion system and how they experienced the abolition of the Swedish restriction system against alcohol. The investigation examined the years 1953 and 1955 to represent the  alcohol consumptions during the restriction system and the years 1956 and 1958 to represant the effects after the abolition of the restriction system.   The study includes a a discussion on how the restrictions affected the alcohol consumptions through examining the sobriety board and the local news paper from the years 1953-1958 in Växjö. With both source material the investigation is strengthened. This paper has found that the removal of the restriction system of alcohol has reduced the amount of drunkness offenses due to the opportunity of buying beer. The inhabitants recieved more freedom with the restrictions gone and that required more responsibility to drink in moderation.

This paper discusses Karlstad’s sobriety committee view on the drinking as a societal problem during the period 1941–1950. The purpose of the study is to investigate how the sobriety committee in Karlstad saw drinking as a problem and what measures were put in place to deal with it between the years 1941–1950.The study used a qualitative research method, and the empirical material has consisted of Karlstad’s sobriety committee’s annual reports from the years 1941–1950. The material was read several times and sorted and reduced with the help of focused coding where clear problem areas, reasons behind the drinking and measures and their possible results were what was sought. The results were analyzed with the help of previous research and the theory of the actor and structure model.The results show in what way the drinking was considered problematic where the focus ended up on youth drunkenness and widespread illegal trade with alchohol. These two problems were also the clearest reasons for the city’s negative state of sobriety. Descriptions of the sobriety committee’s work and measures show a resignation. Using the actor and structure model, one sees how structures to curb drinking in the city emerged and were connected. One can find a problem with the social structures that the inhabitants grew up with contributed to increased drinking.