physics

Tecknaruppropet

Tecknaruppropet is a physics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Tecknaruppropet rather than just read about it. In short: Tecknaruppropet (The Cartoonists' Petition), originally launched as MOMENT 2022, is a Swedish cartoonists' and illustrators' collective founded in March 2022 in defense of Sweden's long-standing tradition of military non-alignment and in protest of the government's refusal to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. It began as an open petition initiated by the satirical cartoonist Karin Z.

Key takeaways

Tecknaruppropet belongs to physics; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Tecknaruppropet to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Tecknaruppropet from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Tecknaruppropet (The Cartoonists' Petition), originally launched as MOMENT 2022, is a Swedish cartoonists' and illustrators' collective founded in March 2022 in defense of Sweden's long-standing tradition of military non-alignment and in protest of the government's refusal to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. It began as an open petition initiated by the satirical cartoonist Karin Z. Sunvisson, who continues to lead it. By 2024 the petition had attracted more than 200 signatories from the Swedish illustration and political-cartooning professions. The collective has produced an anthology with Galago (2022), founded the free satirical magazine LARM (2023), and published further anthologies in solidarity with Palestine. Its work has been exhibited in galleries, libraries and museums across Sweden. In 2024 Tecknaruppropet was awarded the Eldh-Ekblad Peace Prize by the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society.

Origins and the petition In the spring of 2022, following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Swedish government applied for NATO membership and declined to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. In March 2022 Tecknaruppropet published its first drawing on Instagram under the title MOMENT 2022 – Nej till kärnvapen. Nej till NATO. The full petition appeared in the online newspaper Aftonbladet on 21 April 2022, signed by 71 cartoonists. It opens:

Våld föder våld. (Violence begets violence.) The petition argues that joining NATO would end Sweden's two-century tradition of non-alignment and undermine its ability to act as a mediator in international conflicts; that security cannot be built on nuclear deterrence; and it calls on Sweden to reject NATO membership and to sign the UN treaty banning nuclear weapons. The signatory list, drawn entirely from the Swedish illustration and political-cartooning professions, grew quickly: by August 2022 it had attracted more than 130 signatories, and by 2024 it had passed 200. Signatories include some of the country's most widely known satirists and children's-book illustrators, among them Sven Nordqvist, Jan Lööf, Cecilia Torudd, Sara Granér, Jakob Wegelius, Anna-Clara Tidholm, Lasse Åberg, Max Andersson, Martin Ander, Ulf Lundkvist, Ulf Frödin, Robert Nyberg and Christer Themptander.

Publications

The collective's art is produced on a voluntary basis, with proceeds donated to peace and solidarity organizations.

Tecknaruppropet mot kärnvapen och Nato (The Cartoonists' Petition against Nuclear Weapons and NATO; Galago, August 2022). 135-page anthology presenting a curated selection of drawings from some 94 contributing cartoonists; edited and designed by Karin Z. Sunvisson, with an afterword on illustrators' historical engagement with peace movements by Andreas Berg, professor of illustration. The book sold out and is held in 72 Swedish libraries. LARM ("alarm" or "popular din"; July 2023–), free satirical magazine. The first issue was distributed in nearly 20,000 copies as an insert in Pax, the membership magazine of the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society, with publication timed to the 2023 Vilnius summit, the NATO heads-of-state meeting at which Turkey lifted its objection to Sweden's accession. The title intentionally echoes the French satirical journal Le Charivari (a French word for "protest noise"). Later themed issues have followed the unfolding NATO processes. Bildbank för Palestina (Image Bank for Palestine; November 2023), an open-access online archive of drawings for use on placards and posters in solidarity actions for Palestine. Palestinaboken – Tecknare i solidaritet (The Palestine Book – Cartoonists in Solidarity; November 2024; second edition March 2025). Anthology of 140 drawings by 140 cartoonists, with a foreword by the Palestinian cartoonist Mohammad Saba'aneh. The full sale price was donated to the Swedish solidarity organization Palestinagrupperna i Sverige ("the Palestine Groups in Sweden") and to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). Kampen fortsätter. Befria Palestina! (The Struggle Continues. Free Palestine!; 2025), third Palestine anthology, in continued solidarity with Gaza.

Exhibitions Släpp freden fri! (Set peace free!), book-launch exhibition at the Mint gallery, ABF-huset, Stockholm (September 2022). Touring exhibitions at Frölunda Kulturhus, Gothenburg, and at venues in Örebro and Kumla (2022–23). En tiger tiger inte (A tiger does not stay silent), Arbetarrörelsens arkiv och bibliotek (the Swedish Labor Movement's Archives and Library), Stockholm (12 December 2023 – 29 February 2024). Nato på allas läppar – Tecknaruppropet i retrospektiv (NATO on everyone's lips: Tecknaruppropet in retrospect), Museum of Work, Norrköping (31 August 2024 – 9 February 2025). A retrospective drawn from the collective's image archive.

Awards On 18 May 2024 Tecknaruppropet was awarded the Eldh-Ekblads fredspris at the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society's 141st congress in Örebro. The same year, Tecknaruppropet received an honorary mention from the EWK Prize, established in 2000 to honor cartoonists working in the spirit of Ewert Karlsson.

See also Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Political cartoon

Notes

References

External links Tecknaruppropet – official website Tecknaruppropet on Instagram

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Tecknaruppropet

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Tecknaruppropet claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In physics, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Tecknaruppropet before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Tecknaruppropet ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Tecknaruppropet

In research: Tecknaruppropet appears in physics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Tecknaruppropet in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Tecknaruppropet is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Anti-nuclear movement, Cartoonists, Illustrators, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Tecknaruppropet outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Tecknaruppropet in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Tecknaruppropet means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Tecknaruppropet in simple terms?

Why does Tecknaruppropet matter?

Because it connects several physics ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Tecknaruppropet?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Tecknaruppropet.