This monograph aims to: (1) provide the reader with an overview of how Sweden uses adult education to help people to grow and mature; (2) motivate the professional reader to examine further the extensive literature in adult education, and to make a study also in Sweden; and (3) order and present facts learned during a visit to Sweden and state ideas resulting from observation and study. Swedish adult education is discussed in the following sections: I. Purpose of Swedish Adult Education; II. Historical Development of Adult Education in Sweden; III. Eleven Representative Swedish Adult Education Institutions; IV. Swedish Universities and Adult Education; V. The Study Circle; VI. General Views of the Swedish State on Adult Education; and VII. Suggestions for Further Study of Swedish Adult Education. (DB)