AFU - Archives for the Unexplained

AFU - Archives for the Unexplained Official Facebook channel for the Archives For the Unexplained (AFU) Foundation in Norrköping, Sweden AFU was originally founded in Södertälje, Sweden in 1973.

Archives for the unexplained (AFU) preserves a rich world-wide heritage of paper archives, book libraries, recordings, e-files, objects and other materials related to all kinds of unexplained phenomena. Our aim is to continuously develop an independent archive foundation for research by generations to come. The core of our collections has come, and keep coming, from ‘ufologists’ – people who are s

pecialized in the study of unidentified flying objects (UFOs). Previously, AFU stood for "Archives for UFO research", but in April 2013 we took on the new name "Archives for the unexplained". The book library started in 1974 and in 1979 AFU moved to the city of Norrköping. Since 1980 AFU is a self-owning, non-profit foundation under Swedish law. AFU celebrated our 50th anniversary in 2023.

JESSE MICHELS VIDEO ABOUT AFU AND CLAS SVAHNIn september 2025, AFU was visited by Jesse Michels from the YouTube channel...
23/02/2026

JESSE MICHELS VIDEO ABOUT AFU AND CLAS SVAHN

In september 2025, AFU was visited by Jesse Michels from the YouTube channel American Alchemy, and Ammar Kandil from the YouTube channel Yes Theory. Jesse has now published the video from their visit, with lots of stories and footage from our archive. The video centers on Clas Svahn, the chairman of AFU.

A perfect way to learn more about AFU and Clas!

A summary of the video and a 4-minute introduction can be found on X:
https://x.com/AlchemyAmerican/status/2025290960595189843

The whole video can be found on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjr3Yq-dMUE

After just a couple of days, both the X introduction and the YouTube video have nearly 300,000 views each!

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BUSY WEEK WITH SEVERAL VISITSAt AFU, we regularly entertain visitors to our premises. Starting today (Saturday January 1...
17/01/2026

BUSY WEEK WITH SEVERAL VISITS

At AFU, we regularly entertain visitors to our premises. Starting today (Saturday January 17), we have a busy week with 4 different groups of visitors.

Today, 6 friends sharing an interest in space and astronomy came to AFU for a small tour of our premises. Anders Liljegren and Thomas Michanek gave a presentation of AFU and showed them parts of our archives and libraries. After a lunch break, they bought some books and paraphernalia from our shop, and left as happy campers. They showed their gratitude by signing our guestbook (see photo, text in Swedish).

Tomorrow, AFU's chairman Clas Svahn comes to AFU together with several visitors: relatives to the astronomers Lars Olof and Kerstin Lodén, whose archive we have acquired, as well as two persons from Linköping University, lecturers in religious studies.

On Wednesday January 21 we will have a guided tour for a group of former/senior journalists in the county of Östergötland.

Finally, on Saturday January 24 we are visited by the documentary filmmaker Brad Abrahams and the Swedish author Johan Theorin and a few colleagues.

If you want to visit AFU, make sure to contact us and book a suitable day, so that we can prepare your visit and make sure we have people present that you would like to meet.

25/10/2025

RISK FÖR ÖVERSVÄMNING I VÅRA LOKALER...
(This post is only available in Swedish)

I torsdags fick vi på AFU hjärtat i halsgropen. En stor vattenläcka uppstod på gatan i Norrköping där AFU har sina källarlokaler. Mer än 4.000 kubikmeter vatten rann ut på andra sidan gatan och täckte hela gatan, men som tur är rann inte vattnet över trottoaren och ner till husen på "vår" sida. Annars hade det kunnat bli en smärre katastrof för oss...

Gissa varför vi letar efter nya lokaler! Du får väldigt gärna ge AFU ett bidrag, helst månadsvis, så att vi får in mer medel för att kunna hyra andra lokaler eller hantera skador som kan uppstå. Läs mer om bidrag här: https://www.afu.se/donations-sponsorship/your-sponsorship/

Se mer om vattenläckan här (AFU:s lokaler ligger i husen till vänster på gatan):
https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=31902000342779666

YOUTUBE FILM FROM AFU VISITToday the Youtuber Le Grand JD (Julien Donzé) published a nice video from a visit he made at ...
21/10/2025

YOUTUBE FILM FROM AFU VISIT

Today the Youtuber Le Grand JD (Julien Donzé) published a nice video from a visit he made at AFU on August 5. If you listen to the original in French you will hear Clas Svahn speak with his own voice (in English). If you instead select an English speaker voice (generated by AI), it will dub Clas voice and that will lead to a number of errors. The same is true for the auto-generated English subtitles. So if you understand French, please use the original version.

A quote from Julien when he was in the AFU headquarters: "It looks like the Fox Mulder office!" ;-)

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On Saturday, August 16, we had an event at the Museum of work (Arbetets museum) in the city of Norrköping. During a few ...
18/08/2025

On Saturday, August 16, we had an event at the Museum of work (Arbetets museum) in the city of Norrköping. During a few hours, we held presentations of the UFO phenomena, the Swedish UFO organization UFO-Sverige, and of course AFU.
The purpose of the event was to find more people who are interested in giving a helping hand to AFU and UFO-Sverige. In other words, to extend the group of volunteers working with our archives and/or investigating UFO observations.

Later in the afternoon, we arranged a study visit to the AFU premises in Norrköping, to show some of our collections and libraries. We can honestly say that all visitors were impressed by our archives.

Close to 50 people attended our presentations, and around a dozen people showed interest in helping out. We will of course keep in touch with all of them to make sure they can contribute in the future!

A longer text in Swedish about the event can be found in the blog of chairman Clas Svahn:
https://csblogg.ufo.se/csblogg3/?p=93623

SES VI PÅ LÖRDAG I NORRKÖPING?(A reminder to our Swedish followerswho live near the city of Norrköping)-----------------...
14/08/2025

SES VI PÅ LÖRDAG I NORRKÖPING?
(A reminder to our Swedish followers
who live near the city of Norrköping)
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GLÖM INTE vår ufoträff på Arbetets museum nu på lördag 16 augusti. Vi börjar kl. 11, men det går bra att komma senare (vi håller på till 16-tiden). Det finns också möjlighet att besöka AFU och att gå på en middag på kvällen.

Har du möjlighet att ta en tur till Norrköping, kom och hör mer om ufo, AFU och UFO-Sverige. Vi välkomnar särskilt de som kan ha möjlighet att hjälpa till framöver med vårt ufo-arbete eller arkivet.

All info och ett tidsprogram finns på UFO-Sveriges webbplats:
www.ufo.se/ufomeeting

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