SKM, Svenska Kommittén för Matematikutbildning (Swedish Committee for Mathematics Education) was founded November 27 1996 as a subsidiary to the National Committee for Mathematics at the Swedish Royal Academy of Science. SKM is the Swedish national member organisation of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction, ICMI.

The present chairman is Lars-Daniel Öhman.

The goal of SKM is to

• be a forum for contacts and discussion among university mathematicians, mathematics education researchers, and mathematics teachers at all levels of the education system
• act as a link between ICMI, the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction, and practitioners in the Swedish mathematics education system and to raise awareness of ICMI’s activities and encourage Swedish contributions to this;
• support skills development for teachers of mathematics
• cooperate with different actors in the mathematics education system
• contribute to identifying problems in the mathematics education system and student recruitment to education in mathematics
• contribute to public debate about mathematics education on all levels