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The Catholic Church in Sweden is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in communion with the Pope in Rome. It was established by Archbishop Ansgar in Birka in 829, and further developed by the Christianization of Sweden in the 9th century. King Olof Skötkonung (ca. 970–1021) is considered the first Christian king of Sweden.
2021 Swedish Church Assembly elections; A. Arbetsgemenskapen Kyrklig Förnyelse; C. Church of Sweden Abroad; D. Daughters of Mary (Lutheran) E. 2005 Swedish Church ...
Swedish: Svenska Kyrkan. Areas Of Involvement: Lutheranism. Church of Sweden, church of Sweden that, until 2000, was supported by the state; it changed from the Roman Catholic to the Lutheran faith during the 16th-century Protestant Reformation. During the 9th century the Swedish people had gradually begun to accept Christianity.
This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total. 17th-century Church of Sweden church buildings (17 P) 18th-century Church of Sweden church buildings (21 P) 19th-century Church of Sweden church buildings (43 P) 20th-century Church of Sweden church buildings (46 P)
The Uniting Church in Sweden consists of about 640 local congregations in Sweden, which collectively have about 59,000 members. The church serves around 130,000 people as of 2021. [4] Since 2007, the merging denominations also had a common youth organization called Equmenia.
In 2000, the Church of Sweden was separated from the state. Sweden was the second Nordic country to disestablish its state church (after Finland did so in the Church Act of 1869). At the end of 2022, 52.8% of Swedes belonged to the Church of Sweden; this number has been decreasing by 1-2 percentage points each year since 2001.
This is a list of dioceses, deaneries and parishes of Church of Sweden January 1, 2013. There were then 13 dioceses , 130 deaneries and 1,426 parishes . The dioceses, deaneries and parishes are ordered after diocese code, deanery code and parish code.
