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A former state church, headquartered in Uppsala, with around 5.4 million members at year end 2023, it is the largest Christian denomination in Sweden, the largest Lutheran denomination in Europe and the third-largest in the world, after the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania.
- 1 288 (2022)
- Protestant
- 5,563,351 baptized members (2022)
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.
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Suedia, ( Suedisht: Sverige) zyrtarisht Mbretëria e Suedisë (Suedisht: Konungariket Sverige ), është një shtet skandinav në pjesën veriore të Evropës. Suedia kufizohet me Norvegjinë në perëndim dhe Finlandën në lindje dhe është e lidhur me Danimarkën nëpërmjet urës mbi ngushticën Öresund .
The Lutheran Church of Sweden was formed and remained the official religion of the Christian state until the turn of the 21st century. In recent years, the Swedish religious landscape has become increasingly diverse, with Christians comprising in 2021 some 59.6% (of which 53.2% belonging to the Church of Sweden) of the total population and ...
The German Church ( German: Deutsche Kirche [ˈdɔɪ̯t͡ʃə kɪʁçə]; Swedish: Tyska kyrkan ), sometimes called St. Gertrude's Church ( Swedish: Sankta Gertruds kyrka ), is a church in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden, belonging to the German Saint Gertrude Parish of the Church of Sweden. [1]
The Church of Sweden was separated from the Swedish state on 1 January 2000, but its parishes are still used in official statistics. The parishes have seen major geographical changes since that date, so records are kept for both parishes as of 2000 and parishes as of today.
The Church of Sweden Abroad (Swedish: Svenska kyrkan i utlandet, SKUT) is an institution of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Sweden. The Church of Sweden Abroad has more than 40 parishes throughout the world, concentrated in Western Europe.
