Baháʼí Faith in Finland
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The Baháʼí Faith in Finland began with contact between traveling Scandinavians with early Persian believers of the
Early history
The first mentions of the religion among Scandinavians happened in the era when Finland was politically united with the Russian Empire; the first mention of the Báb, who Baháʼís view as the herald to the founder of the religion, Baháʼu'lláh, was published in accounts of Persian travels by Scandinavians in 1869, and the first mentions of Baháʼu'lláh were made in 1896.[1]
Growth
In 1957 Finland, Denmark, and other Scandinavian countries formed a regional Baháʼí
In 2019 there were 14 Local Spiritual Assemblies, and Baháʼís living in 87 localities.Development
Following this period of largely internal development, the Baháʼí Faith in Finland began to be involved in regional developments. In the 1970s and 80s Finland Baháʼís helped translate Baháʼí literature into
Diverse involvements of the modern community
Since its inception the religion has had involvement in
Hartmut Grossmann was born in Germany, was a lecturer and head of the German Department of the Translators' Training Institute at
Demographics
According to the membership register maintained by the National Spiritual Assembly of Finland, there were 760 Baháʼí living in Finland in 2019. The National Assembly is also administratively responsible for 68 Baháʼís residing in the North Calotte region of Sweden and Norway. While no official statistics on the numbers of Baha'is have been released, the Finland Census reports about 0.9 - 1.2% of the population as religious but non-Christian.[37] The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland estimated the 2004 population of Baháʼís to be approximately 500.[5] Operation World, another Christian organization, estimated 0.01%, also about 500 Baháʼís, in 2003.[6]
See also
- Religion in Finland
- History of Finland
- Baháʼí Faith in Denmark
- Baháʼí Faith in Norway
- Baháʼí Faith in Sweden
References
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Further reading
- Aflatuni, Aram (2017). "Baháʼí -usko" (PDF). In Illman, Ruth; Ketola, Kimmo; Latvio, Riitta; Sohlberg, Jussi (eds.). Monien uskontojen ja katsomusten Suomi. Kirkon tutkimuskeskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 48 (in Finnish). Kirkon tutkimuskeskus. pp. 191–201. ]