Church of Sweden

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Church of Sweden
Svenska kyrkan
Swedish Reformation)
  • Laurentius Petri Nericius
    (Consecrated as first Lutheran Archbishop of Uppsala in 1531. Author of the Swedish Church Ordinance of 1571)
    • Origin1014, establishment of the first Swedish diocese, the Diocese of Skara

    1164, establishment of the Archdiocese of Uppsala

    1536, separation from

    Rome through the abolition of Canon Law

    1593, adoption of the
    Roman Catholic Church (1536)
    SeparationsEvangelical Lutheran Church of Finland (1809)
    The Mission Province (2003)
    Congregations1 288 in Sweden, 31 abroad (2023)[5]
    Members5 484 319 baptized[6] members (2023)[5]
    Official websitesvenskakyrkan.se
    Logo

    The Church of Sweden (

    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.[8]

    A member of the Porvoo Communion, the church professes Lutheranism. It is composed of thirteen dioceses, divided into parishes.[9] It is an open national church which, working with a democratic organisation together with the ministry of the church, covers the whole nation. The Primate of the Church of Sweden, as well as the Metropolitan of all Sweden, is the Archbishop of Uppsala.

    It is

    Swedish Reformation. In common with other Evangelical Lutheran churches (particularly in the Nordic and Baltic states), the Church of Sweden maintains the historical episcopate and claims apostolic succession. Some Lutheran churches have congregational polity or modified episcopal polity without apostolic succession, but the historic episcopate was maintained in Sweden and some of the other Lutheran churches of the Porvoo Communion. The canons of the Church of Sweden states that the faith, confession and teachings of the Church of Sweden are understood as an expression of the catholic Christian faith. It further states that this does not serve to create a new, confessionally peculiar interpretation, but concerns the apostolic faith as carried down through the traditions of the church,[10] a concept similar to the doctrine of "reformed and catholic" found within the Anglican Communion
    .

    Its membership of 5,484,319 people accounts for 52.1% (per the end of 2023) of the Swedish population.[5] Until 2000 it held the position of state church. The high membership numbers arise because, until 1996, all newborn children were made members, unless their parents had actively cancelled their membership.[11] Approximately 2% of the church's members are regular attenders.[12] According to a Gallup poll conducted in 2009, 17% of the Swedish population considered religion as an important part of their daily life.[13]

    Theology

    cathedral
    , remains the seat of the Church of Sweden.

    King

    Reformation
    .

    The Church of Sweden became

    Lutheran at the Uppsala Synod in 1593 when it adopted the Augsburg Confession to which most Lutherans adhere. At this synod, it was decided that the church would retain the three original Christian creeds: the Apostolic, the Athanasian, and the Nicene
    .

    In 1686, the Riksdag of the Estates adopted the Book of Concord, although only certain parts, labelled Confessio fidei, were considered binding, and the other texts merely explanatory. Confessio fidei included the three aforementioned Creeds, the Augsburg Confession and two Uppsala Synod decisions from 1572 and 1593.

    Preparing for the celebration of mass in Strängnäs Cathedral, Church of Sweden

    During the 19th and 20th centuries, a variety of teachings were officially approved, mostly directed towards ecumenism:

    In practice, however, Lutheran creed texts play a minor role, and parishes instead rely on Lutheran tradition in conjunction with influences from other Christian denominations and diverse ecclesial movements, such as

    High Church, Pietism ("Old Church"), and Laestadianism
    , which locally might be strongly established, but have little nationwide influence.

    During the 20th century, the Church of Sweden oriented itself strongly towards liberal Christianity and human rights. In 1957, the General Synod rejected a proposal for the ordination of women, but a revised Church Ordinance bill proposal from the Riksdag in the spring of 1958, along with the fact that, at the time, clergy of the Church of Sweden were legally considered government employees, put pressure on the General Synod and the College of Bishops to accept the proposal, which passed by a synod vote of 69 to 29 and a collegiate vote of 6 to 5 respectively in the autumn of 1958.[14] Since 1960, women have been ordained as priests, and in 1982, lawmakers removed a "conscience clause" allowing clergy members to refuse to cooperate with female colleagues.[15] A proposal to perform same-sex weddings was approved on 22 October 2009 by 176 of 249 voting members of the Church of Sweden Synod.[16]

    In 2000, the Church of Sweden ceased to be the

    state church, but it maintains strong ties with communities, particularly in relation to rites of passage. There are many infants baptized and teenagers confirmed (currently 40% of all 14 year olds[17]
    ) for families even without formal church membership.

    History

    Middle Ages

    See also:
    History of Sweden (800–1521)
    Church of Sweden statistics[5][18][19]
    Year Population Church members Percentage % change (avg.)
    1972 8,146,000 7,754,784 95.2%
    1975 8,208,000 7,770,881 94.7% 0.2%Increase
    1980 8,278,000 7,690,636 92.9% 0.3% Decrease
    1985 8,358,000 7,629,763 91.5% 0.3% Decrease
    1990 8,573,000 7,630,350 89.0% 0.5% Decrease
    1995 8,837,000 7,601,194 86.0% 0.6% Decrease
    2000 8,880,000 7,360,825 82.9% 0.6% Decrease
    2005 9,048,000 6,967,498 77.0% 1.2% Decrease
    2010 9,415,570 6,589,769 70.0% 1.4% Decrease
    2015 9,850,452 6,225,091 63.2% 1.4% Decrease
    2020 10,379,295 5,728,746 55.2% 1.6% Decrease
    2021 10,452,326 5,633,867 53.9% 1.3% Decrease
    2022 10,536,649 5,563,351 52.8% 1.1% Decrease
    2023 5 484 319 52.1% 0.8% Decrease

    While some Swedish areas had Christian minorities in the 9th century, Sweden was, because of its geographical location in northernmost

    Lapland
    to Christianity until considerably after that.

    The Christian church in Scandinavia was originally governed by the

    archdiocese of Bremen. In 1104, an archbishop for all Scandinavia was installed in Lund. Uppsala was made Sweden's archdiocese in 1164, and remains so today. The papal diplomat William of Modena attended a church meeting in Skänninge
    in March 1248, where the ties to the Catholic Church were strengthened.

    The most cherished national Catholic

    Eric the Saint and the 14th-century visionary Bridget, but other regional heroes also had a local cult following, including Saint Botvid and Saint Eskil in Södermanland, Saint Helena of Skövde,[20] and Saint Sigfrid in Småland. In their names, miracles
    were performed and churches were named.

    Reformation

    Shortly after seizing power in 1523,

    Archbishop of Sweden, in the place of Gustav Trolle who had been formally deposed and exiled by the Riksdag of the Estates
    .

    Gustav promised to be an obedient son of the Church, if the pope would confirm the elections of his bishops. But the pope requested Trolle to be re-instated. King Gustav protested by promoting the Swedish reformers, the brothers Olaus and Laurentius Petri, and Laurentius Andreae. The king supported the printing of reformation texts, with the Petri brothers as the major instructors on the texts. In 1526, all Catholic printing presses were suppressed, and two-thirds of the Church's tithes were appropriated for the payment of the national debt. A final breach was made with the traditions of the old religion at the Riksdag called by the king at Västerås in 1544.[21]

    Other changes of the Reformation included the abolition of some Catholic rituals. However, the changes were not as drastic as in

    saints' days
    , were not removed from the calendar until the late 18th century due to strong resistance from the population.

    After the death of Gustav Vasa, Sweden was ruled by

    Calvinist
    leanings.

    The New Testament was translated into Swedish in 1526 and the entire Bible in 1541. Revised translations were published in 1618 and 1703. New official translations were adopted in 1917 and 2000. Many hymns were written by Swedish church reformers and several by

    Salvation Army. In October 2013, the Church of Sweden elected Antje Jackelén as Sweden's first female archbishop.[22]

    Emigration aspects

    In the 1800s–1900s, the Church of Sweden supported the Swedish government by opposing both emigration and preachers' efforts recommending sobriety (alcoholic beverages are sold in Sweden by a government monopoly). This escalated to a point where its ministers were even persecuted by the church for preaching sobriety, and the reactions of many congregation members to that contributed to the desire to leave the country (which, however, was against the law until 1840).[23]

    Lutheran orthodoxy

    Main article: Lutheran orthodoxy

    Coat of arms

    Coat of arms of the Church of Sweden
    Coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Uppsala

    The 19th century coat of arms is based on that of the

    Swedish coat of arms and to that resting on the head of Saint Eric in the coat of arms of Stockholm
    .

    Synodical structure

    See also: 2021 Swedish Church Assembly elections

    The Church adopted, at the time that it was still a state church, an administrative structure largely modelled after the state. Direct elections are held to the General Synod (Swedish: Kyrkomötet, The Church Assembly), and the diocesan and parish (Swedish: Församling) assemblies (and in some cases, confederation of parishes (Swedish: kyrklig samfällighet, 'church association') assemblies and directly elected parish councils). The electoral system is the same as used in the Swedish parliamentary or municipal elections (see Elections in Sweden). To vote in the Church general elections, one must be member of the Church of Sweden, at minimum 16 years of age, and nationally registered as living in Sweden.

    The groups that take part in the elections are called

    Partipolitiskt obundna i Svenska kyrkan (POSK) and Frimodig kyrka
    .

    Ordained ministry

    Sung Mass with the ordinations of two deacons and seven priests by the Bishop of Stockholm, in St Nicholas's Cathedral (Storkyrkan)

    The Church of Sweden maintains the historic threefold ministry of bishops, priests, and deacons, and has approximately 5,000 ordained clergy in total.[25]

    It practices direct ordination, also called ordination per saltum (literally, ordination by a leap), in which candidates are directly ordained to the specific order of ministry for which they have trained. This is an alternative approach to the sequential ordination of other historic churches (including the Anglican, Orthodox, and Catholic churches) in which candidates must be ordained in the strict sequence of deacon, then priest, then bishop. A Church of Sweden priest can be ordained directly to that office, without any previous ordination as a deacon. All deacons of the Church of Sweden are, therefore,

    permanent deacons. The order of bishop is not entered through direct ordination, however, and a Church of Sweden bishop is required to be a validly ordained priest prior to their consecration; if a deacon or lay person were to be selected for the position, they would first be ordained as a priest.[26]

    After the Reformation, the Swedish Church seems to have practiced variously both direct ordination and sequential ordination. Although direct ordination was more widespread, and became normative, the practice of sequential ordination is attested in the seventeenth century Swedish Church. Bishop Johannes Rudbeckius (1619–1646) habitually ordained men to the diaconate in advance of ordaining them to the priesthood,[27] and this was said by Archbishop Johannes Lenaeus of Uppsala (in 1653) to be usual Church of Sweden practice.[28]

    In the Evangelical Lutheran churches, including the Church of Sweden, ministerial function is indicated by the usual vestments of western tradition, including the stole, worn straight by bishops, crossed by priests (wearing the stole straight by priests is only permitted when in choir dress, i.e., a surplice rather than an alb, as no cincture is then used that would permit crossing the stole), and diagonally across the left shoulder by deacons. However, whereas in Roman Catholic or Anglican ordinations the candidates for priesthood will already be wearing the diagonal deacon's stole, in the Church of Sweden candidates for both diaconate and priesthood are unordained at the start of the service. Tiit Pädam of Uppsala University and a Swedish-based priest of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church writes: "At the beginning of the [Evangelical Lutheran] ordination service, the candidates are dressed in white albs and no one wears a stole at the beginning of the rite. In this way the churches express a significant aspect of their understanding of ordination. The white alb, used both by the ordinands to the diaconate as well as to the priesthood, is a sign that the ordination is a new beginning, rooted in the priesthood of all the baptised."[29]

    The Church of Sweden employs full-time deacons to staff its extensive outreach and social welfare diakonia programme. Whilst deacons have the traditional liturgical role (and vesture) in the Swedish Church, their principal focus of work is outside the parish community, working in welfare roles. Nonetheless, deacons are attached to local parishes to be connected with church communities, and with a parish priest.

    Dioceses and bishops

    Map of Swedish dioceses
    Antje Jackelén, former Archbishop of Uppsala (centre), with Johan Dalman, Bishop of Strängnäs (left), and Mikael Mogren, Bishop of Västerås (right)

    The Church of Sweden is divided into thirteen

    laity in the diocese and is the chairman of the cathedral chapter. Priest and deacon members of a cathedral chapter are elected by priests and deacons in the diocese, while its lay members are selected by the stiftsfullmäktige, a body elected by church members.[30]

    A diocese is divided into "contracts" kontrakt (deaneries), each with a kontraktsprost (provost), as the leader. Deaneries with a diocesan cathedral are called domprosteri. Titular provosts can also sometimes be appointed, in Swedish called prost or titulärprost. The dean and head minister of a cathedral is called domprost, "cathedral dean" or "cathedral provost", and is a member of the cathedral chapter as its vice chairman.[30]

    At the parish level, a parish is called a församling.[30] A more archaic term for a parish in Swedish is socken, which was used both in the registry and in the church administration. After the municipal reforms in 1862, the latter usage officially was replaced with församling, a term somewhat meaning 'congregation', originally and still used for the Lutheran territorial and nonterritorial congregations in cities and also for other religious congregations. One or several parishes are included in a pastorat[30][31] with a head minister or vicar called a kyrkoherde[30] (literally 'church shepherd') and sometimes other assistant priests called komminister (minister). At a cathedral an assistant minister is called a domkyrkosyssloman.

    In addition to the 13 dioceses, the Church of Sweden Abroad (

    General Synod, SKUT was reorganised on 1 January 2012 with a quasi-diocesan structure. Under this reorganisation it gained a governing council, constituent seats on the General Synod of the Church of Sweden (like the 13 mainland dioceses), and for the first time, full-time deacons to provide a programme of social welfare alongside the work of priests and lay workers.[32] However, SKUT does not have its own bishop, and is placed under the episcopal oversight of the Bishop of Visby
    .


    Diocese Diocesan coat of arms Seat Cathedral Founded Current bishop Bishop's coat of arms
    Archdiocese of Uppsala
    		Uppsala Uppsala Cathedral 1123 Martin Modéus (Archbishop)
    Karin Johannesson (Bishop)
    Diocese of Skara
    		Skara Skara Cathedral

    		1014
    Åke Bonnier
    Diocese of Lund
    		Lund Lund Cathedral 1048 Johan Tyrberg
    Diocese of Linköping
    		Linköping Linköping Cathedral 1100 Marika Markovits
    Diocese of Strängnäs Strängnäs Strängnäs Cathedral 1129 Johan Dalman

    Diocese of Växjö Växjö Växjö Cathedral 1165 Fredrik Modéus

    Diocese of Västerås Västerås Västerås Cathedral 12th century Mikael Mogren

    Diocese of Visby Visby Visby Cathedral 1572 Erik Eckerdal [sv]
    Diocese of Karlstad Karlstad Karlstad Cathedral 1581 Sören Dalevi

    Diocese of Gothenburg Gothenburg Gothenburg Cathedral 1620 Susanne Rappmann
    Diocese of Härnösand Härnösand Härnösand Cathedral 1647 Eva Nordung Byström

    Diocese of Luleå Luleå Luleå Cathedral 1904 Åsa Nyström

    Diocese of Stockholm Stockholm
    Stockholm Cathedral
    		1942 Andreas Holmberg

    The

    superintendentia from 1603 to 1678 and as a diocese between 1678 and 1915, at which time it was merged with the Diocese of Växjö. Another diocese which no longer exists is the Diocese of Mariestad, which existed as superintendentia between 1580 and 1646 and was replaced by the Diocese of Karlstad
    .

    The dioceses of Uppsala, Strängnäs, Västerås, Skara, Linköping, Växjö, and the now-Finnish Diocese of Turku, are the original seven Swedish dioceses, dating from the Middle Ages. The rest have come into existence after that time and the Swedish reformation in the 16th century. The Diocese of Lund was founded in 1060, became an archdiocese in 1104, and lay in Denmark. The Province of Lund consisted of Denmark, Sweden, and Finland throughout the Middle Ages (originally also Norway and Iceland), although Uppsala had their own subordinate ecclesiastical province and archbishop from 1164.

    When

    Bishop of Stockholm in 2009, she became the first openly lesbian bishop in the world.[33]

    Monasteries and convents

    The Church of Sweden has several monastic communities.

    Partner churches

    The Church of Sweden is a founding member of the Lutheran World Federation, formed in Lund, Sweden in 1947. Anders Nygren, later the Bishop of Lund, served as the first President of the Lutheran World Federation.[37]

    Since 1994, the Church of Sweden has been part of the Porvoo Communion, bringing it into full Communion with the Anglican churches of the British Isles and the Iberian Peninsula, together with the other Lutheran churches of the Nordic nations and the Baltic states. In 1995, full communion was achieved with the Philippine Independent Church. Since 2015, the Church of Sweden has also been in full communion with the Episcopal Church of the United States.[38]

    In 2016, the Church of Sweden reached full communion with the

    Old Catholic churches within the Union of Utrecht.[39]

    Sámi relations

    In 2021, the Church of Sweden apologized for its abuse of

    Sámi schools, and collecting the remains of Sámi people for research on scientific racism and eugenics. The Church of Sweden described their "dark actions" against the Sámi as "colonial" and "legitimized repression".[40] Prior to apologizing, the Church of Sweden had produced a 1,100 page long document in 2019 compiling the church's history of oppressing Sámi people and erasing Sámi culture.[41]

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