Peter Spaak

Peter Spaak (6 June 1696 - 2 December 1769) was a Swedish Protestant Reformer.

Challenging the

The movement gained significant influence throughout the Diocese of Gothenburg. Spaak established a society based in Uddevalla.^[5]

For a period from 1734 onwards, Spaak resided in

Peter Spaak died 1769 in Gothenburg.

Soon after, the initial criticism by the state authorities against the perceived cultural radicalism of the dissident Petists was relaxed, and the movement gained more popularity, right up to the Royal court. King Gustav III visited the Skevikare incognito in 1779. King Gustav IV Adolf made an official visit in 1797 with "tokens of appreciation". With time, Pietism was eventually reevaluated as a legitimate expression of Lutheranism.

By consequence, following the increased acceptance by the mainstream Protestant society, in the mid-19th century, a part of the Pietist movement was fully integrated into the official

Subsequent to the great fire of Uddevalla in 1806, a stone house was erected for the Pietist adherents which gave the street block its name, Herrnhut. The building, later purchased by the municipality, remained until another fire in the 1980s.^[7]

See also

• Spaak
• sv:Evangeliska Brödraförsamlingen i Norden
• Mission Covenant Church of Sweden

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