Church of Sweden

E54332

Christian denomination Evangelical Lutheran church former state church

The Church of Sweden is a national Evangelical Lutheran church and former state church that is the largest Christian denomination in Sweden.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Church of Sweden canonical	86
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Sweden	3
Lutheran Church of Sweden	2
Church of Sweden ecclesiastical law	1
Lutheran state church of Sweden	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian denomination ⓘ Evangelical Lutheran church ⓘ former state church ⓘ
allows	ordination of openly gay clergy ⓘ ordination of women ⓘ
becameStateChurch	16th century ⓘ
churchPolity	Episcopal polity ⓘ
classification	Protestant ⓘ
country	Sweden ⓘ
currentLeader	Martin Modéus ⓘ
dateFounded	16th century ⓘ
denomination	Lutheranism ⓘ
disestablishedAsStateChurch	2000 ⓘ
foundedAs	Church of Sweden self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lutheran state church of Sweden
governance	synodical governance ⓘ
hasDiocese	Diocese of Gothenburg ⓘ Diocese of Lund ⓘ Diocese of Stockholm ⓘ Archdiocese of Uppsala ⓘ surface form: Diocese of Uppsala
hasRite	confirmation ⓘ funeral ⓘ infant baptism ⓘ marriage ⓘ
headquartersCountry	Sweden ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Uppsala ⓘ
historicalRole	dominant religious institution in Sweden for centuries ⓘ
languageUsed	Finnish ⓘ Sami languages ⓘ Swedish ⓘ
leaderTitle	Archdiocese of Uppsala ⓘ surface form: Archbishop of Uppsala
maintains	parish registers ⓘ
memberOf	Conference of European Churches ⓘ Lutheran World Federation ⓘ Porvoo Communion ⓘ World Council of Churches ⓘ
membership	largest Christian denomination in Sweden ⓘ
numberOfDioceses	13 ⓘ
orientation	Mainline Protestant ⓘ
performs	civilly recognized marriages in Sweden ⓘ
positionOnMarriage	permits same-sex marriage in church ⓘ
primatialSee	Archdiocese of Uppsala ⓘ
roleInSociety	national church of Sweden ⓘ
separatedFrom	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
separationDate	1520s ⓘ
separationEvent	Lutheran Reformation ⓘ surface form: Swedish Reformation
statusUntil2000	state church of Sweden ⓘ
territorialOrganization	dioceses ⓘ
theology	Evangelical Lutheran theology ⓘ
uses	Church of Sweden hymnbook ⓘ
worshipStyle	liturgical worship ⓘ

Referenced by (93)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lutheranism → hasMajorBody → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Riddarholmen Church → denomination → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Swedes → historicallyDominantChurch → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Gustaf Aulén → denomination → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Linköping → denomination → Church of Sweden ⓘ

subject surface form: Linköping Cathedral

Church of Sweden → foundedAs → Church of Sweden self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lutheran state church of Sweden

Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden → memberOf → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden → religion → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Stockholm Cathedral → denomination → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Protestant Reformation in Finland → religiousAffiliationAfter → Church of Sweden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Evangelical Lutheran Church of Sweden

Nathan Söderblom → memberOf → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Abckiria → associatedWithInstitution → Church of Sweden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lutheran Church of Sweden

Högalid Church → denomination → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Högalid Church → affiliation → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Botkyrka Church → denomination → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Botkyrka Church → ownedBy → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Caroline Chapel → denomination → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Tyresö Church → denomination → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Köpingsvik → denomination → Church of Sweden ⓘ

subject surface form: Köpingsvik Church

Ekerö Church → denomination → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Adelsö Church → denomination → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Grödinge → religiousAffiliation → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Lovö Church → denomination → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Lovö Church → governingBody → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Faculty of Theology → affiliation → Church of Sweden ⓘ

subject surface form: Faculty of Theology, Uppsala University

Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland → church → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Strängnäs → religiousCenter → Church of Sweden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lutheran Church of Sweden

Valbo Church → denomination → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Uppsala Cathedral → denomination → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Archdiocese of Uppsala → denomination → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Archdiocese of Uppsala → church → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Archdiocese of Uppsala → primatialSeeOf → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Archdiocese of Uppsala → centralJurisdictionOf → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Archdiocese of Uppsala → isHeadDioceseOf → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Porvoo Communion → foundedBy → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Porvoo Communion → hasMember → Church of Sweden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Evangelical Lutheran Church of Sweden

Swedish Crown → associatedChurch → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Jimmie Åkesson → affiliation → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Aulén → memberOf → Church of Sweden ⓘ

subject surface form: Gustaf Aulén

Bishop of Strängnäs → religiousDenomination → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Bishop of Strängnäs → churchBody → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Bishop of Strängnäs → appointedBy → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Bishop of Strängnäs → ecclesiasticalProvince → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Linköping Cathedral → denomination → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Linköping Cathedral → ownedBy → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Diocese of Linköping → denomination → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Diocese of Linköping → belongsToNationalChurch → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Diocese of Linköping → isSubdivisionOf → Church of Sweden ⓘ

Strängnäs Cathedral → denomination → Church of Sweden ⓘ