Church of Sweden

E54332

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


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 Lutheran state church of Sweden
governance synodical governance
hasDiocese Diocese of Gothenburg
Diocese of Lund
Diocese of Stockholm
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 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 Catholic Church
separationDate 1520s
separationEvent Swedish Reformation
statusUntil2000 state church of Sweden
territorialOrganization dioceses
theology Evangelical Lutheran theology
uses Church of Sweden hymnbook
worshipStyle liturgical worship


Please wait…