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	Lutheran Church of Sweden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The doctrinal basis of the Lutheran Church of Sweden is the Augsburg confession, which is itself the principal confession of the Lutheran Church.
		The church was influential in the formation of the World Council of Churches in 1948, and in 1968 hosted the fourth meeting of the World Council of Churches at Uppsala.
		The logo of the Church of Sweden is red cross on a yellow shield.
	philtar.ucsm.ac.uk /encyclopedia/christ/cep/lcs.html (496 words)

	Church of Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Church of Sweden, or Svenska kyrkan, is the national church of Sweden.
		Sweden was, because of its geographical location in northernmost Europe, not Christianized until around AD 1000, around the same time as the other Nordic countries, when the Swedish King Olof was baptized.
		As a state church, and during the 20th century, bishops were nominated by a conclave of clerics and then formally appointed by the Government of Sweden, ultimately depending on legislation by the Parliament of Sweden.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Church_of_Sweden (875 words)

	Sweden \| Encyclopedia of Religious Practices
		According to church law instituted in 1686, all Swedes were required to confess the Lutheran faith, although from 1782 Jews were allowed to settle in the country without converting to Christianity.
		Church and state were formally separated at the end of the twentieth century.
		Sweden was one of the last European countries to accept Christianity, however, and the complete conversion of Sweden was hampered in part b.....
	www.bookrags.com /research/sweden-werp (389 words)

	Catholic Church in Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Roman Catholic Church was the established church of Sweden from the Middle Ages until the Protestant Reformation in the 16th Century, when the King Gustav I broke off relations.
		That was the single church in Sweden until the middle of the 19th century, when other churches were allowed.
		The Roman Catholic Church, which prior to this had only existed in the form of independent congregations in Sweden, like the Diocese of Stockholm that was founded in 1953, but the changes in 2000 made it possible to become officially registered.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roman_Catholicism_in_Sweden (449 words)

	Missionsprovinsen - The Mission Province in the Church of Sweden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In 1164 the Church in Sweden was organised as a province, with its archbishop in Upsala.
		In the Church Law given by the king in 1686 the confession for the Church in Sweden was stated that the Augustana Confession, accepted at the Upsala Assembly, was explained in the Book of Concords.
		The Church of Sweden was in the early 20th century affected by the liberal theology.
	www.missionsprovinsen.se /the_mission_province_in_the_church_of_sweden.htm (3280 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sweden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sweden is a constitutional monarchy; the crown is hereditary in accordance with the law of primogeniture.
		The primate of Sweden is the Archbishop of Upsala; the king is the summus episcopus.
		The churches were also adorned with stone and wood carvings, such as images of christ, of the Madonna, and the saints, carved altars, baptismal fonts of stone or metal, reliquaries, hanging chandeliers and standing candelabra, chalices and patens, costly ciboriums, monstrances, and ostensories, processional crosses, censers, orans, bells, superb vestments, etc.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/14347a.htm (10141 words)

	Sweden Recognizes Church of Scientology as a Religion
		Heber C. Jentzsch, President of the Church of Scientology International, acclaimed the recognition as a milestone for the Church of Scientology in Europe and for religious freedom.
		The Lutheran Church and the Church of Scientology were among the first religious communities to be registered under the new Act.
		Churches of Scientology throughout the world are open to all, providing help to members and others in their communities with individual and congregational services.
	www.freedommag.org /english/press/page02.htm (624 words)

	Sweden
		Approximately 79.6 percent of the population belongs to the Church of Sweden.
		In 2003, the Church of Sweden baptized 67.6 percent of children, a figure that has declined steadily over the past 2 decades.
		The major religious communities and the Church of Sweden are spread across the country.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2004/35486.htm (1948 words)

	Sweden
		Sweden emerged from the Napoleonic Wars with the acquisition of Norway from Denmark and with a new royal dynasty stemming from Marshal Jean Bernadotte of France, who became King Charles XIV (1818–1844).
		The artificial union between Sweden and Norway led to an uneasy relationship, and the union was finally dissolved in 1905.
		Cross-National Marriage in Sweden: Immigration and Assimilation 1971-1993.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108008.html (899 words)

	Nordic Church Labyrinths, Sweden
		As the church was originally built during the 13th century, it is possible that the labyrinth fresco is also from this period, the time when many labyrinths were being constructed in the Cathedrals of central Europe.
		Above the entrance to the labyrinth is a small cross and on the same bell the text "Help Maria." This example of the labyrinth on a church bell is quite unique, and while the age of the bell is unknown, it is considered to date to the late Middle Ages.
		The church is from the 13th century, but dating the labyrinth is difficult, it could have been scratched on the wall at any time.
	www.labyrinthos.net /nordchurchsw.htm (1084 words)

	Church of Sweden - organization
		The King, as Head of the Church, used the church records to gain control of all the inhabitants in the country and for example, made it easier to enlist soldiers by involuntary conscription (utskrivning).
		The bishop of Uppsala is the Archbishop and is the spiritual leader of the Swedish Lutheran Church.
		According the Church Order of the year 2000, every minister that applies for an employment within the Church of Sweden has to declare the he/she is prepared to work with ministers of the opposite sex.
	www.algonet.se /~hogman/church_org.htm (2517 words)

	Church of Sweden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Church of Sweden is a national church, open to everyone living in Sweden regardless of nationality.
		The international work is mainly carried out by Church of Sweden Aid (Lutherhjälpen), the Church of Sweden Mission (Svenska kyrkans mission) and the Church of Sweden Abroad (Svenska kyrkan i utlandet).
		The Church of Sweden is engaged in diaconal work beyond the boundaries of Sweden.
	www.missioncouncil.se /english/members/church_of_sweden.html (213 words)

	Religious flags in Sweden
		The Church of Sweden is a Lutheran Christian church, the biggest religious society in Sweden, and was the state church until 31 December 1999.
		A commonly used flag at churches is the flag of the Church of Sweden.
		It is the flag of the Catholic cathedral, not of the Catholic Church in Sweden.
	flagspot.net /flags/se-relig.html (280 words)

	Church of Sweden President At Annual Meeting - Evangelical Covenant Church
		PAUL, MN (June 23, 2000) - Dr. Krister Andersson, president of the Mission Covenant Church of Sweden (MCCS), is attending this year's Covenant Annual Meeting at the invitation of Dr. Glenn Palmberg, president of the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC).
		The Christian Council of Sweden, of which the MCCS is a part, consists of four veins: the Free churches (consisting of nine variants), the Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Churches.
		There is no denomination in Sweden called "Evangelical Free" as in America, but several groups that the MCCS maintains good relations with could be considered both "evangelical" and "free", such as the Pentecostal movement and the Swedish Alliance Mission.
	www.covchurch.org /cov/news/item1181.html (750 words)

	Catholic Church in Sweden - TheBestLinks.com - Catholic Church of Sweden, Arabic language, Bosnia and Herzegovina, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Catholic Church in Sweden is a relatively small but growing branch of the Roman Catholic Church in the predominantly protestant country of Sweden.
		The Roman Catholic Church was the established church of Sweden from the middle ages until the protestant reformation in the 16th century, when the King Gustav I broke off relations and established the Church of Sweden, based on the teachings of Martin Luther.
		The Catholic Church, which prior to this had only existed in the form of independent congregations in Sweden, like the Diocese of Stockholm that was founded in 1953, but the changes in 2000 made it possible to become officially registered.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Catholic_Church_of_Sweden.html (460 words)

	Svenska kyrkan
		The church is the place where people often turn at festive times of the year and for life's major events, occasions when, in happiness or in sorrow, we mark our fellowship with one another and with God.
		This does not mean that the Church of Sweden holds a funeral for everyone, but that it is responsible for providing access to premises and burial grounds for everyone, regardless of church membership.
		Church of Sweden activities are nation-wide and primarily located to the approximately 2200 parishes that cover the entire country.
	www.svenskakyrkan.se /sprakversioner_en.asp (1137 words)

	Religious flags in Sweden
		The Church of Sweden is a Lutheran Christian church, the biggest religious society in Sweden, and was the state church until 31 December 1999.
		A commonly used flag at churches is the flag of the Church of Sweden.
		It is the flag of the Catholic cathedral, not of the Catholic Church in Sweden.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/se-relig.html (280 words)

	A Grief Observed
		Sweden is, as everybody knows, probably one of the most secularized countries in Western Europe, if not in the whole world, judging from polls of what Swedes believe and statistics of their church attendance.
		The Church of Sweden as it now presented itself was not longer my Church, not mine as if I had own it, of course not, but mine as I once found her and she had embraced me. No, this is not any longer my church.
		And for that true unity of the Church it is enough to have unity of belief concerning the teaching of the Gospel and the administration of the sacraments”.
	kalin.nu /english/olofsson.htm (7448 words)

	The Church of England and the Church of Sweden
		Doctrine of the Church of Sweden as to the holy ministry and the constitution of the Church
		All the members of the Commission, with the exception of the Bishop of London, proceeded to Sweden in September, 1909, on the invitation of the Archbishop of Upsala (Dr. Johan August Ekman) for the purpose of holding a Conference with representatives of the Church of Sweden.
		the Bishop of Marquette's The Church of Sweden and the Anglican Communion, pp.
	anglicanhistory.org /lutherania/conference1909.html (4572 words)

	Church of Sweden
		The marriage between church and state was so strong that it took an act of parliament to change the prayer book and bishops were chosen by the Cabinet.
		Particularly in smaller towns, the church building tends to be a community center, serving as meeting hall, theater, nursery school and finish line for the ski races that fill the dark winters of rural Scandinavia.
		By delaying the change until 2000, Sweden was one of the last countries in Western Europe to sever the connection between the state and an officially sanctioned church.
	www.adherents.com /largecom/com_sweden.html (723 words)

	The Church of England and the Church of Sweden
		The Church of England and the Church of Sweden
		All through Swedish history Church councils are frequent, not like English Convocations concerned also with the granting of subsidies, but purely with ecclesiastical affairs, and the importance of such councils was confirmed not long since by the law of 1863 as to their constitution and powers.
		The followers of the movement belonged mainly to the North of Sweden, and were known as the "new readers." There had been a party named "readers" in the middle of the eighteenth century, who took their name from their diligent study of the Bible and Luther's writings.
	anglicanhistory.org /lutherania/conference19091.html (3521 words)

	Zenit News Agency - The World Seen From Rome
		STOCKHOLM, Sweden, JAN. 26, 2004 (Zenit.org).- The Catholic bishop of Stockholm thinks the Church in Sweden has weathered the most intense period of secularization and is on the way to something new.
		Bishop Anders Arborelius, leader of what he calls "a very hopeful little group of Catholics in Sweden," shared with ZENIT the reasons for his hope: an increasing interest among young people in vocations, a society that is more open to spiritual life, and a growing acknowledgment of the Church in ecumenical and secular settings.
		Sweden is also more secularized than most other countries in the EU, so I think we have already passed through the most intense phase of this process and are on one way to something new.
	www.zenit.org /english/visualizza.phtml?sid=48000 (888 words)

	Trinity Episcopal Church, Swedesboro, NJ
		With the renewal of the Church of Sweden's mission on the Delaware in 1697, the pastor of Gloria Dei, Wicaco, ministered to the needs of those living at Sveaborg (Swedesboro) and north of the Racoon Creek.
		Considerable trouble from Moravian dissenters caused a division in the congregation and the establishment of the Zion Moravian Church of Oldman's Creek, south of Swedesboro, in 1743 (present building, 1786) and a chapel on the Maurice River (Port Elizabeth) in 1746.
		The roof of the church was restored and strengthened in 1996, and the steeple is currently being restored.
	www.colonialswedes.org /Churches/TriEpi.html (885 words)

	The Confessing Reader » Church of Sweden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The bishop election in Växjö diocese in Sweden is now over, and the official newspapere of the Swedish Church, Kyrkans Tidning, reports that Sven Thidevall now is the new bishop of the diocese, after a runoff election.
		The Ecumenical Patriarch on the Church of Sweden
		Kyrkans Tidning reported 10 April that Sten Sandmark, senior pastor in Oskarshamn, is leaving the Church of Sweden and converting to the Roman Catholic Church.
	reader.classicalanglican.net /index.php?cat=15 (1346 words)

	Church of Sweden cuts ties with the state - Brief Article Christian Century - Find Articles
		After nearly 500 years as the state church, the Church of Sweden ended its ties with the Swedish government on New Year's Day and will now be treated like any other church in the Scandinavian country.
		The Church of Sweden was a product of the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century when its rulers embraced Lutheranism.
		Under the change, approved by the Swedish parliament in 1995, the church will no longer be an organ of the government and children of church members will no longer be automatically enrolled in the church.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1058/is_1_117/ai_58915587 (288 words)

	A Call to Pray for the Churches of the Augsburg Confession
		The church is held together by its outward organisation, providing a structure of national coverage, by its organisation of territorial parishes, by its jointly held property, investment funds and pension commitments, but also by the secular social legislation regulating employment rights and the system of fees collection.
		The foundation of the Church of Sweden, its faith and teaching, is in principle unchangeable at all times, regardless of any majority decisions by the politically constituted General Synod.
		We cannot pass over the fact that the politically elected General Synod is the teaching authority of the Church of Sweden, wielding unimpaired power and primacy as the interpreter of matters of faith and teaching.
	www.holytrinitynewrochelle.org /prayforaugsburg.html (1411 words)

	Covenant Mourns Passing of Olle Engstroem - Evangelical Covenant Church
		In his position as secretary of the free churches' Student Christian Movement, he participated as a delegate in the World Council of Churches in Evanston, Illinois, in 1954.
		As secretary in the organization that led to the Swedish Free Church Council, Engstroem was active in the Swedish ecumenical work that today is organized in the Christian Council of Sweden (CCS).
		While in Sweden, Engstroem devoted his time to several projects, including the congregation of the Mission Covenant Church at Lidingo, the building of the Ansgar Church, church conferences and other public appearances.
	www.covchurch.org /cov/news/item3437.html (793 words)

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