The Church of Sweden (1527) is the national church of Sweden, established by Gustav I Vasa (1496-1560), regent (1521(1523) then king (1523-1560). Olaus Petri (1493-1552), a Swedish theologian, was the major contributor to the Protestant Reformation in Sweden. The reference text is Gustav Vasa's Bible (1540-1541).
The Church of Sweden has been predominantly Lutheran since 1530, demanding (mandatory membership, weekly participation in services, Lutheran orthodoxy, almost exclusive (95.2% in 1972), and yet pluralistic, with possible dissent (sometimes leading to emigration): Lutheranism, confessional Lutheranism (from the Book of Concord of 1580), Pietism, Rationalism, Liberal Protestantism, Neo-Lutheranism, Old Lutherans, etc.
An important testimony of religious reflection is the text called Nordische Sammlungen, a radical pietist writing (1749-1761). The Free Revival Movement (Sweden) is linked to Laestadianism, a movement initiated by Lars Levi Laestadius (1800-1861), which has widely spread and evolved into various branches.
Equmeniakyrkan, the Ecumenical Church (2011), resulted from the merger of the Baptist Union of Sweden (1848), the United Methodist Church of Sweden (1868), and the Mission Covenant Church of Sweden (1878). This grouping is initiated by equmenia, an organization of young Christians (2007).
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