Church of Sweden

The Church of Sweden (Swedish: Svenska kyrkan, Finnish: Ruotsin kirkko, Northern Sami: Ruoŧa girku) is the largest Christian Church in Sweden. The Church of Sweden professes the Lutheran branch of Christianity, and is a member of the Porvoo Communion. With almost 6.9 million members, it is the largest Lutheran church in the world. Until 2000 it held the position of state church. As of 2008, 72.9% (down 1.4% compared to 2007) of Swedes were member... more

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