Svenska kyrkan
URI(s)
Variants
- Church of Sweden
- Sweden. Ecklesiastikdepartementet. Svenska kyrkan
Additional Information
Descriptor
- Established churches
Associated Locale
- Sweden
Associated Language
- Swedish
Field of Activity
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Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: The Church of Sweden on the Delaware ... 1988.
- found: Wikipedia, searched January 13, 2021(Church of Sweden = Svenska kyrkan; evangelical Lutheran national church in Sweden; formerly a state church; headquarters in Uppsala; member of the Porvoo Communion; instigated by King Gustav I Vasa in 1536, which officially separated it from the Roman Catholic Church; became officially Lutheran in 1593 when it adopted the Augsburg Confession; in 1809, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland separated from this body and formed its own church) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Sweden
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Collection Membership(s)
Change Notes
- 1979-04-18: new
- 2021-01-31: revised
Alternate Formats