Landesbischof Heinrich Bedford-Strohm wird am Sonntag, 26. August, am feierlichen Einführungsgottesdienst des neuen Bischofs der schwedischen Diözese Skara, Åke Bonnier, in der Kathedrale von Uppsala teilnehmen. Die Schwedische Kirche, eine lutherische Kirche, die bis 1999 Staatskirche war, hat 7 Millionen Mitglieder, das sind 71% der schwedischen Bevölkerung. Sie gliedert sich in 13 Diözesen. Höchster Repräsentant der Schwedischen Kirche ist der [...]

A new Church in Sweden The Mission Covenant Church of Sweden, The Methodist Church in Sweden and the Swedish Baptist Union have finalized their vote to become one denomination. Four hundred representatives from the three Swedish denominations voted on the agreement at a Formation Meeting earlier this month. The church will begin its operations later this year or in 2012. [...]

epnn – The Council of the Church of Sweden today elected Helén Ottosson Loven as General Secretary of the Church. Her term in office will start 1st July 2011 and last for six years. Helen Ottoson Loven, age 54, has been the Chief Financial Manager at the Church of Sweden office in Uppsala since 1997. Since November 2010 she already [...]

epnn – Karin Wiborn will be the next General Secretary of the Christian Council of Sweden. The board of the Council appointed her during its meeting on 9 June. Karin Wiborn currently acts as Mission Director of the Swedish Baptist Church. Since 2007 Wiborn is also a member of the Councils’ Board, in 2009 she served as the chairman of [...]

epnn_short – Erik Lysén will become the new Director for International Relations of the Church of Sweden (Svenska Kyrkan). Over the last twenty years he collected extensive experiences in the field of international relations and has been responsible for the international advocacy work of Church of Sweden in recent years. Erik Lysén was appointed yesterday, April 7. Lysén holds a [...]

epnn – Per Eckerdal, Executive Chairman of Swedish Bräcke Diaconess, was elected to become Bishop of Church of Sweden’s Gothenburg Diocese. Eckerdal received the most votes in the second round of the episcopal election, Church of Sweden writes. He won with 679 votes while his rival candidate Staffan Grenstedt received 488 provisional votes. With yesterdays result Eckerdal outdistanced Grenstedt, who [...]

ekklesia.co.uk – Sweden, by some standards one of the world’s most secular countries, has passed a new education law stipulating that public schools must teach their subjects in a “non-confessional” and “objective” manner. Joseph Ballan explores the complex boundaries and definitions of secularity and religiosity in the public arena. Sweden, by some standards one of the world’s most secular countries, [...]

Every night. All year round. Free. Confidential. The pastoral helpline and Finnish telephone support services within the Church of Sweden are available whenever anyone needs someone to talk to. This weekend is no different. The Sami crisis network tele…

From 4-14 November Church of Sweden Archbishop Anders Wejryd, together with a delegation (see below), will visit Hong Kong and mainland China. The visit is part of the exchange programme with the Protestant Church in ChinaThe visit of the delegation wi…

The General Synod of the Church of Sweden is in session this week in Uppsala in the Church year that has social responsibility as its theme. The General Synod would particularly like to highlight the plight of the Roma by issuing the following statemen…