King Gustav I Vasa instigated the Church of Sweden in 1536 during his reign as King of Sweden. This act separated the church from the Roman Catholic Church and its canon law. In 1571, the Swedish Church Ordinance became the first Swedish church order following the Reformation.
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Under the leadership of Laurentius Petri, first Lutheran archbishop of the Church of Sweden (1531–73), the church resisted attempts by Calvinists to influence ...
Christianity in Sweden traces its beginnings to the missionary endeavours of St Ansgar (801-865), the first archbishop of Hamburg and the "Apostle of ...
Jan 27, 2023 · In 1544 CE, King Gustavus Vasa declared himself head of the Church of Sweden and used his position to do exactly what the Roman Catholic Church ...
Sweden. Founder, Gustav I of Sweden. Origin, 1527/1593. Separated from · Roman Catholic Church. Separations, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.
Founder. Ansgar (According to tradition); Stefan of Alvastra (First Archbishop of Uppsala, under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church); Gustav I of ...
Nov 2, 2023 · Consequently, 1947 “Lutherhjälpen” was founded. Both operations became in 2008 the “Church of Sweden International work, which in 2019 changed ...
The Swedish Mission Board was founded in 1874 and two years later the Church of Sweden Mission (CSM) sent its first missionary to South Africa. In 1878, CSM ...
Nov 10, 2022 · As far as can be ascertained, Ansgar, a French Benedictine monk, was the first to preach the Christian gospel in what is now Sweden. He arrived ...
