LC control no. | n 79034436 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Corporate name heading | Svenska kyrkan |
Variant(s) | Church of Sweden Sweden. Ecklesiastikdepartementet. Svenska kyrkan |
See also | Founder: Gustav I Vasa, King of Sweden, 1496-1560 Predecessor of split: Catholic Church Product of split: Suomen evankelis-luterilainen kirkko Hierarchical superior: Sweden. Ecklesiastikdepartementet Membership corporate body: Porvoo Communion |
Beginning date | 1536 |
Associated country | Sweden |
Located | Uppsala (Sweden) |
Field of activity | Lutheran Church |
Found in | The Church of Sweden on the Delaware ... 1988. 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> |
Associated language | swe |