Lutheran Church of Sweden

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Lutheran_Church_of_Sweden

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Christian_denomination
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Church_of_Sweden
gptkbp:baptismPractice	infant baptism
gptkbp:blessingOfSameSexUnions	allowed
gptkbp:confirmationAge	around 14 years old
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Sweden
gptkbp:denomination	gptkb:Lutheranism
gptkbp:district	13
gptkbp:ecumenicalRelations	gptkb:Lutheran_World_Federation gptkb:World_Council_of_Churches gptkb:Conference_of_European_Churches gptkb:Porvoo_Communion
gptkbp:founded	1527
gptkbp:founder	gptkb:Gustav_I_of_Sweden
gptkbp:governingBody	gptkb:General_Synod
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Uppsala,_Sweden
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Martin_Modéus
gptkbp:leaderTitle	gptkb:Archbishop_of_Uppsala
gptkbp:mainCathedral	gptkb:Uppsala_Cathedral
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Alfred_Nobel gptkb:Carl_Linnaeus gptkb:Greta_Garbo gptkb:Ingmar_Bergman gptkb:Dag_Hammarskjöld gptkb:Olof_Palme
gptkbp:numberOfMembers	about 5.7 million (2023)
gptkbp:officialLanguage	Swedish
gptkbp:ordinationOfLGBTClergy	allowed
gptkbp:ordinationOfWomen	allowed
gptkbp:rite	Western liturgical rite
gptkbp:separates	gptkb:Roman_Catholic_Church
gptkbp:stateChurchUntil	2000
gptkbp:status	former state church
gptkbp:website	https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Confessional_Evangelical_Lutheran_Conference gptkb:Wisconsin_Evangelical_Lutheran_Synod
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Lutheran Church of Sweden