Kyrkogångsplikt

Kyrkogångsplikt (literally 'church attendance duty') was the obligation of the population in Sweden–Finland to attend weekly mass.

The obligation to attend church was abolished in Sweden with the 1809 Instrument of Government,^[1] but continued in Finland for some time. At the same time, the formal compulsion to take communion ended. The abolition thus marked a first step towards religious freedom in Sweden.^[2]

References

Sammanfattning ur Staten och trossamfunden, Rättslig reglering (SOU 1997:41)

^ Skagerberg, Jorun. "Kyrkstigar i Roslagen: I historiens hovspår" (PDF). Ridled Roslagen. 2013-2197 (in Swedish). Ridled Roslagen. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-13.
^ Sahlberg, Pär-Axel (1997-04-02). "Till statsrådet och chefen för Kulturdepartementet". Regeringen.se (in Swedish).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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[1] Skagerberg, Jorun. "Kyrkstigar i Roslagen: I historiens hovspår" (PDF). Ridled Roslagen. 2013-2197 (in Swedish). Ridled Roslagen. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-13.

[2] Sahlberg, Pär-Axel (1997-04-02). "Till statsrådet och chefen för Kulturdepartementet". Regeringen.se (in Swedish).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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