Chapter 12 · A secular state and a multi-religious country
Under vilket århundrade fick Svenska kyrkan sina lutherska rötter genom reformationen?
In which century did the Reformation give Svenska kyrkan (the Church of Sweden) its Lutheran roots?
Correct answer: The sixteenth century
The sixteenth-century Reformation broke the church’s ties with the pope. The Lutheran tradition subsequently became central to the church in Sweden.
Key words
reformationen · the Reformation
Source: SOU 2018:18: Statens stöd till trossamfund i ett mångreligiöst Sverige · 3.2, s. 84: reformationen och övergången från katolsk till luthersk kyrka
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Why this option does not fit
1200-talet
The thirteenth century belongs to Sweden’s Catholic medieval period.
1700-talet
By the eighteenth century, Sweden had long had a Lutheran church.
1900-talet
The twentieth century is associated here with greater religious freedom, not the start of the Reformation.