(literally 'church attendance duty') was the legal obligation of the population in

Sweden–Finland Sweden–Finland ( fi, Ruotsi-Suomi; sv, Sverige-Finland) is a Finnish historiographical term referring to Sweden from the twelfth century to the Napoleonic Wars. In 1809, the realm was split after the Finnish War. The eastern half came to co ...

to attend weekly

mass Mass is an intrinsic property of a body. It was traditionally believed to be related to the quantity of matter in a physical body, until the discovery of the atom and particle physics. It was found that different atoms and different element ...

. The obligation to attend church was abolished in Sweden with the

1809 Instrument of Government The 1809 Instrument of Government ( sv, 1809 års regeringsform), adopted on 6 June 1809 by the Riksdag of the Estates and King Charles XIII, was the constitution of the Kingdom of Sweden from 1809 to the end of 1974. It came about as a result ...

, but continued in Finland for some time. At the same time, the formal compulsion to take

communion Communion may refer to: Religion * The Eucharist (also called the Holy Communion or Lord's Supper), the Christian rite involving the eating of bread and drinking of wine, reenacting the Last Supper **Communion (chant), the Gregorian chant that ac ...

ended. The abolition thus marked a first step towards

religious freedom Freedom of religion or religious liberty is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or community, in public or private, to manifest religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance. It also includes the freedom ...

in Sweden.

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Sammanfattning ur Staten och trossamfunden, Rättslig reglering (SOU 1997:41)
History of the Church of Sweden Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland History of religion in Finland History of religion in Sweden {{authority control 19th century in Finland 19th century in Sweden Legal history of Sweden

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