The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Sweden ( sv, Adventistsamfundet i Sverige) is a small
Christian denomination
A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity that comprises all church congregations of the same kind, identifiable by traits such as a name, particular history, organization, leadership, theological doctrine, worsh ...
in
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
with a reported 2,902 members as of June 30, 2020. The first
Seventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is an Adventist Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in the Christian (Gregorian) and the Hebrew calendar, as the Sabbath, and ...
congregation in Sweden was established in 1880 in
Grythyttan
Grythyttan is a urban areas of Sweden, locality situated in Hällefors Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden with 891 inhabitants in 2010. It is located between two lakes, Torrvarpen and Sör-Älgen. It is chiefly known in Sweden for the Grythyttan ...
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In the early 2000s (decade), about 40 Swedish Seventh-day Adventist congregations existed in Sweden, most of them in central Sweden.
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Australian Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
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Seventh-day Adventist Church in Brazil
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Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada
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Seventh-day Adventist Church in the People's Republic of China
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a major Christian denomination with a significant presence in the People's Republic of China with a reported 472,314 members as of June 30, 2020. Many of its pastors in China are women. There are or used to be m ...
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Seventh-day Adventist Church in Colombia
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Seventh-day Adventist Church in Cuba
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Seventh-day Adventist Church in India
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Italian Union of Seventh-day Adventist Churches
The Italian Union of Seventh-Day Adventist Christian Churches ( it, Unione Italiana delle Chiese Cristiane Avventiste del Settimo Giorno, UICCA), part of the worldwide fellowship of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, is a Protestant denomination in ...
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Seventh-day Adventist Church in Ghana
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a major Christian denomination with a significant presence in Ghana with over 356,599 members as of June 30, 2018. The country of Ghana is split into two Unions by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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New Zealand Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in New Zealand is formally organised as the New Zealand Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (often abbreviated as NZPUC), a sub-entity of the South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists. The me ...
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Seventh-day Adventist Church in Nigeria
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Adventism in Norway
Adventist congregations in Norway (Norwegian: ) are a protestant free church in Norway.
History
Adventism in Norway came from the Pietist revival (Haugean movement) started by Norwegian Lutheran preacher Hans Nielsen Hauge. Evidence suggests th ...
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Romanian Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
The Romanian Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists ( ro, Uniunea de Conferințe a Bisericii Adventiste de Ziua a Șaptea din România) is Romania's seventh-largest religious body, part of the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist Church. At the 201 ...
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Seventh-day Adventist Church in Thailand
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a major Christian denomination with a small presence in Thailand. The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Thailand (มูลนิธิคริสตจักรวันเสาร์แห่งประเท ...
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Seventh-day Adventist Church in Tonga
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Tonga, ( to, Siasi ʻAhofitu) is one of the smaller religious groups in the South Pacific island state of Tonga with a reported 3,853 members as of June 30, 2020,Seventh-day Adventists in Turks and Caicos Islands
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a major Christian denomination with a small presence in Turks and Caicos Islands with a reported 3,864 members as of June 30, 2020.
History
The first Sabbath keepers were discovered in the Turks and Caicos Isl ...
References
External links
Official website
{{Christianity in Sweden
1880 establishments in Sweden
Christian denominations in Europe
Christian denominations in Sweden
Christianity in Stockholm
History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Religious organizations established in 1880
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
Seventh-day Adventist Church in Europe