The Church of Sweden Youth ( sv, Svenska kyrkans unga) is the children's and youth group of the

Church of Sweden The Church of Sweden ( sv, Svenska kyrkan) is an Evangelical Lutheran national church in Sweden. A former state church, headquartered in Uppsala, with around 5.6 million members at year end 2021, it is the largest Christian denomination in Sw ...

. It was established on 1 January 1993 following a merger of several youth groups within the denomination. In 2013, there were 13 000 members of various ages. A merger was proposed already in 1964 but didn't become reality until a meeting on 6 December 1992.

Organization

At the national level, the

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(Swedish: Riskårsmöte (Shortening: RÅM)) is the highest decision-making body to which the districts send representatives. At the regional level, the annual

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meeting (Swedish: Distriktsårsmöte (Shortening: DÅM)) is the highest decision-making body. DÅM is arranged annually, and the local branches in the district appoint representatives to DÅM in relation to the local branch's membership size. The representatives at the annual meeting, DÅM, will always appoint people to represent the district at RÅM. At the local level, the local branch's annual meeting (Swedish: Lokalavdelningsårsmöte (Shortening: LAÅM)) or members' meeting is the highest decision-making body where all local branch members have voting rights. At LAÅM, a local branch board is often elected (some small local branches do not have a board), which makes all executive decisions in the local branch. In local departments with their financial management, the board also makes all financial decisions, considering the budget adopted by the annual meeting. At LAÅM, delegates get elected at this meeting to represent the local branch at the district's annual meeting.

Chairpersons

Following people have been chairpersons. *1993-1994 - Gunilla Casserstedt Lundgren *1994-1997 - Helena Karlsson *1997-2001 - David Sundén *2001-2005 - Erik Persson *2005-2009 - Maria Wingård *2009-2013 - Johan Berkman *2013-2017 - Amanda Carlshamre *2017-2021- Jakob Schwarz *2021- Tova Mårtensson

References

External links

Official website
{{in lang, sv 1993 establishments in Sweden Christian youth organizations

Youth Youth is the time of life when one is young. The word, youth, can also mean the time between childhood and adulthood ( maturity), but it can also refer to one's peak, in terms of health or the period of life known as being a young adult. Yo ...

Christian organizations established in 1993 Youth organizations based in Sweden Uppsala