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

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to attend weekly

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

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, 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

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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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