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Svenskhet, katolicism och europeisk integration : Katolska kyrkan i Sverige efter 1945

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Author

Summary, in English

The position of the Catholic Church in Sweden has radically changed in the last forty years. At the beginning of the 1960s, Catholicism was commonly regarded as a threat to Swedish cultural identity, not least among members of the ruling Social-Democratic Party. Today, the Catholic Church is an accepted part of Swedish society. In my article, I discuss this process of
change and its impact on Swedish attitudes towards European integration from 1945 up to the present time. Special attention is paid to ecumenical relations, the Swedish Catholic Church’s engagement in European Catholic co-operation, and its relationship with the Swedish State. A hypothesis is that the integration of the local Catholic Church into Swedish society can be
seen as an important precondition for the development of a more positive Swedish attitude towards European integration.

Department/s

Publishing year

2006

Language

Swedish

Publication/Series

Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift

Volume

2006

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Svenska kyrkohistoriska föreningen

Topic

  • History
  • History of Religions

Keywords

  • Svenskhet
  • Katolicism
  • Europeisk integration
  • Ekumenik
  • Politisk katolicism
  • Europadomstolen

Status

Published

Project

  • Churches and European Integration

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0085-2619