Swedish church customs

Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Description:

Lund University Church History Archive was founded in 1942. The task was to explain and document how the life and manners of the Swedish people was rooted in Christian belief and church customs. Parallel with the investigations of the older church customs the Church Archive started to examine the changes of the contemporary church customs. To get a view of the usage of different customs in the country at the same point of time, a questionnaire was sent to all parishes in 1962. The questionnaire included questions on customs in connection with the general services and at church festivals, and also at different church ceremonies such as christenings, confirmations, marriages and funerals. This nationwide inventory has been repeated in 1968, 1974, 1980, 1986, 1995, 2002 and in 2008/2009.

Subject area:

cultural activities and participation, religion and values (CESSDA Topic Classification)
History of Religions, Religious Studies (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords:

religion, religious attendance, church, customs and traditions, ceremonies, baptisms, funerals, weddings, ministers of religion, religious practice

Principal organisation:

Lund University

Accessibility status:

Access to data through SND
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Identifiers:

SND-ID: SND 0577

Purpose:

To identify changes in the contemporary church practice.

Description:

Lund University Church History Archive was founded in 1942. The task was to explain and document how the life and manners of the Swedish people was rooted in Christian belief and church customs. Parallel with the investigations of the older church customs the Church Archive started to examine the changes of the contemporary church customs. To get a view of the usage of different customs in the country at the same point of time, a questionnaire was sent to all parishes in 1962. The questionnaire included questions on customs in connection with the general services and at church festivals, and also at different church ceremonies such as christenings, confirmations, marriages and funerals. This nationwide inventory has been repeated in 1968, 1974, 1980, 1986, 1995, 2002 and in 2008/2009.

Language:

Swedish

Time period(s) investigated:

1962-01-01 — 2010-12-31

Geographic spread:

Geographic location: Sweden

Lowest geographic unit:

Parish

Highest geographic unit:

Country

Unit of analysis:

Population:

Vicars in the Church of Sweden

Time Method:

Sampling procedure:

Total universe/Complete enumeration

Subject area:

cultural activities and participation, religion and values (CESSDA Topic Classification)
History of Religions, Religious Studies (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords:

religion, religious attendance, church, customs and traditions, ceremonies, baptisms, funerals, weddings, ministers of religion, religious practice

Available documentation:

Questionnaire (Swedish)

Questionnaire (Swedish)

Questionnaire (Swedish)

Questionnaire (Swedish)

Questionnaire (Swedish)

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Gustafsson, Göran (2006). LUKA 27 om Kyrklig sed 2002 : materialbeskrivning, resultatredovisning, analyssempel . Lunds universitets kyrkohistoriska arkiv
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Jarlert, Anders (2009). Danska spår i syd- och västsvenskt kyrkoliv - kan LUKA ge svar?. Religionssociologi i brytningstider. En vänbok till Curt Dahlgren. s. 242-253.
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Bringéus, Nils-Arvid (2005). Den kyrkliga seden. Carlsson Bokförlag.
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Bringéus, N.-A. (2004). Frågelistorna och den kyrkliga seden. I,: Arkiv, fakultet, kyrka: festskrift till Ingmar Brohed, p. 413-422.
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Version 2.0:

2013-11-08 doi:10.5878/001587

Available documentation:

Codebook 1962 (Swedish)

Dataset SND 0577-001

Swedish church customs 1962

Citation:

Lund University, Lund University Church History Archive (2013). Swedish church customs 1962. Swedish National Data Service. Version 2.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/001587

Keywords:

religion, religious attendance, church, customs and traditions, ceremonies, baptisms, funerals, weddings, ministers of religion

Data format / data structure:

Numeric

Text

Data collection:

Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper

Time period(s) for data collection: 1962 — 1962

Data collector: Lund University, Lund University Church History Archive

Source of the data: Population group

Time period(s) investigated:

1962 — 1962

Variables:

116

Number of individuals/objects:

2576

Response rate/participation rate:

99,7 %

Version 2.0:

2013-11-08 doi:10.5878/001586

Version 1.0:

1999-08-26 doi:10.5878/000982

Available documentation:

Questionnaire (Swedish)

Codebook 1968 (Swedish)

Dataset SND 0577-002

Swedish church customs 1968

Citation:

Lund University, Lund University Church History Archive (2013). Swedish church customs 1968. Swedish National Data Service. Version 2.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/001586

Keywords:

religion, religious attendance, church, customs and traditions, ceremonies, baptisms, funerals, weddings, ministers of religion

Data format / data structure:

Numeric

Text

Data collection:

Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper

Time period(s) for data collection: 1968 — 1968

Data collector: Lund University, Lund University Church History Archive

Source of the data: Population group

Time period(s) investigated:

1968 — 1968

Variables:

177

Number of individuals/objects:

2569

Response rate/participation rate:

96,7 %

Version 2.0:

2013-11-08 doi:10.5878/001553

Available documentation:

Questionnaire (Swedish)

Codebook 1974 (Swedish)

Dataset SND 0577-003

Swedish church customs 1974

Citation:

Lund University, Lund University Church History Archive (2013). Swedish church customs 1974. Swedish National Data Service. Version 2.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/001553

Keywords:

religion, religious attendance, church, customs and traditions, ceremonies, baptisms, weddings, ministers of religion, funerals

Data format / data structure:

Numeric

Text

Data collection:

Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper

Time period(s) for data collection: 1974 — 1974

Source of the data: Population group

Time period(s) investigated:

1974 — 1974

Variables:

245

Number of individuals/objects:

2570

Response rate/participation rate:

99,3 %

Version 2.0:

2013-07-30 doi:10.5878/001556

Available documentation:

Questionnaire (Swedish)

Codebook 1980 (Swedish)

Dataset SND 0577-004

Swedish church customs 1980

Citation:

Lund University, Lund University Church History Archive (2013). Swedish church customs 1980. Swedish National Data Service. Version 2.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/001556

Keywords:

religion, religious attendance, church, customs and traditions, baptisms, weddings, ministers of religion, funerals, ceremonies

Data format / data structure:

Numeric

Text

Data collection:

Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper

Time period(s) for data collection: 1986 — 1986

Source of the data: Population group

Time period(s) investigated:

1980 — 1980

Variables:

241

Number of individuals/objects:

2569

Response rate/participation rate:

96,7 %

Version 2.0:

2013-11-08 doi:10.5878/001557

Available documentation:

Questionnaire (Swedish)

Codebook 1986 (Swedish)

Dataset SND 0577-005

Swedish Church Customs 1986

Citation:

Lund University, Lund University Church History Archive (2013). Swedish Church Customs 1986. Swedish National Data Service. Version 2.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/001557

Keywords:

religion, religious attendance, church, customs and traditions, baptisms, funerals, weddings, ministers of religion, religious practice, funerals, ceremonies

Data format / data structure:

Numeric

Text

Data collection:

Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper

Time period(s) for data collection: 1995 — 1995

Source of the data: Population group

Time period(s) investigated:

1986 — 1986

Variables:

192

Number of individuals/objects:

2566

Response rate/participation rate:

86,2 %

Version 2.0:

2013-08-12 doi:10.5878/001560

Version 1.0:

2000-12-01 doi:10.5878/001555

Available documentation:

Codebook 1995 (Swedish)

Dataset SND 0577-006

Swedish church customs 1995

Citation:

Lund University, Lund University Church History Archive (2013). Swedish church customs 1995. Swedish National Data Service. Version 2.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/001560

Keywords:

religion, religious attendance, church, customs and traditions, baptisms, weddings, ministers of religion, religious practice, funerals, ceremonies

Data format / data structure:

Numeric

Text

Data collection:

Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper

Time period(s) for data collection: 1980 — 1980

Source of the data: Population group

Time period(s) investigated:

1995 — 1995

Variables:

214

Number of individuals/objects:

2542

Response rate/participation rate:

87,5 %

Version 2.0:

2013-11-08 doi:10.5878/001614

Available documentation:

Codebook 2002 (Swedish)

Dataset SND 0577-007

Swedish Church Customs 2002

Citation:

Lund University, Lund University Church History Archive (2013). Swedish Church Customs 2002. Swedish National Data Service. Version 2.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/001614

Keywords:

religion, religious attendance, church, customs and traditions, baptisms, funerals, weddings, ministers of religion, religious practice, funerals, ceremonies

Data format / data structure:

Numeric

Text

Data collection:

Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper

Time period(s) for data collection: 2003-02 — 2004-01

Data collector: Lund University, Lund University Church History Archive

Source of the data: Population group

Time period(s) investigated:

2002-01-01 — 2002-12-31

Variables:

235

Number of individuals/objects:

2220

Response rate/participation rate:

72,9 %

Version 2.1:

2014-01-13 doi:10.5878/001659

Version 2.0:

2013-11-08 doi:10.5878/001585

Dataset SND 0577-008

Swedish Church Customs 2008-2009

Citation:

Lund University, Lund University Church History Archive (2014). Swedish Church Customs 2008-2009. Swedish National Data Service. Version 2.1. https://doi.org/10.5878/001659

Keywords:

religion, religious attendance, church, customs and traditions, baptisms, funerals, weddings, ministers of religion, religious practice, funerals, ceremonies

Data format / data structure:

Numeric

Text

Data collection:

Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper

Time period(s) for data collection: 2009-09 — 2009-12

Data collector: Lund University, Lund University Church History Archive

Source of the data: Population group

Time period(s) investigated:

2008-10-01 — 2009-09-30

Variables:

255

Number of individuals/objects:

975