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Swedish church customs

SND-ID: SND 0577

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Lund University, Lund University Church History Archive

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.

Purpose:

To identify changes in the contemporary church practice.

Language

Swedish

Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

Lund University

Responsible department/unit

Lund University, Lund University Church History Archive
Protection and ethical review

Data contains personal data

No

Method and time period

Unit of analysis

Population

Vicars in the Church of Sweden

Time Method

Sampling procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

Time period(s) investigated

1962-01-01 – 2010-12-31

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Lowest geographic unit

Parish

Highest geographic unit

Country

Topic and keywords

Research area

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

Keywords

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

Publications

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Gustafsson, Göran (2006). LUKA 27 om Kyrklig sed 2002 : materialbeskrivning, resultatredovisning, analyssempel . Lunds universitets kyrkohistoriska arkiv
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ISSN: 0455-0196
ISBN: 91-89515-13-7

Bringéus, Nils-Arvid (2005). Den kyrkliga seden. Carlsson Bokförlag.
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ISBN: 9172037156

Bringéus, N.-A. (2004). Frågelistorna och den kyrkliga seden. I,: Arkiv, fakultet, kyrka: festskrift till Ingmar Brohed, p. 413-422.
Libris

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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ISBN: 978-91-974760-3-4
ISSN: 1651-4432

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Dataset 1
Swedish church customs 1962

Version 2.0

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

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Lund University, Lund University Church History Archive

Keywords

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

Time period(s) investigated

1962 – 1962

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

Variables

116

Number of individuals/objects

2576

Response rate/participation rate

99.7%

Dataset 2
Swedish church customs 1968

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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

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Lund University, Lund University Church History Archive

Keywords

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

Time period(s) investigated

1968 – 1968

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

Variables

177

Number of individuals/objects

2569

Response rate/participation rate

96.7%

Dataset 3
Swedish church customs 1974

Version 2.0

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

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Lund University, Lund University Church History Archive

Keywords

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

Time period(s) investigated

1974 – 1974

Data collection

  • Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 1974–1974
  • Source of the data: Population group

Variables

245

Number of individuals/objects

2570

Response rate/participation rate

99.3%

Dataset 4
Swedish church customs 1980

Version 2.0

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

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Lund University, Lund University Church History Archive

Keywords

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

Time period(s) investigated

1980 – 1980

Data collection

  • Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 1986–1986
  • Source of the data: Population group

Variables

241

Number of individuals/objects

2569

Response rate/participation rate

96.7%

Dataset 5
Swedish Church Customs 1986

Version 2.0

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

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Lund University, Lund University Church History Archive

Keywords

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

Time period(s) investigated

1986 – 1986

Data collection

  • Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 1995–1995
  • Source of the data: Population group

Variables

192

Number of individuals/objects

2566

Response rate/participation rate

86.2%

Dataset 6
Swedish church customs 1995

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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

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Lund University, Lund University Church History Archive

Keywords

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

Time period(s) investigated

1995 – 1995

Data collection

  • Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 1980–1980
  • Source of the data: Population group

Variables

214

Number of individuals/objects

2542

Response rate/participation rate

87.5%

Dataset 7
Swedish Church Customs 2002

Version 2.0

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

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Lund University, Lund University Church History Archive

Keywords

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

Time period(s) investigated

2002-01-01 – 2002-12-31

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

Variables

235

Number of individuals/objects

2220

Response rate/participation rate

72.9%

Dataset 8
Swedish Church Customs 2008-2009

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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

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Lund University, Lund University Church History Archive

Keywords

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

Time period(s) investigated

2008-10-01 – 2009-09-30

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

Variables

255

Number of individuals/objects

975

Published: 1997-01-01
Last updated: 2020-01-20