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Sweden Yearly Meeting Established: 1935 Membership: 100 Central Address: Kväkargården, Box 9166, 102 72 STOCKHOLM Street Address: Kväkargården, Kristinehovsgatan 2 Telephone: 08-668 68 16 E-mail: info@kvakare.se Small groups of Friends are known to have existed in Sweden in the 19th century under the care of Norway YM. However, they were all eradicated by the Swedish government and the Lutheran State Church. Sweden Yearly Meeting arose spontaneously from a small worship group which met during World War I. In 1937 the Meeting was recognised by the government as an independent religious society outside the State Church. Since 1956 Swedish Friends have had their own Meetinghouse in Stockholm called Kväkargården. The Meetinghouse has a meeting room, an office and a library. About seventy kilometres from Stockholm, the Meeting has Svartbäcksstugan, two houses for leisure-time activities. It is used for general meetings for business, retreats, children's summer camps and by Young Friends. Samfundsrådet, a general meeting for business, meets twice a year to carry on business between yearly meetings. Quaker Service Sweden is a service organisation that sends all donated funds to the specific projects it supports. For more infomation contact Julia Ryberg tel. 0175-715 69, e-mail: info@kvakare.se Further reading The Scandinavian YMs are closely knit together through history and present cooperation such as the Nordic YM held in 2002 and 2006 (to be held again in 2009). We here give short presentations of our four Meetings' histories: Denmark YM Finland YM Norway YM Sweden YM hem |
Kväkarna, Vännernas samfund Kväkarna tror att det finns något av Gud i varje människa. Därför vänder vi oss mot alla former av våld, och tolerans är mycket viktigt för oss. Den stilla andakten står i centrum av kväkarnas andliga liv. Den firas utan predikan eller fastställt program. info@kvakare.se | |||