Elävä seurakunta - Levande församling
- Elävä seurakunta - Levande församling
Elävä seurakunta - Levande församling (Finnish/Swedish for 'Living Congregation') is a nominating group for the elections to assemblies of the Church of Sweden. The group is based in Stockholm, and wants to promote Finnish-Swedish bilingualism in the Church.[ [http://www.dagen.se/dagen/Article.aspx?ID=95667 Elävä seurakunta – levande församling « Dagen.se ] ] The group is opposed to same-sex marriage.]
The group made its electoral debut in the 2005 Church elections, but without winning any seat in the Church Assembly. [ [http://www.svenskakyrkan.se/valresultat/ValResultat.aspx?valtypid=6 ValResultat ] ] It only presented a list in one diocese, the Diocese of Stockholm.[ The group also contested the election to the Diocese Council of Stockholm. [http://www.ekeropastorat.nu/aktuellt/kyrkfonstret/Kyrkfonstret_04_05.pdf] It was able to win 19.7% of the votes in the election to the Finnish Parish Council in Stockholm, winning four seats and two alternate seats. [ [http://www.svenskakyrkan.se/finskaforsamlingen/sv/forsamlingen/kyrkoval.asp?link=om Finska församlingen i Stockholm Tukholman suomalainen seurakunta ] ] ]
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