Sweden

                        SWEDEN

A. THE COUNTRY

The Kingdom of Sweden, a land of mountains and forests, is the largest
of the Scandinavian countries in Northern Europe.  The government is a
stable parliamentary democracy with a limited constitutional monarchy.
The highly developed, mixed economy focuses mainly on export-oriented
industry and information technology.  An extensive social welfare system
provides one of the best standards of living in the world.

B. THE PEOPLE

The population is ~9,294,000 and official language Swedish, with five
minority languages.  ~94.7% are European, ~5.3% Other (A diverse mix of
nearly 200 immigrant nationalities).

C. RELIGIONS AND CHRISTIANITY/PENTECOSTALISM

The Church of Sweden (Lutheran) is no longer the State Church.  The
size, political influence and social impact are large, but on the wane.
A secular, postmodern worldview dominates society.  Nearly every group
in the Christian category faces dropping numbers while other religions
are growing.
~57.2% claim to be Christian, ~38.35% Non-religious, ~3.61% Muslim,
~0.31% Buddhist,~0.22% Other, ~0.17% Jewish, ~1.3% Hindu, ~0.01% Baha’i.
In the Christian category:
Many Swedes have membership in both the former State Church and in other
denominations or fellowships.  ~61.93% are Protestant, ~1.39% Catholic,
~1.28% Orthodox, ~0.42% Independent.
Evangelicals represent ~6.9% of the population.
Charismatics represent ~2.2% and of those ~1.5% are Pentecostals.

Donna Siemens

References:

http://en.wikipedia.org

Operation World, Jason Mandryk. Colorado Springs: Biblica Publishing, 2010.