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voluntarily joined forces it is difficult to see how people could join forces. It is a long historic process which is led by some social forces. We can identify how such convergence of the social ethos took place in Sweden, here below is a short list of ethos forming  mechanism.
 
 
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1703

A law prescribing citizens of Sweden to baptize their children in the  Swedish Lutheran Church, take communion and undergo examination for the knowledge of the catechism

 

1858

It is allowed to gather privately and have a prayer meeting without the presence of a priest from the Swedish Lutheran Church

 

1860

It is allowed to a civil servant not to be a member of the State Church

 

1863

Citizens are allowed to leave the Swedish Lutheran Church without punishment by the expulsion from Sweden

 

1930

99,7% of the population of Sweden are members of the Swedish Lutheran Church

 

1951

The teachers of the primary school don't need to be members of the Swedish Church

 

2015

79% of the Swedish population belong to some religious congregation

 

 

.It is expected that the prime minister of Sweden is a member of the Swedish Lutheran Church