Greens in the Church of Sweden
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The Greens in the Church of Sweden (Swedish: De Gröna i Svenska kyrkan, formerly Green Party Members in the Church of Sweden (Swedish: Miljöpartister i Svenska kyrkan De Gröna) is a nomination group that stands in church elections within the Church of Sweden.[1] Ahead of the 2025 church elections, the group changed its name to The Greens in the Church of Sweden, which was decided by the Church Board in the autumn of 2024.
The Green Party in the Church of Sweden ran for the first time in the 2005 church election. They received 1.66 percent of the vote and four seats in the church council.[2] Terence Hongslo was appointed group leader. After the 2009 church election, he was succeeded as group leader in the church council by Ylva Wahlström. During the last few terms of office, Marja Sandin Wester has been group leader.
In the 2009 church election, the Greens in the Church of Sweden received 3.16 percent and doubled the number of seats in the church council to eight.[3] At the diocesan level, the number of seats increased from 8 to 24, distributed among 12 of the 13 dioceses.[4]
Election results for the church council
| Year | Number of votes | Relative share | Number of mandates | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 11,340 | 1.66 % | 4 | [2] |
| 2009 | 20,764 | 3.16 % | 8 | [3] |
| 2013 | 31,880 | 4.69 % | 12 | [5] |
| 2017 | 23,088 | 2.38 % | 6 | [6] |
| 2021 | 28,806 | 3.26 % | 8 | [7] |
| 2025 | 65,053 | 7.46 % | 19 | [8] |
The election results in the 2025 church election represented a sharp increase, to over 65,000 votes, which constituted 7.46 percent of the votes, giving 19 seats in the church council.[8] This represented more than a doubling compared to the 2021 election.[9][10]
References
- ↑ "De Gröna i Svenska kyrkan | kyrkoval". De Gröna i Sv kyrkan (in Swedish). Retrieved 2026-03-23.
- 1 2 "Val till Kyrkomöte - valresultat". kyrkoval.svenskakyrkan.se. Retrieved 2026-03-23.
- 1 2 "Val till Kyrkomöte - valresultat". kyrkoval.svenskakyrkan.se. Retrieved 2026-03-23.
- ↑ "Val till Stiftsfullmäktige - valresultat". kyrkoval.svenskakyrkan.se. Retrieved 2026-03-23.
- ↑ "Val till Kyrkomöte - valresultat". kyrkoval.svenskakyrkan.se. Retrieved 2026-03-23.
- ↑ "Val till Kyrkomöte - valresultat". kyrkoval.svenskakyrkan.se. Retrieved 2026-03-23.
- ↑ "Val till Kyrkomöte - valresultat". kyrkoval.svenskakyrkan.se. Retrieved 2026-03-23.
- 1 2 "Val till Kyrkomöte - valresultat". kyrkoval.svenskakyrkan.se. Retrieved 2026-03-23.
- ↑ Zetterman, Jacob (2025-09-22). "Så slutade kyrkovalet – gröna valsegrar och nationalistiskt fiasko". www.dagen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2026-03-23.
- ↑ Nyheter, S. V. T. (2025-09-21). "Valresultatet i kyrkovalet 2025". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2026-03-23.
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