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MISSIONS IN
Sweden
God is moving in Sweden
The State of Missions in Sweden
Sweden carries a strong revival and missionary heritage, yet modern ministry takes place in one of Europe’s most secular settings. Twenty-two unreached people groups represent about 420,100 people, with Iraqi Arabs the largest listed community. Churches now face a dual task: renew Gospel confidence among post-Christian Swedes while discipling refugees and immigrant communities from the Middle East and Africa.
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11M
POPULATION
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59.6%
CHRISTIANS
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99%
LITERACY
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22
UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUPS
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Arab
Iraqi
LARGEST UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUP
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420K
UNREACHED POPULATION
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Stockholm
CAPITAL CITY
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Stockholm
Gothenburg
Malmö
LARGEST CITIES
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Swedish
Krona
CURRENCY
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Cool temperate to subarctic climate, with mild southern summers, long northern winters, and overall.
CLIMATE
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Swedish
PRIMARY LANGUAGES
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Islam
LARGEST UNREACHED RELIGION
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Bible Translation
Regular Swedish Bible teaching can anchor witness to post-Christian Swedes across Sweden.
Church Planting
Training pastors outside Stockholm can extend healthy churches toward post-Christian Swedes.
Disaster Relief
Church planting remains urgent among Somali, coastal Muslim.
Education
Church planting remains urgent among Somali, coastal Muslim.
Gospel Access
The frontier in Sweden includes 22 UPGs and about 420,100 people, especially Arab, Iraqi.
Human Trafficking
Church planting remains urgent among Somali, coastal Muslim.
Medical Missions
Church planting remains urgent among Somali, coastal Muslim.
Orphans & Vulnerable Children
Church planting remains urgent among Somali, coastal Muslim.
Persecuted Church
Believers serving Sweden should pray with this context in view: freedom is strong; secular assumptions.
Poverty & Justice
Church-led development can help refugee families and households facing pursue durable livelihoods in Sweden.
Unreached People Groups
Millions still have little or no access to the gospel in their language and culture.
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A History of God's Faithfulness in Sweden
Nineteenth-century Swedish revival movements produced Baptist, Mission Covenant, Pentecostal, and free-church traditions; Swedish mission societies later sent workers widely before domestic secularization accelerated. Today’s strongest path is deeper indigenous leadership rather than permanent dependence on outside workers. That history matters because today’s churches must serve post-Christian Swedes and large Middle Eastern and African diasporas with greater local ownership.
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Early Beginnings
Nineteenth-century Swedish revival movements produced Baptist, Mission Covenant, Pentecostal, and free-church traditions.
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1900s
Swedish mission societies later sent workers widely before domestic secularization accelerated.
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Independence Era
In Sweden, leadership now has to emerge from a church shaped by a historically Lutheran country transformed by secularization, revival heritage, and large immigrant and refugee communities; national pastors and lay believers are best positioned to disciple post-Christian Swedes and large Middle Eastern and African diasporas.
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Modern Movement
Contemporary ministry in Sweden now intersects with refugee families and households facing social isolation and isolated elderly people, refugees, and those facing mental-health strain. Churches also need practical readiness for winter storms, flooding, and occasional wildfires.
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Today
Arab, Iraqi anchors Sweden's remaining frontier of about 420,100 unreached people, while freedom is strong; secular assumptions and low church participation are the primary barriers and winter storms, flooding, and occasional wildfires shape ministry.
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