Religion in Scandinavia

RT 1111 Religion in Scandinavia

Reading list Spring 2026

Berntson, Martin (2016). “Popular Belief and the Disruption of Religious Practices in Reformation Sweden”, in Tuomas M.S. Lehtonen & al. (eds), Re-forming Texts, Music, and Church Art in the Early Modern North. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press (pp. 43–64). 21 p.

Frisk, Liseotte, Höllinger, Franz & Åkerbäck, Peter (2014). “Size and Structure of the Holistic Milieu: A Comparison of Local Mapping Studies in Austria and Sweden”. Journal of Contemporary Religion 29(2), pp.303-314.

Grell, Ole Peter (1995/2010). “Introduction”, in Ole Peter Grell (ed.), The Scandinavian Reformation: From Evangelical Movement to Institutionalization of Reform. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (pp.1–11). 11 p.

Lewis, James R. & Bårdsen Tøllefsen, Inga (2015). “Introduction”, in Lewis, James R. & Bårdsen Tøllefsen, Inga (eds.) Handbook of Nordic New Religions. Leiden: Brill.

Moberg, Jessica & Skjoldli, Jane (2018). “Introduction”, in Moberg, Jessica & Skjoldli, Jane. (eds.) Charismatic Christianity in Finland, Norway and Sweden: Case Studies of Historical and Contemporary Developments. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 1-21.

Reintoft Christensen, Henrik (2023) “The Role of Flowers in the Personalization of Christian Funerals in Denmark”, Approaching Religion, 13(1), pp. 90-104.

Stensvold, Anne (2018). “Paving the Way for Pentecostalism: A Historical Exploration of Post-Reformation Revivals in Norway”, in Moberg, Jessica & Skjoldli, Jane. (eds.) Charismatic Christianity in Finland, Norway and Sweden: Case Studies of Historical and Contemporary Developments. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan (pp 25-47) 22 p.

Thurfjell, David & Remmel, Atko (2023). “’The Forest is My Church’: Christianity, Secularization and Love of Nature in a Northern European Existential Field”, Religion. Published online 2023.06.12.

Wirén, Jakob (2023). “Until death do us part? Swedish cemeteries from an inter-faith and no-faith perspective”, Approaching Religion, 13(1), pp. 123-137.

Zuckerman, Phil (2009). ”Why are Danes and Swedes so Irreligious?” Nordic Journal of Religion and Society 22 (1): 55-69.