Swedish Church Law 1686
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The Swedish Church Law 1686 was a Swedish law which regulated the relationship between the state and the church in Sweden from 1686 until the Swedish Church Law 1992, as well as in Finland until 1870.
Title page of the first publication, 1687.
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Finnish is a Finnic language of the Uralic language family, spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by ethnic Finns outside of Finland. Finnish is one of the two official languages of
Swedish Church Law 1686
…Svebilius, Haquin Spegel, Carolus Carlsson and Petrus Stjernman. Their revised proposal was adopted as the 1686 Church Law. The law was translated into Finnish by Henrik Florinus in 1688. The Swedish Church Law 1686 abolished canon law and the Law of Uppland church charter. The state, represented by the monarch…
Birch bark letter no. 292 is the oldest known document in any Finnic language.
Mikael Agricola, a 19th-century drawing by Albert Edelfelt
Elias Lönnrot as depicted in a 19th-century caricature – Lönnrot made several journeys to Karelia and Eastern Finland to collect folklore, from which he compiled the Kalevala.
A sign in Savonian dialect: "You don't get cognac here, but fresh wheat buns and good strong Juhla Mokka-brand coffee you will have. Welcome."