September 21, 2025
Church election 2025
S was the largest nomination group with 28.10 % of the votes and 71 of 249 seats. Turnout was 18.84 %.
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Every four years, members of the Church of Sweden elect representatives to the General Synod, the diocesan councils and their own parish or pastorate. This section covers the General Synod and diocesan council elections since 2001, with parishes from 2013.
September 19, 2021
Church election 2021
S was the largest nomination group with 27.50 % of the votes and 70 of 249 seats. Turnout was 18.39 %.
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Church election 2017
S was the largest nomination group with 30.34 % of the votes and 76 of 249 seats. Turnout was 19.08 %.
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Church election 2013
S was the largest nomination group with 29.37 % of the votes and 73 of 249 seats. Turnout was 12.76 %.
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Church election 2009
S was the largest nomination group with 28.32 % of the votes and 71 of 251 seats. Turnout was 11.87 %.
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Church election 2005
S was the largest nomination group with 27.93 % of the votes and 71 of 251 seats. Turnout was 12.03 %.
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Church election 2001
S was the largest nomination group with 29.40 % of the votes and 74 of 251 seats. Turnout was 14.19 %.
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General Synod 2001–2025
Share of the national vote, with seats below. The name is the group's latest.
| Nomination group | 2025 | 2021 | 2017 | 2013 | 2009 | 2005 | 2001 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SArbetarepartiet - Socialdemokraterna | 28.1 %71 seats | 27.5 %70 seats | 30.3 %76 seats | 29.4 %73 seats | 28.3 %71 seats | 27.9 %71 seats | 29.4 %74 seats |
| POSKPartipolitiskt obundna i Svenska kyrkan | 17.5 %45 seats | 19.3 %47 seats | 17.1 %43 seats | 15.3 %38 seats | 13.2 %33 seats | 13.6 %34 seats | 14.4 %36 seats |
| CCenterpartiet | 8.9 %22 seats | 10.9 %30 seats | 13.7 %34 seats | 11.9 %30 seats | 13.8 %34 seats | 16.3 %41 seats | 17.3 %43 seats |
| BKSBorgerlig kristen samverkan | 8.4 %21 seats | 8.0 %20 seats | 8.8 %22 seats | 12.6 %31 seats | 16.2 %41 seats | 17.8 %45 seats | 18.9 %48 seats |
| DGSKDe Gröna i Svenska kyrkan | 7.5 %19 seats | 3.3 %8 seats | 2.4 %6 seats | 4.7 %12 seats | 3.2 %8 seats | 1.7 %4 seats | – |
| ViSKVänstern i Svenska kyrkan | 6.4 %16 seats | 7.6 %19 seats | 3.8 %9 seats | 2.4 %6 seats | 1.2 %3 seats | 1.1 %3 seats | 1.8 %4 seats |
| ÖKAÖppen kyrka -- en kyrka för alla | 6.3 %16 seats | 5.5 %13 seats | 4.4 %11 seats | 4.6 %11 seats | 3.3 %8 seats | 2.9 %7 seats | 1.3 %3 seats |
| SDSKSverigedemokrater i Svenska kyrkan | 6.3 %16 seats | 7.8 %19 seats | 9.3 %24 seats | 6.0 %15 seats | 2.9 %7 seats | 1.7 %4 seats | 0.8 %2 seats |
| FKFrimodig kyrka | 3.5 %9 seats | 3.5 %8 seats | 4.0 %10 seats | 4.8 %12 seats | 5.1 %13 seats | 2.9 %7 seats | – |
| FiSKFria liberaler i Svenska kyrkan FiSK | 3.3 %8 seats | 1.6 %4 seats | 2.9 %7 seats | 3.3 %8 seats | 5.3 %13 seats | 6.0 %15 seats | 5.8 %15 seats |
| HoJHimmel och Jord | 2.2 %6 seats | 0.6 %1 seats | – | – | – | – | – |
| AfSAlternativ för Sverige | 1.7 %0 seats | 1.3 %3 seats | – | – | – | – | – |
| KRKristdemokrater i Svenska kyrkan | – | 2.7 %7 seats | 3.0 %7 seats | 4.8 %12 seats | 7.0 %18 seats | 6.7 %17 seats | 9.5 %24 seats |
| TPTrygghetspartiet i Svenska kyrkan | – | – | 0.0 %0 seats | 0.2 %0 seats | 0.4 %1 seats | 0.6 %1 seats | – |
| GGABRIEL | – | – | – | – | – | 0.5 %1 seats | 0.3 %1 seats |
| GkGröna Kristna | – | 0.2 %0 seats | 0.2 %0 seats | – | – | – | – |
| KysVKyrklig samverkan i Visby stift | – | 0.1 %0 seats | 0.1 %0 seats | 0.2 %1 seats | 0.2 %1 seats | 0.2 %1 seats | 0.2 %1 seats |
| UIKUng i Kyrkan | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.2 %0 seats |
| KySPersonvalslistan Kyrkligt(KyS)Samarbete | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.1 %0 seats |
| VägenVägen | – | – | 0.1 %0 seats | – | – | – | – |
| SFKVSkanör Falsterbo Kyrkans Väl | – | – | – | 0.0 %0 seats | 0.1 %0 seats | – | 0.1 %0 seats |
| CamelotCamelotpartiet | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.1 %0 seats |
| ESLFElävä seurakunta -- Levande församling | – | – | – | – | – | 0.1 %0 seats | – |
About the figures
The church election chooses three levels on the same day: the General Synod (the Church of Sweden's highest decision-making body), a diocesan council in each of the thirteen dioceses, and parish or pastorate councils. Members aged 16 or over may vote. This section covers the General Synod and the diocesan councils, the local elections are not included yet.
The General Synod has 251 members and the dioceses are constituencies. Since 2013 two members are chosen by the parishes abroad in indirect elections, so 249 seats are allocated by the votes. From 2025 a group needs at least 2 percent of the national vote to win seats.
Nomination groups are compared across years the same way as on the Church of Sweden's results site, also when they changed name. The Moderate Party's group became Borgerligt alternativ in 2013 and Borgerlig kristen samverkan in 2025, the Liberal group became Fria liberaler i Svenska kyrkan and the Green group became De Gröna i Svenska kyrkan. The tables show the name the group had that year.
Source: Church of Sweden election results, the results site (votes and seats nationally and per diocese) and the Excel files by parish.