Cited, but not provided.
I will, as soon as you can provide this imaginary census of yours.
I already mentioned that I used the word census wrong, and the fact that you keep arguing about this census just shows us how little you actually know.
I did some research so I'll spell it out for ya.
No census has been made in Sweden since 1990.
No census, or civil register has ever registered religious affiliation in Sweden, thus polls is the only source of information we've got when it comes to these things.
However, I'm willing to give you the benefit of doubt, so I'll wait until you provide your source before I dismiss your argument as sheer ignorance.
In the meantime, I'll provide this:
Source:
- You are only allowed to post URLs to other sites after you have made 15 posts or more. will get back to this once I got the right to post links.
Even if we go by the lowest estimate (46%) it would only allow for a christian population of 54% which entirely defeats your argument that 70-80% of the population are lutheran christians. This is also discounting other minorities which would bring the number even further down.
Of course you could move the goalposts and claim that it is still (note: with the most conservative estimates around) a majority of the population that is religious, which is entirely irrelevant as the original claim was that Sweden was one of the countries with the largest percentage of nonbelievers, not that Sweden had a non-religious majority (which according to most polls I've seen, it does, but lets ignore that for now).
Historically though, I'd have to say that Sweden has hardly been a shining beacon of secularism and religious freedom. As secularism is a relatively recent thing, (for instance, converting from the state religion to non-christian religions was illegal until 1951 if memory serves. And as have already been pointed out, automatic membership was given to the church to everyone until 1996.