SWEDEN
(See also Lapland; Nobel Prize; Swedish [Language])
(Note centered heading below: Jehovah’s Witnesses)
abortion: g88 4/8 26
alcohol seized by customs fuels transport: g 6/08 30
animals:
brown bear: g89 5/8 24-27
elk: g96 5/22 29
reindeer to be killed because of radiation levels: g87 1/22 29
archaeology:
rock carvings showing evergreen trees: g 12/11 12-13
birds:
great gray (Lapland) owl: g00 8/22 18-19
capital: yb91 116
children:
effect of parental separation: g86 7/8 5-6
illegitimate: g88 11/8 30; g86 7/8 3
seminar “Child’s Right to Spiritual Development” (2008): w10 2/15 29
description: w95 5/15 8; yb91 119-120
divorce: g86 7/8 5, 8, 10
food:
cloudberries: g03 11/8 31
surströmming: g00 7/8 30; g99 7/8 25-27
government: yb91 120
history: yb91 117-118
King Charles IX: g03 6/22 31
King Gustav Adolph II:
armor with divine name: w11 1/15 5, 7
language: yb91 116
law:
Christian neutrals: yb91 164-167
dangerous drivers: g88 1/8 5
withdrawal from State Church allowed: yb91 167
Lutheran State Church:
baptism campaign: g96 8/8 29
Church-State relationship to end: g99 12/8 28; w97 4/1 30; g96 8/8 29
decline: w97 4/1 30; w90 5/15 20; yb88 56-57
law permits withdrawal from: yb91 167
priests win overtime pay: w87 10/15 21
same-sex marriages in church: g 9/10 29
Witness district overseer speaks at seminars: yb88 56-57
maps: yb91 116; w90 5/15 22
marriage: g86 7/8 3-5, 10
breakup of paperless marriages: g87 1/8 29
study on effects of premarital sex: g88 3/8 29
medicine:
doctors urged to respect Witness stand on blood: w90 5/15 23
resuming smoking: g02 6/8 29
paper manufacture: g90 2/8 24-27
pollution:
toxic waste production: g88 5/8 7
population: yb91 116
immigration: yb91 120
pornography: g86 12/22 4
attitude toward churches: g02 4/22 4
beliefs: g02 4/22 8
Bible Codex Argenteus (Gothic): w94 5/15 9
Bible reading decline: g87 5/8 29
bishop predicts end of belief in immortality of the soul: g88 8/22 29-30
church attendance: g02 4/22 6; g94 2/8 28
divine name used by monarchs: g03 6/22 31
freedom of worship: yb91 167
science:
paper having strength of iron: g 3/09 29
smoking:
woman dies from passive: g86 12/8 30
Stockholm International Forum on the Holocaust (2000): g01 5/8 12-13
suicide prevention: g94 3/8 29
tax evasion: w88 2/15 3
Vasa war ship (1628): g00 4/8 24-25
World Congress Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children: g99 4/8 3; g97 4/8 11-15
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Assembly Halls: yb95 24; yb91 183
Stockholm area: jv 331
bicycles: yb91 142-146
blood issue:
“Doctors Learned From My Near Death”: g95 12/22 25-27
“Our Little Linda’s Defective Heart”: g86 4/8 18-20
boats: yb91 146
Branch Committee: yb91 178
branch office: jv 383
Arboga: g90 2/8 26
Arboga (1980): w95 5/15 9; jv 334; yb91 116, 176-177, 180-181
Jakobsberg (1954): yb91 170-171, 180
Örebro (1907): yb91 127
Stockholm (1901): yb91 122-123
Stockholm (1905): yb91 127
Stockholm (1926): yb91 139-140
Stockholm (1929): yb91 139-141
branch office having oversight:
Northern European Office (Denmark) (1925): yb07 179; yb91 135
Scandinavia Branch (Denmark) (2012- ): yb13 13
branch overseers: yb91 127, 134-137; w88 3/1 13
brothers reunited: yb91 138
centenarian: yb11 67; w07 1/15 32
children: yb91 150
circuit work: yb91 179, 182; w86 12/1 26-27
clergy opposition: yb91 152-153
clergy side with: yb91 165
colporteurs: yb91 121-126, 131-134, 141-146
commendation from Pentecostals: w90 5/15 21
congregations: yb91 122-123, 153, 172-173, 183
conventions: w97 10/1 22; yb96 11; yb93 87-88, 120; yb91 122, 124, 135, 149, 170-171; w90 1/15 29; yb90 142-143, 160
quotes: g88 1/22 19-20; g86 12/22 27
court cases: yb91 161-162
district overseer speaks at State Church seminars: yb88 56-57
district work: w07 12/1 15-16; yb91 182
doctors urged to respect stand on blood: w90 5/15 23
early witnessing: w95 5/15 9; jv 407-408; yb91 121-123
exempt from military service: jv 194; yb91 165-167; w90 5/15 23
field ministry:
hours since 1982: jv 383
minibus: w95 5/15 9
Finnish-speaking: yb90 187
funeral talks: yb91 139
Gilead attendees: w97 4/1 30-31; jv 541; yb91 179-180
growth: kr 96; yb91 148, 152-153, 157, 169, 172-173, 178, 183-185
hospital worker forestalls sexual advances: yb08 23
immigrant field: jv 383, 497; yb91 171-174, 183
congregations: yb91 172-173
isolated areas reached: yb91 144-146
Kingdom Halls: w95 5/15 8
Lapps: yb91 174-175
legal matters:
economic benefits as religious organization (2012- ): yb16 40-41
legal recognition as religion (2000): yb01 21
taxation: yb16 32
marriages performed by: yb91 175, 178
meetings: yb91 122
Ministerial Training School: yb93 26-27
modern history: yb91 116-185
neutrality: yb91 161-167; w90 5/15 23
newspapers denounce: yb91 152
persons:
Andersson, Elin: yb91 131
Börjesson, David: yb91 146-148
Carlsson, Åke: yb91 178
Davidsson, Håkan and Helene: lfs article 17
Dey, William: yb91 138-139
Edberg, Charles: yb91 126
Eneroth, Johan Henrik: yb91 133, 136-138, 155-156, 178; w89 3/1 13
Eriksson, Lars-Erik: yb91 172-173
Evaldsson, Anne-Marie: g97 4/22 26-27
Grahn, Rune: yb91 178, 183-184
Gustavsson, Arthur: yb91 129; w86 12/1 25-27
Gustavsson, Mirjam: yb91 142-144
Gustavsson, Rosa: yb91 129, 142-144
Hanson, Bengt: yb91 178-180
Heinstedt, Gunnar: yb91 181
Helgesson, Ulf: w95 11/1 22-25
Hulthén, Elis: yb91 146-148
Johansson, Erik V.: yb91 162
Johansson, P. J.: jv 408; yb91 123
Johansson, Werner: yb91 161-162
Josefsson, Éva: w98 6/1 28-31
Kassholm, Mats and Ann-Catrin: w25.09 26-27
Kjellberg, Gustaf: yb91 151
Larsson, Sven-Eric: yb91 159, 161
Lignell, Ernst: yb91 133-134
Lindros, Matilda: yb91 124-125
Lundborg, August and Ebba: jv 408; yb91 121-127, 134-136; yb90 141-142
Lundquist, Maja: yb91 132-133
Nilsson, Börje: kr 96
Nordström, Erik: yb91 182-183
Palm, Ebba: yb91 132
Palm, Ellen: yb91 132
Pertot, Celo: g97 8/22 12-15; yb91 173
Pramberg, Jack: w07 12/1 12-16; yb91 159
Richardson, Axel and Asta: yb91 144-146
Rud, Axel Gustaf: yb91 123
Svensson, Rolf: yb91 161
Thunberg, Lennart: yb91 170-171
Wenderquist, Martin: yb91 139
Wickbom, Anna: yb91 132
Wihlborg, Ingvar: yb91 151-152
Winter, Sophus: jv 408
phonographs: yb91 155-157
“Photo-Drama of Creation”: yb91 130-132
pioneers: yb91 141-142, 146-148, 150-154, 161-162, 172, 179, 183-185; w86 12/1 25-27
special pioneers: yb91 153
places:
Arboga: yb91 176-177, 180-181
Göteborg: yb91 128-129, 172
Hjo: w95 5/15 9; yb91 146-147
Jakobsberg: yb91 170-171, 180
Jämtland: yb91 144-146
Karlstad: yb91 128
Örebro: yb91 127, 130, 135, 137, 161
Stockholm: yb91 122-123, 127, 160, 172
Sturkö: yb91 121
printing: jv 590; yb91 171, 182-183
prison run by: yb91 163-164
publications:
booklet Fighting for Liberty on the Home Front: yb91 152
book “Let God Be True”: yb91 168
booklet Millions Now Living Will Never Die!: yb91 134
book Salvation: yb91 175
book series Millennial Dawn: jv 408
book Studies in the Scriptures, Series I: yb91 119
book Studies in the Scriptures, Series II: yb91 121
book Studies in the Scriptures, Series IV: yb91 136
book Studies in the Scriptures, Series VII: yb91 129-130
languages: jv 383
magazine I Morgonväkten (In the Morning Watch): yb91 124
magazine The Watchtower: yb91 123-124, 129, 134
newsletter Bulletin (Our Kingdom Ministry): yb91 138, 150, 154
tract Do You Know?: yb91 123
tract Where Are the Dead?: yb91 134
Watchtower to Denmark during Nazi era: w89 3/1 12
Watchtower to Switzerland during Nazi era: yb87 163-164
quality of life improved: w90 5/15 21-22
radio interviews: yb91 168-169
radio use denied: yb91 168
refugees: yb93 10
relief work:
for Finland branch (1945): yb90 177-178
for Soviet Union countries (1991-1992): w93 2/1 20; yb93 11-13, 15
service experiences: w95 5/15 8; yb94 49; yb91 136-137, 139, 141-148, 151, 153-157, 159, 161, 173-174; w90 5/15 21-23; w86 12/1 26-27
90-year-old photographer of churches: yb06 64
Bulgarian headshake misunderstood: yb15 70-71
former Bible student phones: yb13 66-67
Holocaust exhibition (1999): w02 2/1 13
prays for direction in life: yb16 72
Somali woman welcomed at meeting: yb14 69-71
Stand Firm video: yb99 23
street witnessing: yb91 159-161
Swedish Tract Fund (1883): yb91 119
testimony card: yb91 154-155
Theocratic Ministry School: yb91 157-159
trucks: yb91 146-148
visits by—
Barber, C. W.: yb95 24
Franz, F. W.: yb91 176
Henschel, M. G.: yb91 172, 181
Jaracz, T.: yb95 24
Knorr, N. H.: yb91 170-171
Macmillan, A. H.: yb91 134-135
Russell, C. T.: jv 406; yb91 124-125, 127-128; yb90 145
Rutherford, J. F.: yb12 104; w97 10/1 22; yb93 87-88; yb91 128, 135; yb90 160; w86 12/1 25
Wise, C. A.: yb91 135
withdrawal from State Church: yb91 167-168
World War I: yb91 128-130
World War II: yb91 150-152
Hitler is sent telegrams: yb91 148-149
meeting with correspondence censor in Denmark: w89 3/1 13