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Dealignment and secularization: Religious voting in Sweden, 1988-2023
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Political Science. Linnaeus University, Linnaeus Knowledge Environments, A Questioned Democracy. (LNU-POP;FoRoP)ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0404-9496
2024 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation only (Refereed)
Sustainable development
SDG 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
Abstract [en]

This study investigates religious dealignment in Sweden by analyzing changes in the correlation between attendance at religious services and party preferences from the late 1980s to the early 2020s, in conjunction with key indicators of secularization. The study addresses three research questions:

1. Has the frequency of religious service attendance among Swedes decreased?

2. Has the religious commitment of regular attendees at religious services declined in Sweden?

3. Has the correlation between Swedes’ party preferences and religious service attendance weakened?

The data consist of surveys of Swedish voters conducted 1988-2023. The findings indicate increased religious dealignment and secularization among the already extremely secular Swedish population. The proportion of voters who attend religious services decreases and the relation between attendance at religious services and party preferences declines. However, this dealignment is not explained by internal secularization among regular attendees of religious services.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2024. p. 1-35
Keywords [en]
politics, religion, party preferences, secularization, dealignment, internal secularization
National Category
Political Science
Research subject
Social Sciences, Political Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-132086OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-132086DiVA, id: diva2:1891889
Conference
ECPR General Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 12-15 August, 2024
Projects
Religiös förändring i SverigeAvailable from: 2024-08-23 Created: 2024-08-23 Last updated: 2025-01-15Bibliographically approved

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