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The Church of Sweden announced on Tuesday, October 15 that it had elected a woman as its leader for the first time in the institution’s history. The Bishop of Lund, Antje Jackelen, won 55.9% of the votes from the 324-strong ecclesiastical college and will replace the current archbishop Anders Wejryd. The 58-year-old bishop is married to a priest and has two children. About two thirds of Swedes are members of the Lutheran Church of Sweden, which separated from the state in the year 2000.
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