Listen…Believe…Care…Protect
13 May 2021 | Stockholm, Sweden [Karen Holford] From 4-6 May, more than 160 people from 27 countries gathered together online to learn how to listen, to believe, to care and to protect the children and adults who have experienced domestic abuse.
Read MoreDecisions
28 February 2019 | Stockholm, Sweden [Siri Bjerkan Karlsson] "Siri, you should be working in development." It was my uncle speaking. Odd Jordal started ADRA in Scandinavia and I was working as his secretary for one year, taking an extended gap between finishing school and starting university. I had just returned from two years working…
Read MoreOpera Singer’s Mansion turned into Adventist TV Studio in Sweden
11 September 2018 | Hagegården, Sweden [Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission with Victor Hulbert] Three hundred guests celebrated the miracle story at the opening of LifeStyleTV’s new headquarters at Hagegården, Sweden on 8 September 2018.
Read MoreMultiple launch for Hope Channel Sweden
23 May 2018 | Stockholm, Sweden [Rainer Refsbäck] On February 10, 2018, Seventh-day Adventist churches in Sweden celebrated the official premiere of Hope Channel Sweden. Rather than having a grand opening ceremony at some fancy media centre, the celebration was held across all the local congregations.
Read MoreNordic Deans focus on counselling for 3-day seminar
24 November 2017 | Ekebyholm, Sweden [Peter Bo Bohsen] The stunning setting of Ekebyholm Adventist boarding school, a 400-year-old castle, provided a serene background for three days of Nordic Deans’ Meetings, 7 – 9 November 2017
Read MoreGround-breaking expansion for new LifeStyleTV studio for Scandinavia
13 November 2017 | Malmo, Sweden [Tor Tjeransen] LifeStyleTV, a privately-owned television station based in Sweden, broke ground on Sunday, 5 November to start the development of a brand new television studio. Claus Nybo, the founder and director of the station, sees this as another miracle in the life of the station that has been airing…
Read MoreRespectful debate and new leadership in Swedish Church elections
10 July 2017 | Ekebyholmsskolan, Sweden [Rainer Refsbäck] Pastor Robert “Bobby” Sjölander is to lead the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Sweden for the next four years, replacing former President, Göran Hansen, who retired at their Union Session, 4 – 8 July.
Read MoreHerbert Blomstedt at 90: the Sabbath gives his life rhythm
10 July 2017 | Ekebyholm, Sweden [Rainer Refsbäck] Nobody would think badly of Maestro Herbert Blomstedt, now in the evening of life, if he decided to slow down his pace a little. On Tuesday, 11 July he celebrates his 90th birthday, yet his plans include conducting 90 concerts this year in venues all around the…
Read MoreTerrorist attack in Stockholm condemned
7 April 2017 | Stockholm [Rainer Refsbäck] Once again, Europe has suffered a cowardly terrorist attack in which innocent people have been mown down by a hijacked vehicle, this time in central Stockholm. The Union office of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the Stockholm Central Adventist Church is located only just over a block from…
Read MoreAdventist Church in Sweden awarded the Vego Prize
3 April 2017 | Stockholm, Sweden [Rainer Refsbäck] The Christian vegetarian association “The Wild Donkey” (Vildåsnan), has awarded the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Sweden the Vego Prize (“Vegopriset”). The award, founded several years ago, goes to an organisation or person who has done something positive for animals because of their Christian faith, or who have…
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