Kyrkogångsplikt

Kyrkogångsplikt (literally 'church attendance duty') was the legal obligation of the population in Sweden (and Finland) to attend weekly mass.

The obligation to attend church was abolished in Sweden with the 1809 Instrument of Government, but continued in Finland for some time. At the same time, the formal compulsion to take communion ended. The abolition thus marked a first step towards religious freedom in Sweden.