title: 2021 Swedish Church Assembly elections
text: # 2021 Swedish Church Assembly elections
  
  The Swedish Church Assembly elections were held on 19 September 2021. All 251 seats in the General Synod of the Church of Sweden were up for election, as well as local governing bodies.
  
  In church elections in Sweden all members of the Church of Sweden over the age of 16 may vote. It takes through proportional representation by lists presented by nominating groups, many of which are political parties or affiliated with political parties. The election is for the governing bodies of the Church of Sweden at the parish, diocese, and national level.
  
  