Editing Church of Sweden (section)

==Partner churches==
The Church of Sweden is a founding member of the [[Lutheran World Federation]], formed in [[Lund]], Sweden in 1947. [[Anders Nygren]], later the [[List of bishops of Lund|Bishop of Lund]], served as the first President of the Lutheran World Federation.<ref name="The Lutheran World Federation 1947">{{cite web | title=History of the LWF | website=The Lutheran World Federation | date=6 July 1947 | url=https://www.lutheranworld.org/who-we-are/history-lwf | access-date=22 May 2023}}</ref>

Since 1994, the Church of Sweden has been part of the [[Porvoo Communion]], bringing it into full Communion with the [[Anglican Communion|Anglican churches]] of the [[British Isles]] and the [[Iberian Peninsula]], together with the other Lutheran churches of the Nordic nations and the Baltic states. In 1995, full communion was achieved with the [[Philippine Independent Church]]. Since 2015, the Church of Sweden has also been in full communion with the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]] of the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.generalconvention.org/gc/2015-resolutions/B004/current_english_text|title=The General Convention of the Episcopal Church|date=1 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150601233546/http://www.generalconvention.org/gc/2015-resolutions/B004/current_english_text |archive-date=1 June 2015 }}</ref>

In 2016, the Church of Sweden reached full communion with the [[Old Catholic]] churches within the [[Union of Utrecht (Old Catholic)|Union of Utrecht]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.utrechter-union.org/fman/851.pdf|title=Agreement|access-date=11 July 2018|archive-date=11 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711185448/https://www.utrechter-union.org/fman/851.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>