Editing Church of Sweden (section)

== Synodical structure {{anchor|Church politics}}==
{{See also|2021 Swedish Church Assembly elections}}
The Church adopted, at the time that it was still a state church, an administrative structure largely modelled after the state. Direct elections are held to the General Synod ({{langx|sv|Kyrkomötet}}, The Church Assembly), and the diocesan and parish ({{langx|sv|Församling}}) assemblies (and in some cases, confederation of parishes ({{langx|sv|kyrklig samfällighet}}, 'church association') assemblies and directly elected parish councils). The electoral system is the same as used in the Swedish parliamentary or municipal elections (see [[Elections in Sweden]]). To vote in the Church general elections, one must be member of the Church of Sweden, at minimum 16 years of age, and [[Population registration in Sweden|nationally registered as living in Sweden]].

The groups that take part in the elections are called [[nominating groups]] ({{langx|sv|nomineringsgrupper}}). In some cases the nationwide [[political party|political parties]] take part in the elections, such as the [[Swedish Social Democratic Party|Social Democrats]] and the [[Centre Party (Sweden)|Centre Party]]. After the formal separation of Church of Sweden from the State of [[Sweden]], the growing tendency in the elections is towards independent parties forming for candidature, either based on a political conviction, for example [[Folkpartister i Svenska kyrkan]] founded by [[Liberal People's Party (Sweden)|Liberal People's Party]] members, or a pure church party such as the political independents' [[Partipolitiskt obundna i Svenska kyrkan]] (POSK) and [[Frimodig kyrka]].