[3] In 1959, Pentecostal pastor Donald Bergagård visited Norwegian Aage Samuelsen's Maran Ata meetings in Oslo.
In the 1960s, a 13-year-old diabetic boy from Vaggeryd died after his parents, members of the Maranata movement, refused the use of insulin and medical treatment.
[8] Their television broadcasts, featuring ecstatic speaking in tongues, crying, and the laying on of hands, were described in the media as "unpleasant" or "creepy" (Norwegian: uhyggelig).
[15][14] The Maranata movement also advocates that corporal punishment of one's children should be permissible because they believe that God's commandment in this case is above the law.
[16][14] In a 2016 statement from the Maranata congregation in Stockholm, it was stated that the movement does not use corporal punishment on children,[17] but questions the substance of any legislation aimed at weakening the role of the family in society.