Parishes of the Church of Sweden

Similar units were used for municipal (landskommun) and cadastral purposes (jordebokssocknar or jordregistersocknar) until the 20th century.

The civil parish handled municipal tasks, but the congregation still retained a significant share of influence, including responsibility for schools.

On 1 July 1991, the Swedish Tax Agency took over the remaining duties related to the population register from the parishes.

The Church of Sweden was separated from the Swedish state on 1 January 2000, but its parishes are still used in official statistics.

[1] However, this ended on 1 January 2016 when Sweden introduced secular registration districts instead.