Chisago County is a county in the east-central part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The county covers an area of 442 square miles and, as of the 2020 Census, had a population of 56,621 people. It is part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county's largest city is North Branch. Within Chisago County is the Chisago Lakes area, which includes the combined areas of Shafer, Chisago City, Lindström, and Center City. Center City is the county seat. The county has a diverse economy, including manufacturing, agriculture, and tourism.
Jönköping County is a county or län in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Halland, Västra Götaland, Östergötland, Kalmar and Kronoberg. The total county population was 356,291 inhabitants in September 2017. The capital and largest city is Jönköping. About one quarter of the total county population lives in the combined Jönköping-Huskvarna urban area around the southern point of Lake Vättern.
Västergötland, also known as West Gothland or the Latinized version Westrogothia in older literature, is one of the 25 traditional non-administrative provinces of Sweden, situated in the southwest of Sweden.
The Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC) is an evangelical denomination with Pietist Lutheran roots. The denomination has 129,015 members in 878 congregations and an average worship attendance of 219,000 people in the United States and Canada with ministries on five continents.
Habo is a locality and the seat of Habo Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 12,216 inhabitants in 2019. Habo Church is located circa 4 kilometres to the southwest.
Arne Olsson was a Swedish Lutheran bishop. He was the first bishop of the Mission Province, serving from 2005 until 2010.
The Mission Covenant Church of Sweden, founded in 1878, was a Swedish evangelical free church in the Radical Pietist tradition. It was the second-largest Protestant denomination in Sweden, after the national church, the Church of Sweden. In 2011, the Mission Covenant Church of Sweden completed a merger with two other denominations, resulting in the new denomination Uniting Church in Sweden. The denomination was a member of the Swedish Free Church Council, the International Federation of Free Evangelical Churches, and the World Communion of Reformed Churches.
Carl Gustav Boberg was a Swedish poet, preacher, government official and member of parliament, best known for writing the Swedish-language poem "O Store Gud" from which the English language-hymn "How Great Thou Art" is derived.
Habo Church in Habo Parish, Jönköping County, Sweden, is a wooden church building in Habo. It was built in 1680, and received its present appearance in 1723. The church is unique in its architecture, resembling a cathedral although it is built entirely in wood. It is in the form of a basilica, with a high nave and two lower side aisles. The church is nicknamed the "Wooden Cathedral Near Vättern".
According to the official census of 2006, there are 3,669 ethnic Macedonians in Sweden. In 2008, the Swedish immigrant center reported that there are 6,000 Macedonians in Sweden.
The Mission Theater and Pub is a movie theater and pub located in the northwest Portland, Oregon. Formerly a Swedish church and union hall, the theater was re-opened as a McMenamins establishment in 1987. The theater was known for featuring second-run films, until 2019 when a first-run operation was implemented, and for serving beer, wine, and food.
Gustav Adolf Church is a church in Habo Municipality in Sweden. Belonging to the Gustav Adolf Parish of the Church of Sweden, it was moved from Fiskebäck in 1780. On 19 November 1780, the church was inaugurated at its new location.
Trinity Church is a Roman Catholic church in Halmstad in Sweden. It is part of Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Parish within the Catholic Diocese of Stockholm.
Saint John's Church is a church building in Habo in Sweden. Belonging to the Habo Parish of the Church of Sweden, it was inaugurated on 12 September 1993.
Fiskebäck Chapel is a chapel in Fiskebäck in Sweden. Belonging to the Habo Parish of the Church of Sweden, it was inaugurated on 2 December 1939.
The Cecilia Church a church building in Vilhelmsro outside Jönköping in Sweden. It was built in 1880–1881 as a church for the Vilhelmsro Nursing Home. It is named after Ebba Ramsay's youth friend Cecilia Willerding, and was opened in 1903 by Herman Lindström, bishop of Växjö. It later came under supervision by the Vicar of Jönköping, and was renovated in 1963. It later came under the Jönköping County Council, before it was transferred to municipal public housing company Vätterhem, who occasionally rent it out for worship services, including weddings.
The Salem Church in Habo is a church building in Habo, Sweden belonging to the Evangelical Free Church in Sweden. The current church building was opened on 31 May 1991.
The Smyrna Church Habo is a church building in Habo, Sweden. It belongs the Evangelical Free Church in Sweden and was inaugurated on First Advent Sunday 1975.
The Furusjö Alliance Church is a church building in Furusjö, Sweden. It was opened on 28 November 1920 and belongs to the Swedish Alliance Mission.
The Mullsjö Mission Covenant Church is a church building in Mullsjö, Sweden. It belongs to both the Uniting Church in Sweden and the Swedish Alliance Mission. The current building was opened in 1992 and replaced an older building dated back to 1922.
