The interest in Jesus and the Christian faith among young people in Sweden, which has become increasingly noticeable in recent years, remains strong.
Olof Edsinger, Secretary General of the Swedish Evangelical Alliance, said this in an interview with Christian Daily International, according to the inVictory news portal.
In 2025, the results of a study involving 17,000 young Swedes revealed an unusual level of interest in religion. Survey participants were asked to name influential figures who they believed would shape future trends. Jesus was among those named.
The study was conducted by Youth Barometer, an organisation that examines young people’s attitudes and behaviour. The survey was carried out in 2024, with the results published in 2025.
“Interest in religion among young people has been gradually increasing for some time, and 2025 appears to have been a period when more and more people began to believe in a higher power,” the report said.
Following the publication of the study, Swedish researchers and church publications began examining whether this interest was a short-lived phenomenon or evidence of a more significant shift in young people’s attitudes towards religion.
According to Edsinger, interest in Jesus among young Swedes remains strong. He noted that young people continue to participate actively in confirmation classes, while Christian events for young people are attracting more participants than before.
We previously reported that, according to a new study conducted by the Danish Bible Society, a growing number of young Danes are taking an interest in matters of faith, reading the Bible and attending church services. The findings were presented in the report “God and the Danes: An Analysis of Faith 2026,” published in spring 2026. The study, based on a survey of 3,000 people in Denmark, shows that religiosity among young people is noticeably higher than among older generations.
As LF reported, the number of believers is declining in traditionally Christian regions. These findings are contained in the “Status of Global Christianity 2026” report prepared by the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in the United States.
A study involving more than 24,000 Christian churchgoers in the United States found that church attendance had increased five years after the pandemic. The report was prepared by Faith Communities Today as part of a project examining the impact of the pandemic on church congregations.
