2000
Left bloc · SChurch and state separate after five centuries of union.
2000 infographic: Church and state separate after five centuries of union.
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Highlights
- Church disestablishment: On 1 January, the Church of Sweden was formally separated from the Swedish state — ending nearly 500 years of official state religion — in the most significant institutional religious reform of the modern era.
- Film and culture: Swedish cinema gained international attention: Liv Ullmann's "Faithless", scripted by Ingmar Bergman, premiered at Cannes in May, and Josef Fares released his debut comedy "Jalla! Jalla!" in December.
- Nordic noir momentum: Henning Mankell published further Wallander novels, cementing Sweden's growing global reputation for crime fiction — a cultural export that would reshape the publishing industry over the following decade.
Events in this year
2000-01-01 Church disestablishment 2000 Church disestablishment: On 1 January, the Church of Sweden was formally separated from the Swedish state — ending nearly 500 years of official state religion — in the most significant institutional religious reform of the modern era. Reform 2000-07-01 The Øresund Bridge opens between Sweden and Denmark Øresundsbron records that the bridge was inaugurated on 1 July 2000 and officially opened by the Swedish and Danish monarchs. Infrastructure