Yngve Kalin

Who is Yngve Kalin?

Yngve Kalin, a Swedish priest in Hyssna and one of the leaders of the traditionalist movement in the Church of Sweden. He was the author of the so called Priest’s Declaration 2005 renouncing the decision by the Church Assembly to introduce an official order of blessing for registered partnerships. The Declaration, that was signed by 865 Swedish priests, states: “We … consider this decision to be contrary to that order of cohabitation and marriage which God, through his Word, has revealed to us, and which is defined as a relationship between a man and a woman. The Word of God does not permit us to bless any other type of relationship as a couple.”

Yngve Kalin is the Chairman of the Church Coalition for the Bible and Confession, a national organization similar to Anglican Forward in Faith, formed in 1958 by Bishop Bo Giertz and was the Editor in Charge of Svensk Pastoraltidskrift between 2005-2009, a by-weekly High Church journal containing ecclesiopolitical comments, Bible analysis for sermons and other information relating to the Church of Sweden. After the great Tsunamicatastrophe in Thailand 2004 he was one of the priests sent there to assist the many Swedish tourists who were among the victims and functioned as a coordinator for the work of the Church of Sweden in the region the second week after the catastrophe.