History

Freemasonry came to Sweden in 1735, with a Grand Lodge established 1760. In 1756 Carl Friedrich Eckleff, Cancellie-Rådet established the first St Andrew's lodge in Stockholm to work additional degrees, beyond the three initial degrees of Craft Freemasonry. A Grand Chapter was erected in 1759. Eckleff's ideas of a truly progressive system building upon the internationally recognised three degrees (of Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft, and Master Mason) was further developed by Duke Karl of Södermanland, who later became Karl XIII, Kung av Sverige och Norge. As Grand Master of the Swedish Order of Freemasons he developed the system, which by 1800 had fully evolved into the Swedish Rite system, which has since experienced only very minor development. The Swedish system has since spread to Finland (under Swedish control), and also to Norway, Denmark, and Iceland under independent national Grand Lodges. (Wikipedia)

Links

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Freemasonry_in_Sweden
• https://www.frimurarorden.se (in Swedish)
• Mystiskt brödraskap – mäktigt nätverk : studier i det svenska 1700-talsfrimureriet av Önnerfors, Andreas; Bogdan, Henrik; Simonsen, Anders; Andersson, Jonas. Lund University 2006. (Swedish)

• https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svenska_Frimurare_Orden
• https://www.frimurarorden.se
• Mystiskt brödraskap – mäktigt nätverk : studier i det svenska 1700-talsfrimureriet av Önnerfors, Andreas; Bogdan, Henrik; Simonsen, Anders; Andersson, Jonas. Lund University 2006.

Tämä projekti käsittää ruotsalaisten vapaamuurarien lisäksi myös Ruotsin vallan aikaiset vapaamuurarit. Itsenäisyyden aikaisille suomalaisille, myös Ruotsin vapaamuurarijärjestön alaisuudessa toimineille vapaamuurareille on oma projektinsa Suomalaiset vapaamuurarit.

• https://www.frimurarorden.se (ruotsinkielinen)
• 1700-luvun ruotsalaisia vapaamuurareita (ruotsiksi): Mystiskt brödraskap – mäktigt nätverk : studier i det svenska 1700-talsfrimureriet av Önnerfors, Andreas; Bogdan, Henrik; Simonsen, Anders; Andersson, Jonas. Lund University 2006.