Dealignment and secularization: Religious voting in Sweden, 1988-2022

The aim of the paper is to study the religious dealignment and secularization among Swedish voters, a case of extreme secular population. Has the commitment to attend religious services declined in Sweden? Has the relation between party choice and religious service attendance weakened? The data consist of two surveys of Swedish voters conducted 1988-2022. The findings indicate increased religious dealignment and secularization even among the already extremely secular Swedish population. Although the percentage of voters who regularly attend religious services shows only a modest change, the percentage of those who never attend religious service increases at the expense of those who occasionally attend religious services. Primarily due to changed voter support for the Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats, the correlation between church attendance and party choice is weaker 2022 than in 1988,