Digitally mediated sermons during the Covid-19 pandemic in Church of Sweden and Uniting Church in Sweden

Frida Mannerfelt - University College Stockholm

Data consists of 32 sermons, preached in communities in Stockholm, Göteborg and Malmö that belong to Lutheran Church of Sweden and Uniting Church in Sweden, in the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic; i.e. Ascension Day and the Sunday before Pentecost 2020. The majority of the sermons (27) are transcriptions of digitally mediated, i.e. live streamed sermons or sermons that was prerecorded and published on a digital platform. Data also contain 5 sermon manuscripts
for sermons that were deliveredin a local congregation only (not digitally mediated).

The sermons are categorized according to the following elements: If it was digitally or locally mediated (D or L), if it was delivered by a preacher from CofS or UC (SvK or Eq), whether it was held in Stockholm, Göteborg or Malmö (S, G or M), and a number. Accordingly, "DEqG2" stands for "Digitially mediated sermon from a Uniting Church preacher in Göteborg, Nr. 2".

Swedish