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With religious liberalisations in the late 18th century believers of other faiths, such as Judaism and Roman Catholicism, were permitted to reside and function freely in the country. Nonetheless, till 1860 it remained illegal for Lutherans to convert to yet another religion. The 19th century saw the arrival of many evangelical no cost churches, and, towards the end of the century, secularism, leading numerous to distance themselves from church rituals. Leaving the Church of Sweden became legal with the so-known as Dissenter Act of 1860, but only under the provision of getting into a different Christian denomination. Despite its failure,...