Fribaptismens värnpliktsvägran 1872-1904 : Dialoger och fängelsepraktik i Sveriges första kollektiva pacifistiska rörelse

Sammanfattning: In the 1800s Sweden decided to change into a mandatory conscription-army, meaning that every man in the nation was obliged to be trained as a soldier. The Baptists were pacifists and this essay studies a Baptist offshoot named Fribaptisterna (Free Baptist), who from the start in 1872 opposed military-service. The Swedish government sentenced them to prison and penal work. This did not intimidate them as their determination was strong, resulting in new laws were passed in Sweden. In 1902 the king would accept exceptions and in 1925 a law was passed which made it possible for conscientious objectors to be released their military duty. This essay looks at the forming of the collective pacifistic identity among Fribaptisterna and study what practices the denomination had to mobilize its members to be pacifists and conscious objectors.