Swedish Religion Education in Public Schools—Objective and Neutral or a Marination into Lutheran Protestantism?

Abstract This article takes its point of departure in the recommendations by Council Europe, and Organization for Security Co-operation Europe (OSCE) that recommend European states should offer education about religions all school students, regardless religious or non-religious background. Sweden is one countries provides such through a compulsory non-denominational religion (RE) subject. The nature subject possible as long teaching both ‘objective pluralistic’. In this article, concept objectivity but also neutrality discussed, using Swedish an example. argument pursued RE Sweden, although presented objective neutral, can be understood ‘marinated’ Lutheran Protestantism. end, protestant taste used call further awareness how history given country affects not only way people perceive phenomena called religion. These are important perspectives teachers who demanded to teach neutral manner, perhaps lawyers?