State religion

=====Lutheranism=====
Jurisdictions where a [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] church has been fully or partially established as a state recognized religion include the [[Nordic States]].
* {{flag|Denmark}}: Section 4 of the [[Constitution of Denmark]] confirms the [[Church of Denmark]] as the established church.<ref name="DenmarkConstitution">{{Cite web|title=Denmark Constitution|url=http://www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/da00000_.html|access-date=2023-01-02|website=www.servat.unibe.ch|language=en|at=Section 4, State Church}}</ref>
** {{flag|Faroe Islands}}: The [[Church of the Faroe Islands]] is the state church of the [[Faroe Islands]], an [[autonomous administrative division]] within the [[The unity of the Realm|Danish Realm]].<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Juergensmeyer|first1=Mark|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WwJzAwAAQBAJ&q=faroe%2520islands%2520state%2520church&pg=PA390|title=Encyclopedia of Global Religion|last2=Roof|first2=Wade Clark|date=2011|publisher=Sage Publications|isbn=978-1-4522-6656-5|language=en|page=390}}</ref>
** {{flag|Greenland}}: The Church of Denmark is the state church of [[Greenland]], an autonomous administrative division within the Danish Realm.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.am/library/sahmanadrutyunner/dania.pdf|title=Constitution of Denmark – Section IV|quote=The Evangelical Lutheran Church shall be the Established Church of Denmark, and, as such, it shall be supported by the State.|access-date=22 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301205429/http://www.parliament.am/library/sahmanadrutyunner/dania.pdf|archive-date=1 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flag|Iceland}}: The [[Constitution of Iceland]] confirms the [[Church of Iceland]] as the state church of Iceland.<ref name="IcelandConstitution">{{Cite web|title=Constitution of the Republic of Iceland|url=https://www.government.is/publications/legislation/lex/?newsid=89fc6038-fd28-11e7-9423-005056bc4d74|access-date=2023-01-02|website=www.government.is|language=en-US|at= Article 62}}</ref>
* {{flag|Norway|size=23px}}: Until 2017, the [[Church of Norway]] was not a separate legal entity from the government. It was disestablished and became a [[national church]], a legally distinct entity from the state with special constitutional status. The King of Norway is required by the Constitution to be a member of the Church of Norway, and the church is regulated by special canon law, unlike other religions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iheu.org/state-and-church-move-towards-greater-separation-norway|title=International Humanist and Ethical Union – State and Church move towards greater separation in Norway|access-date=18 March 2015|date=26 June 2012}}</ref>
Jurisdictions that give various degrees of recognition in their constitutions to Lutheranism without establishing it as the state religion:
* {{flag|Finland}}: The [[Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland]] has a special relationship with the Finnish state, its internal structure being described in a special law, the Church Act.<ref name="Finland Constitution">{{Cite web|last=LL.M.|first=Prof. Dr. Axel Tschentscher|title=Finland Constitution|url=https://servat.unibe.ch/icl/fi00000_.html#S076_|access-date=2024-04-02|website=International Constitutional Law (ICL) |language=en |at=Section 76, The Church Act}}</ref> The Church Act can be amended only by a decision of the synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church and subsequent ratification by the Parliament of Finland. The Church Act is protected by the Constitution of Finland and the state cannot change the Church Act without changing the constitution. The church has the power to tax its members. The state collects these taxes for the church, for a fee. On the other hand, the church is required to give a burial place for everyone in its graveyards.<ref name="Finland Constitution"/> The President of Finland also decides the themes for intercession days. The church does not consider itself a state church, as the Finnish state does not have the power to influence its internal workings or its theology, although it has a veto in those changes of the internal structure which require changing the Church Act. Neither does the Finnish state accord any precedence to Lutherans or the Lutheran faith in its own acts.
* {{flag|Sweden}}: The [[Church of Sweden]] was the state church of Sweden between 1527 when King Gustav Vasa broke all ties with Rome and 2000 when the state officially became secular. Much like in Finland, it does have a special relation to the Swedish state unlike any other religious organizations. For example, there is a special law that regulates certain aspects of the church<ref>{{Cite web|last=Riksdagsförvaltningen|title=Lag (1998:1591) om Svenska kyrkan Svensk författningssamling 1998:1998:1591 t.o.m. SFS 2009:1234 – Riksdagen|url=https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-lagar/dokument/svensk-forfattningssamling/lag-19981591-om-svenska-kyrkan_sfs-1998-1591|access-date=2021-06-23|website=www.riksdagen.se|language=sv}}</ref> and the members of the royal family are required to belong to it in order to have a claim to the line of succession. A majority of the population still belongs to the Church of Sweden.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Riksdagsförvaltningen|title=Successionsordning (1810:0926); Svensk författningssamling 1810:1810:0926 – Riksdagen|url=https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-lagar/dokument/svensk-forfattningssamling/successionsordning-18100926_sfs-1810-0926|access-date=2021-06-23|website=www.riksdagen.se|language=sv}}</ref>