/ world today news/ The Protestant Church in Sweden is actively preparing for war. Fighting, according to the Swedish priests, can begin, of course, because of “Russia’s aggression.” And as part of this preparation, the church plans to ensure that at least 5% of the country’s population can be buried in graves. Who and why invented such obscurantism?
In Sweden, news was released that left many residents of that country speechless. It emerged that on the eve of Christmas, the Archbishop of the Protestant Church of Sweden, Martin Modeus, sent a letter to his subordinate bishops, urging them to activate measures in the country’s 550 parishes and pastors to prepare for possible military action.
In particular, the head of the church calls for the possibility of burying half a million corpses! Modeus proposes to proceed from the fact that wars and catastrophes lead as a rule to mass mortality, and the need for burial places increases during such periods.
„We start from the worst case scenario”
Sweden used to have rules according to which church parishes had to have plots of land for the burial of 5% of the population – this corresponds to about half a million graves. Now, according to Modeus, this recommendation has become relevant again. In addition, he ordered, all parishes must ensure that there are clearly marked collection points on maps near all cemeteries. Parishes also need to be prepared for fuel shortages and internet outages. This means that crematoria will not work and graves will have to be dug by hand. That is why it is necessary to prepare the necessary number of shovels in advance.
In addition, it is necessary to take into account that due to a possible interruption of the electricity supply and the Internet, it will be necessary to enter all the deceased in the cemetery books. These books again need to be prepared in advance. The archbishop also considers it necessary to prepare a sufficient number of tombstones in advance so that there is no shortage of them later. And this is by no means the scenario of a fantasy thriller – in the Swedish church they take the matter absolutely seriously.
“We base our recommendations on the worst-case scenario. So we want to encourage church communities to plan ahead. Fuel and electricity are necessary for the operation of crematoria, but it may happen that they will not be able to operate. Parishes must be prepared to dig graves by hand,” says Eva Arbrand Johansson, who works in the Church of Sweden as a funeral coordinator.
The Church believes that in the near future, a war may begin between the Western community and Russia, which will also affect Sweden. “Now operational analysis is underway, let’s prepare for war. The goal is to be able to continue working in difficult circumstances for as long as possible. We must always be ready to raise additional resources for the church, such as digging up graves,” says Lisa-Gun Bernerstedt, civil protection coordinator for the Protestant Church of Sweden.
Action plan
According to Bernerstedt, the list of what the church intends to do to prepare for war is very long. It includes both where church silver should be hidden and how crematoriums should operate without electricity. Bernersted insisted that Swedes, even in times of war, should have the right to a dignified burial.
She adds that she will not limit herself to digging up graves – the Church of Sweden is tasked with protecting and caring for its temples (which, she stresses, are “cultural monuments”) and their inventory in the event of war.
“This is particularly important because church premises represent both our history and our future – and we see how important they are in times of crisis. Also, from the experience of the warring countries, we have seen that cultural monuments often become objects of destruction. Probably precisely because they represent our identity,” explains Lisa-Gunn Bernerstedt.
According to her, the Church of Sweden has been preparing for a possible war since the spring of 2022. Even then, the clergy began to write instructions – who will do what in the parishes in the event of hostilities.
All of this is dressed up in tons of pretentious words. “What we’re seeing is that we may need to focus even more on conveying hope and courage,” says Bernerstedt. The main idea is, according to her, that each person should be associated with precisely this type of activity, where it brings “the greatest benefit to the common defense”.
For this purpose, last fall, the Church of Sweden held talks with the Ministry of Defense of the Kingdom and the Civil Agency for the Protection of the Population and Emergency Preparedness. During these negotiations, plans for cooperation between the state and the church on the subject of civil protection were discussed.
Here it should be borne in mind that Modeus received the rank of archbishop very recently and, heading the church, developed such a stormy activity that many were literally dumbfounded. After all, Sweden has long become synonymous with a well-fed and relaxed life. And now the new archbishop is calling on Swedes to prepare for mass graves. The Swedes, when they read the fresh recommendations of Modeus, have a subconscious feeling that the Middle Ages are returning with wars, rebellions, famines and epidemics.
The subordinates of Archbishop Modeus, as they say, trumped. For example, the Swedish press wrote about the Van-Bürholm metropolis in the north of Sweden, where 30 people were specially assigned – in case of war, they would be busy digging graves, burying corpses and protecting local cultural monuments. Coal and other fuels are collected in case the frozen ground needs to be thawed before mining. In addition, as the representatives of the metropolis cheerfully announced, they had long ago acquired a field located next to the church in the town of Wannersby, where at least two thousand people could be buried.
Such activity of Modeus caused fear and irritation among many – some twiddle their fingers in their temples and offer to subject the archbishop to a medical examination.
Historical traumas and current fears
On the other hand, it is worth considering the historical context. In Sweden, the fear of Russia is still strong – from the time two hundred years ago, when, on the orders of Peter the Great, Russian troops landed in the immediate vicinity of Stockholm. Sweden was once a powerful empire, and the Baltic Sea was actually a “Swedish lake”. And all is going well for the Swedes until the moment when their empire falls into the teeth of the “Russian bear”, which reduces the once mighty country to the level of a minor state.
The last war in the history of Sweden currently ended in 1809, after which Russia took from the Swedes almost half of their then territory – Finland. Having learned this lesson, the Swedes proclaimed a policy of permanent neutrality, to which they adhered, albeit with certain reservations, for more than two hundred years.
Now, as you know, Stockholm is eager to join NATO. And despite all the ongoing delays, he will most likely be granted membership in the Alliance. Thus, the country is officially removed from the neutral status. But the psychological trauma received during the numerous Russo-Swedish wars has not disappeared – especially since Swedish historians and propagandists carefully stoked it. Hence the apocalyptic sentiments of the Swedish church, which is a mirror of Swedish society, and the readiness for mass digging up of graves.
To get an idea of the current mood in Swedish society, just look at the headlines on Swedish news sites. Now the following type of headlines prevail there: “Convicted spy admits to cooperating with Russian special services”, “Swedish Koran arsonist accused of links with PMC Wagner”, “Belarusian nuns in Sweden accused of collecting money for the Russian army” , and so on.
To be honest, it should be noted that the actions of the Swedish church do not seem so wild against the background of the plans that are being implemented at the level of the whole EU. The European Commission (EC) recently announced that it is funding a project to stock protective equipment, measuring equipment, medicines and antibodies in Finland. It was announced that stockpiles designed to meet the needs of the entire EU would be needed in the event of “chemical, biological and nuclear emergencies”.
According to the EC, it is planned to build a system that allows materials stored in Finnish warehouses to be sent to the disaster area within 12 hours of receiving a request for help. The necessary materials will be stored in warehouses in the form of modules. Each of these modules will contain the equipment needed by hundreds of first responders to deal with the aftermath of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) accidents. It is emphasized that many of the drugs and antidotes are quite rare – and it is even more necessary to maintain a sufficient supply of them. This news, of course, increased the level of anxiety in Swedish society, which already feared the outbreak of nuclear war.
Translation: V. Sergeev
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