The Charles XII Bible () was a
Bible translation into Swedish, instigated by King
Charles XI in 1686 to produce an updated and modernised version of the old translation from 1541, which was known as the
Gustav Vasa Bible. Charles XI died before the work was finished, and the new Bible translation was named for his son, King
Charles XII
Charles XII, sometimes Carl XII () or Carolus Rex (17 June 1682 – 30 November 1718 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.), was King of Sweden from 1697 to 1718. He belonged to the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch line of the House of ...
. The translation was completed in 1703.
Modernisation of Gustav II Adolf's Bible
Previously, in 1618, during the reign of
Gustav II Adolf
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,
Gustav II Adolf Bible, a revised version of the Gustav Vasa Bible had been published; the Charles XII Bible is a modernised version of this Bible, including corrections and revised spellings.
["Karl XII:s bibel" article in the '' Nationalencyclopedien''] It remained the official Swedish Bible translation and it was used in readings and sermons in the
Church of Sweden
The Church of Sweden () is an Evangelical Lutheran national church in Sweden. A former state church, headquartered in Uppsala, with around 5.5 million members at year end 2023, it is the largest Christian denomination in Sweden, the largest List ...
until 1917 when it was replaced by the .
References
Further reading
*Åberg, Alf. 1958. ''Karl XI''. Wahlström & Widstrand (reprinted by ScandBook, Falun 1994, )
*Bengtsson B. 1953. ''Tillkomsten av Carl XII:s Biblia''. Stockholm: Lagerströms förlag.
*"Charles XII Bible." ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.
*Rystad, Göran. 2001 ''Karl XI / En biografi''. Falun: AiT Falun AB.
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18th-century Christian texts
Bible translations into Swedish
Swedish books
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