The Swedish thread mirrors Norway's: whether a state may withhold public funding from a religious group over its internal membership and shunning practices.Confirmed
Sweden Denies Jehovah's Witnesses State Subsidies, Then a Court Orders Them Restored
Sweden's Agency for Support to Faith Communities (SST) ruled on 24 October 2025 that Jehovah's Witnesses failed new 'democracy conditions' for state grants, citing shunning and membership limits. On 7 May 2026 the Stockholm Administrative Court overturned the denial and ordered the grant restored; the agency has appealed.