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Assets at the national level of the Church of Sweden, which are maintained as a buffer against future needs,totaled approximately SEK 6.8 billion at year-end 2015. The internal regulations of the Church of Sweden (the Church Order) state that asset management must take a long-term perspective, with an annual return requirement of 3 per cent above inflation over a rolling ten year period.
These returns make additional initiatives in parishes and dioceses possible. The General Synod, the supreme governing body of the Church of Sweden, has since 2008 decided to withdraw funds from assets at the national level, which has led to total withdrawals of SEK 573 million from assets under management.
