The Lutheran World Federation's own published history, recording its First Assembly in Lund, Sweden, from 30 June to 6 July 1947, where two hundred delegates from forty seven member churches in twenty six countries reorganized the earlier Lutheran World Convention into a permanent federation, adopted its constitution, and elected Anders Nygren as first president and Sylvester C. Michelfelder as first executive secretary.
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The body's own published institutional history, tier 1, used here for the founding assembly's dates, delegate and member church counts and first officers, corroborated by Wikipedia's independent account already on this map. NotesUsed for the 30 June to 6 July 1947 Lund assembly's dates, its two hundred delegates from forty seven churches in twenty six countries, the new constitution and the election of Anders Nygren and Sylvester C. Michelfelder.
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PublisherThe Lutheran World Federation
URLhttps://lutheranworld.org/who-we-are/history-lwf
Source TypeOfficial denominational history
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This source names Sweden directly: "recording its First Assembly in Lund, Sweden, from 30 June to 6 July 1947, where two hundred delegates from forty seven member churches in twenty six countries reorganized the earlier Lutheran World..."
Source History of the LWF (The Lutheran World Federation)
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- Sources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.
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