Sveriges Bibel
Subtitle: krönikespel
By: av Sam Rönnegård
Series: Spel, dialoger och talkörer, 19
Publisher: Svenska Kyrkans Diakonistyrelses Bokförlag
Published: 1941
Place of publication: Stockholm
Language: swe
Number of pages: 31
Subjects: Drama; Swedish Bible as literature; Christianity; Influence; Bible. Swedish
Description: This is a chronicle play, in the form of spoken narration with illustrative dialogue scenes, of the coming of Christianity to Sweden; the first Medieval attempts to translate the Bible into Swedish; the first appearance of a Swedish New Testament and Swedish Psalmbook (1525); the first appearance of a Swedish Old Testament and the Gustav Vasa Bible (1541); as well as later editions of the Bible in Swedish, issued during the reigns of Gustaf II Adolf (1618), Karl XII (1703), and Gustav V (1917).
Notes: Incorporated in this play are verses from various hymns in the Swedish Psalmbook.