Christian Social Responsibility

Christian Social Responsibility (CSR, Kristet Samhällsansvar) was a lobby organization that was founded in the mid-1950s in Sweden. The goal of the organisation was to get Christian politicians placed high up on the voting papers of the Swedish political parties.[1] CSR had a grassroots network of active members over the entire nation and produced their own material. CSR formed the origin of the current Swedish party, the Christian Democrats.[2]

The chairman of the organisation was Centre Party voter and bishop Sven Danell. Lewi Pethrus, a pentecostal pastor and later one of the founders of the Christian Democratic Party was another founder and vice chairman.[2] Birger Ekstedt, later to become the chairman of the Christian Democratic Party, was the secretary of the organisation.

References

Sjöberg, Fredrik (2021-11-17). "Konsten att segra ihjäl sig". Fokus (in Swedish). p. 33. ISSN 1653-4670.
Ewald Hurinsky, Hugo (2022-02-01). "KD ändrar text om nazism efter DN-intervju". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Kristdemokraterna bildades officiellt 1964 som Kristen Demokratisk Samling. Ursprunget till partiet var lobbygruppen Kristet samhällsansvar som grundades 1956 av pingstpastorn och kyrkoledaren Lewi Pethrus.

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[1] Sjöberg, Fredrik (2021-11-17). "Konsten att segra ihjäl sig". Fokus (in Swedish). p. 33. ISSN 1653-4670.

[dn-ksa-2] Ewald Hurinsky, Hugo (2022-02-01). "KD ändrar text om nazism efter DN-intervju". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Kristdemokraterna bildades officiellt 1964 som Kristen Demokratisk Samling. Ursprunget till partiet var lobbygruppen Kristet samhällsansvar som grundades 1956 av pingstpastorn och kyrkoledaren Lewi Pethrus.