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Count Axel Wrede-Sparre , who had been initiated in Paris, led the first recorded Masonic meeting on Swedish soil on March 17, 1735, at the Stenbock Palace in Stockholm.

Unlike many international variants, the Swedish Rite is explicitly based on Christian principles and only admits Christian men. Svenska frimureriets historia

Freemasonry was introduced to Sweden not from England, but through . Count Axel Wrede-Sparre , who had been initiated

During the mid-to-late 18th century, Swedish Freemasonry evolved from a three-degree system into its current eleven-degree structure, known as the . Development of the Swedish Rite (1756–1800) The order

Baron Carl Fredrik Scheffer obtained a patent from the Grand Lodge of France in 1737 to establish lodges in Sweden, and he became the first Grand Master when the Grand Lodge of Sweden was eventually created in 1761. 2. Development of the Swedish Rite (1756–1800)

The order initially served the higher nobility. In 1738, King Frederick I briefly banned the society on pain of death, but he rescinded the ban after only a few months once the Freemasons paid official homage to him.