Every second closing held in the church – Vasterbotten Courier

More than half of primary schools, 52 percent, is the completion of the church, a survey from the Church’s newspaper, where 900 schools responded.

Church End is most of the country. Four out of five rural schools and three out of four rural schools are in the church at the conclusion, against one of three in the major cities and towns.

– For a graduation chapel is by far the best room available in village, says Rector Per-Olov Larsson Kövra village school in Jämtland to the newspaper.

The debate on whether terminations should be held in the church appears to have slowed. Four out of ten said that the issue discussed locally, against six in ten in 2013.