Historia — Svenska Frimureriets

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

Freemasonry was introduced to Sweden not from England, but through . Svenska frimureriets historia

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 In 1738, King Frederick I briefly banned the society on pain of death, but he rescinded the ban after only a few months once the Freemasons paid official homage to him. Unlike many international variants, the Swedish Rite is

In 1756, Carl Friedrich Eckleff formed the first St. Andrews lodge in Stockholm, and in 1759, he established a Grand Chapter, introducing a progressive system of higher degrees. In 1738, King Frederick I briefly banned the

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.

During the mid-to-late 18th century, Swedish Freemasonry evolved from a three-degree system into its current eleven-degree structure, known as the .