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    A Brief Introduction To of Freemasonry: The Swedish Rite

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    This document provides an overview of the Swedish Rite of Freemasonry, including: - Freemasonry was brought to Sweden in 1735 and the first lodge was established in 1752. - The first Swedish Rite lodge was founded in Germany in 1768. - The Swedish Rite has three departments - St. John's Lodges (degrees 1-3), St. Andrew's Lodges (degrees 4-6), and Chapters (degrees 7-10) plus an honorary 11th degree. - It describes the degrees worked in each department.

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    This document provides an overview of the Swedish Rite of Freemasonry, including: - Freemasonry was brought to Sweden in 1735 and the first lodge was established in 1752. - The first Swedish Rite lodge was founded in Germany in 1768. - The Swedish Rite has three departments - St. John's Lodges (degrees 1-3), St. Andrew's Lodges (degrees 4-6), and Chapters (degrees 7-10) plus an honorary 11th degree. - It describes the degrees worked in each department.

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    This document provides an overview of the Swedish Rite of Freemasonry, including: - Freemasonry was brought to Sweden in 1735 and the first lodge was established in 1752. - The first Swedish Rite lodge was founded in Germany in 1768. - The Swedish Rite has three departments - St. John's Lodges (degrees 1-3), St. Andrew's Lodges (degrees 4-6), and Chapters (degrees 7-10) plus an honorary 11th degree. - It describes the degrees worked in each department.

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    A Brief Introduction to The Swedish Rite of Freemasonry

    Tofique Fatehi
    [email protected] http://tofique.fatehi.us

    Freemasonry in Sweden
    1735 Freemasonry brought to Sweden 1752 First Lodge in Sweden Lodge St. Jean Auxillaire established 1756 Eckleff establishes the Scottish Lodge LInnocente 1759 First Chapter (Stuart Lodge) established 1760 Grand Lodge of Sweden formed

    SwR in Germany
    1768 First Swedish Rite Lodge founded in Germany 1770 The Grand Land Lodge of Freemasons in Germany founded 1773 The GLL of Germany recognized by the GL of England 1776 The GLL of Germany recognized by the GL of Sweden

    German Grand Lodges


    Grand Lodge AM&FM of Germany Grand Land Lodge of Freemasons of Germany Grand National Mother Lodge The Three Globes (GL of Fredrik the Great) American Canadian Grand Lodge Grand Lodge of British Freemasons in Germany

    (These 5 GLs are considered the daughter GLs of


    The United Grand Lodges of Germany)

    The Swedish Rite


    The Order has three Departments, all under the same Grand Body:
    St. Johns Lodges St. Andrews Lodges Chapters

    St. Johns Lodges

    These work the first three degrees which are basically the same as the three Craft Degrees:
    Entered Apprentice 2nd Fellow Craft 3rd Master Mason
    1st

    St. Andrews Lodges

    These work the 4th, 5th and the 6th Degrees:


    The Scottish Apprentice or St. Andrews Apprentice 5th The Scottish Companion or St. Andrews Companion 6th The Scottish Master or St. Andrews Master
    4th

    The Chapters

    These work the remaining four degrees:


    Knight of the East or Jerusalem 8th Knight of the West or Companion of King Solomon 9th Companion of St. Johns Lodge 10th Companion of St. Andrews Lodge
    7th

    The 11th Degree


    There is also an Honorary 11th Degree: The Knight Commander with the Red Cross.

    Swedish Rite Grand Lodge Structure


    Grand Master Vicarius Salomonis Grand Officers

    The Craft Degrees

    A peep at the first three degrees

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