 Some of the Marian festivals, notably the Nativity of Mary (September 8) and her Assumption (August 15) were retained by Luther whereas the feasts of her conception and presentation in the Temple were suppressed “because they were judged to have no scriptural or dogmatic interest.”

When the Lutheran Reformation was brought to Sweden from Germany via Denmark after the election of Gustav Vasa in 1523, the movement from the start had its own distinct characteristics.The development of Swedish liturgy was, in part, thanks to Olavus Petri, which is sometimes regarded as his most important work.His Swedish Mass, 1531 remained in use, with only slight modifications, until the twentieth century.