Passage: Influenced by papal bulls, Swedish magnates in the 12th century set up crusading expeditions to convert the heathens in the eastern Baltic. This resulted in the establishment of the Catholic Church, the Christian religion and the Swedish conquest of southern Finland in 1249. Turku, or Åbo, became the principal city in Finland and residence of a Bishopric. As a result of Protestant Reformation in the 16th century the Catholic Church had to give way for the Lutheran state church which was established by King Gustav Vasa of Sweden, whose principal reformer in Finland was Mikael Agricola and from 1554 also the Bishop. After the Finnish War in 1809, Finland became a part of the Russian Empire as an autonomous grand duchy. In 1817 the Bishop was created Archbishop and became head of the Church in Finland, which thereupon became the state church of the grand duchy. In 1870, the church was detached from the state as a separate judicial entity. After Finland had gained independence in 1917, through the constitution of 1919 and the act on religious freedom of 1922 the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland became a national church of Finland .
How many centuries after the beginning of Swedish crusading expeditions was the Protestant Reformation? How many years after Finland became a grand duchy was the Archbishop created to become head of the Church of Finland? How many years after Finland gained independence was the constitution written? How many years after Finland had gained independence did the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland became a national church of Finland? How many years after Finland's constitution was written did the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland became a national church of Finland? How many years after Finland's independence did it create its constitution? How many years after the Church in Finland because the state church of the grand duchy was the church detached from the state? How many years after the Finnish War did the Church in Finland become the state church of the grand duchy? How many years after the consisution of 1919 did the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland became the national church of Finland? How many years before the Bishop became head of the Church in Finland did Finland became a part of the Russian Empire? How many years did these events span for? How many years separated Finland's doption of a constitution and the the act on religious freedom of 1922? How many years was Finland  a part of the Russian Empire 1809 before it gained independence 1917? How many years was the Church of Finland the state church? What did the crusading expeditions to convert the heathens in the eastern Baltic result in? What was established after the crusading expeditions? Which came first, the constitution of 1919 or act on religious freedom of 1922? Which happened first, the Protestant Reformation, or the Catholic Church giving way to the Lutheran state chrch? Which happened second, the constitution of 1919 or Finland gaining independence?