- This means that it now applies even before Easter, says Johanna Hänninen, head of supervision for covid-19 at the county administrative board in Jönköping.
The injunction was issued after we reported on hundreds of people in the church on Sunday morning.
In an oral approval, the church has been allowed to allow parishioners to follow the service in the church via a big screen in three different halls, provided that they were a maximum of eight people in each room.
When SVT visited the premises in connection with a booked interview with the pastor on Sunday morning, there were about a hundred people on site.
According to the pastor, the three services in the morning had 300-400 visitors.
In the afternoon, additional services were held.
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Father Joseph Maria Nilsson Photo: Ulrica Abrahamsson
When we visit the Catholic Church on Wednesday, we get the message that we are not welcome there.
The pastor is away and does not want to answer journalists' questions.
This means that we can not get an answer on how they view the injunction, how Easter should be celebrated in the church and how it went when the church gathered so many people in the middle of a serious situation of pandemic.
Record-breaking fine order
On social media, the church announces that from now on it will only have eight visitors at the service.
So far, the County Administrative Board in Jönköping has only issued a few injunctions threatening to fine the Pandemic Act.
A grocery store received a fine of SEK 2,000.
The demonstrations in Malmö and Stockholm involved amounts of SEK 25-50,000, according to Johanna Hänninen.
- You start from the amount you think is needed for the person who receives an injunction to also follow it, she says.
For the Catholic Church, we have made the assessment that SEK 100,000 is that amount.
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Hear Johanna Hänninen, head of unit at Jönköping County Administrative Board, tell more about the new investigation that has now been started.
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