Quakers in Europe

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The Quaker movement began in England in the Seventeenth Century. Small Quaker groups were planted in various places across Europe during this early period (For instance, see the Stephen Crisp article)

Quakers in Europe outside Britain and Ireland are not now very numerous although new groups have started in the former Soviet Union and satellite countries.

[edit] See also

Yearly Meeting

[edit] External links

• Friends World Committee for Consultation - Europe & Middle East section

Quaker groups in Europe with a web presence:

• Belgium and Luxemburg

• Britain excluding Northern Ireland

• Finland

• France

• Germany and Quaekerhilfe service organistion

• Hungary

• Ireland including Northern Ireland

• Italy

• Netherlands

• Norway

• Sweden

• Russia (Moscow)

• Sweden

• Switzerland

• Europe & Middle East Young Friends

• Annual Report of FWCC/EMES for 2005

• Quaker Council for European Affairs: Brussels-based lobbying body: "The Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) was founded in 1979 to promote the values of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in the European context. Our purpose is to express a Quaker vision in matters of peace, human rights, and economic justice. "