Church of Sweden's female priests outnumber men – but are paid less

Pay gap in largest Lutheran denomination in Europe attributed to men occupying more senior positions

Sixty years after the first female priests were ordained in the Church of Sweden, they now outnumber men - but only just.

From a historical perspective, this parity happened faster than we earlier imagined," said Cristina Grenholm, the secretary for the Church of Sweden, as the former state church announced that 50.1% of its priests are female.