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==Other countries== The term "recusancy" is primarily applied to English, Scottish, and Welsh Catholics, but there were other instances in Europe. The vast majority of native [[Irish people|Irish]], while subjects of the [[British Crown]], rejected both the reformed [[Church of Ireland]] and the dissenting churches, remaining loyal to the Catholic Church, suffering the same penalties as recusants in [[Great Britain]]. The situation was exacerbated by land claims, paramilitary violence, and ethnic antagonisms on all sides.<ref>Burton, Edwin, Edward D'Alton, and Jarvis Kelley. ''[[Catholic Encyclopedia|1911 Catholic Encyclopedia]], Penal Laws III: Ireland''.</ref> Recusancy in [[Scandinavia]] is not considered to have survived much past the period of the [[Liturgical Struggle]] until anti-Catholicism lessened towards the end of the 18th century and freedom of religion was re-established in the mid-19th century (although there were individual cases of Catholic sympathies occurring even in the 17th and 18th centuries). Notable converts were [[Christina, Queen of Sweden]],<ref>Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "[[wikisource:Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Christina_Alexandra|Christina Alexandra]]". ''[[Catholic Encyclopedia]]''. New York: Robert Appleton Company.</ref> daughter of [[Gustavus Adolphus]]; and [[Sigrid Undset]], Nobel Prize-winning author of ''[[Kristin Lavransdatter]]''. The number of ethnic Swedes who are Catholic is fewer than 40,000, and includes [[Anders Arborelius]], a convert and the first Swedish Bishop since the Reformation. In 2017, he was made a cardinal.{{cn|date=December 2022}}
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