Career
Kalin is the author of the so-called Priest’s Declaration of 2005 which renounces the decision by the Church Assembly to introduce an official order of blessing for registered partnerships. The Declaration, which was signed by 865 Swedish priests, states:
We. The Word of God does not permit us to bless any other type of relationship as a couple.
The Priest"s Declaration was controversial.
After his ordination in Växjö 1973, up to 1980 Kalin served the congregation in Femsjö. Kalin has written two books about his African experiences, and maintained scrapbooks on the struggles for African liberation.
From 1990 to 2002, Kalin lived in Mjöbäck, where he served as a parish pastor while he also was the Chairman of the Technical Service Committee of the local Council in Svenljunga. Between 1998 and 2006, Kalin was a lay judge at the Magistrates Court in Boråson
