Fredrik Olaus Nilsson
The revivalist preaching of Jacob Otto Hoof and Lars Linderot [sv] left its mark on the village, although Nilsson himself would come to faith later.[5] After studying the New Testament regarding baptism, Nilsson travelled to Hamburg in 1847, where he was baptised in the Elbe on 1 August by Baptist pastor Johann Gerhard Oncken.The following year, on 21 September 1848, Nilsson's wife, his two brothers Sven Kristian and Berndt Niklas, and two men were baptised by Danish Baptist preacher A. P. Førster at Vallersvik in Landa (in the present municipality of Kungsbacka).[7] Nilsson wrote the Borekulla Confession, a 3,895-word document mainly regarding his religious views but which also stressed the new congregation's democratic nature, in which men and women held equal voting rights and there would be no hierarchy.[12] On 4 July 1851, Nilsson left Sweden, having been sentenced to exile for his preaching despite his attempts to appeal to King Oscar I.[14] He considered staying there, due to the country's Dissenter Act passed in 1845 – liberal for the time – which allowed a greater degree of religious freedom.[16][17] Wiberg would himself become a key figure in the Baptist world, contributing to the movement's growth in the United States, Norway, Sweden, and Finland.Nilsson noted disagreement on the doctrine of the Trinity at the meeting, and the three leaders had views varyingly shaped by Reformed theology.After the church's opening, Schröder was fined after the two were summoned by Bishop Gustaf Daniel Björck to appear at the police court.