Archbishop of Uppsala

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Archbishop of Uppsala
Archbishopric
lutheran
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Coat of arms
Incumbent:
Martin Modéus
Location
CountrySweden
ResidenceArchbishop's Palace, Uppsala
Information
Established1164
ArchdioceseUppsala
CathedralUppsala Cathedral
Website
svenskakyrkan.se/uppsalastift

The Archbishop of Uppsala (spelled Upsala until the early 20th century) has been the

Lutheran
church.

Historical overview

The Archbishop's Palace in Uppsala was designed in the 18th century by the architect Carl Hårleman, but built on older foundations.
Further information: Archdiocese of Uppsala

There have been bishops in

Jöns Bengtsson (Oxenstierna)
was allowed by the pope to declare himself primate of Sweden.

Uppsala (then a village) was originally located a couple of miles to the north of the present city, in what is today known as

Östra Aros
, which from then on is named Uppsala.

Uppsala Cathedral, seat of the Archbishop of Uppsala

In 1531,

Gustav I of Sweden (Vasa) to be archbishop, taking that privilege from the pope and in effect making Sweden Protestant. The archbishop was then declared primus inter pares i.e. first among equals. The archbishop is both bishop of his diocese and Primate of Sweden; he has however no more authority than other bishops, although in effect his statements have a more widespread effect. In 1990, the Archbishop of Uppsala was aided in the diocese by a bishop of Uppsala. Karin Johannesson
is the current (2022) Bishop of Uppsala.

Notable archbishops

The labours of the archbishops extended in all directions. Some were zealous pastors of their flocks, such as Jarler and others; some were distinguished canonists, such as Birger Gregerson (1367–83) and Olof Larsson (1435-8); others were statesmen, such as Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstjerna (d. 1467), or capable administrators, such as Jacob Ulfsson Örnfot, who was distinguished as a prince of the Church, royal councillor, patron of art and learning, founder of the University of Upsala and an efficient helper in the introduction of printing into Sweden. There were also scholars, such as Johannes Magnus (died 1544), who wrote the "Historia de omnibus Gothorum sueonumque regibus" and the "Historia metropolitanæ ecclesiæ Upsaliensis", and his brother Olaus Magnus (d. 1588), who wrote the "Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus" and who was the last Catholic Archbishop of Upsala.[1]

The archbishops and secular clergy found active co-workers among the regular clergy (i.e. religious orders). Among the orders represented in Sweden were the Benedictines, Cistercians, Dominicans, Franciscans, Brigittines (with the mother-house at Wadstena) and Carthusians. A Swedish Protestant investigator, Carl Silfverstolpe, wrote: "The monks were almost the sole bond of union in the Middle Ages between the civilization of the north and that of southern Europe, and it can be claimed that the active relations between our monasteries and those in southern lands were the arteries through which the higher civilization reached our country."[1]

See

Nils Ragvaldsson
(1438–48; early adherent of Old Norse mythology),
Jakob Ulfsson (1470–1514; founder of Uppsala University), Gustav Trolle (1515–21; supporter of the Danish King), Johannes Magnus (1523-26: wrote an imaginative Scandianian Chronicle), Laurentius Petri (1531–73; main character behind the Swedish Lutheran reformation), Abraham Angermannus (1593–99; controversial critic of the King), Olaus Martini (1601–09), Petrus Kenicius
(1609–36), Laurentius Paulinus Gothus (1637–46; astronomer and philosopher of Ramus school), Johannes Canuti Lenaeus (1647–69; aristotelean and logician), Erik Benzelius the Elder (1700–09; highly knowledgeable), Haquin Spegel (1711–14; public educator), Mattias Steuchius (1714–30), Uno von Troil (1786–1803; politician), Jakob Axelsson Lindblom (1805–19), Johan Olof Wallin (1837–39; beloved poet and hymnist), Karl Fredrik af Wingård (1839–51; politician), Henrik Reuterdahl (1856–70) Anton Niklas Sundberg (1870–1900; outspoken and controversial) and Nathan Söderblom (1914–1931; Nobel Prize winner).

Earliest bishops

The first written mention of a bishop at Uppsala is from Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum that records in passing Adalvard the Younger appointed as the bishop for Sictunam et Ubsalam in the 1060s.[2] Swedish sources never mention him either in Sigtuna or Uppsala.

The medieval Annales Suecici Medii Aevi

Henricus and Kopmannus. With the exception of Henricus, the list only mentions their names.[8][10]

List of archbishops

Main article: List of archbishops of Uppsala

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b Armfelt 1912.
  2. ^ Adam of Bremen 1876, scholia 94.
  3. ^ Paulsson 1974.
  4. ^ Karl Fredrik Wesén. "Sigtunaannalerna". Foteviken Museum. Archived from the original on 27 December 2007.
  5. ^ "Saint Botvid". New Catholic Dictionary. Archived from the original on 19 November 2008.
  6. ^ "St. Botvid". Holy Spirit Interactive. Archived from the original on 8 August 2007.
  7. ^ Schück 1952, pp. 178–187.
  8. ^ a b Rosén & Westrin 1908, pp. 695–696, Gamla Upsalla.
  9. ^ Heikkilä 2005, p. 60.
  10. ^ Annerstedt 1705.

Sources

Further reading

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