Gottfrid Billing
The Right Reverend Gottfrid Billing | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Lund | |
 | |
| Church | Church of Sweden |
| Diocese | Lund |
| Elected | 1898 |
| In office | 1898–1925 |
| Predecessor | Wilhelm Flensburg |
| Successor | Edvard Magnus Rodhe |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 7 September 1884 by Anton Niklas Sundberg |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 April 1841 |
| Died | 14 January 1925 (aged 83) Lund, Sweden |
| Buried | Norra kyrkogården, Lund |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Denomination | Lutheran |
| Parents | Magnus Billing & Hedvig Charlotta Collin |
| Spouse | Frida Bring |
| Children | Einar Billing |
| Alma mater | Lund University |
Axel Gottfrid Leonard Billing (29 April 1841 – 14 January 1925) was a
Swedish cleric and theologian who served as a member of the Swedish Academy, member of the Första kammaren (upper house) in the Riksdag and Bishop of Lund from 1898 until 1925.[1]
Early life
Billing was born at
King Oscar II. In 1881 he became professor of practical theology at Lund University
.
Bishop
In 1884, he was appointed Bishop of Västerås and was consecrated on 7 September 1884 by Archbishop Anton Niklas Sundberg. In Västerås, he deepened his contacts with the royal family. He also represented Västerås in the parliament's upper house on the conservative bench. In 1900, after the death of Anton Niklas Sundberg, Billing was offered the position of Archbishop of Uppsala; however, he declined. He accepted to take over Sundberg's place in the Swedish Academy, a post he held until his death in 1925. In 1898 he was appointed Bishop of Lund.[2]
Billing was elected as a member of the
Royal Order of the Seraphim
on 6 June 1921.
Personal life
In 1868 he married Frida Bring, daughter of Bishop
Bishop of Lund
.
Billing died in 1925 and was buried at Norra kyrkogården in Lund.[3][4][5]
References
- ^ "A Gottfrid L Billing". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
- ^ "Billing, Axel Gottfrid Leonard", Salmonsens Conversation lexicon, 1915. Retrieved on 01 April 2019.
- ^ "Ebbe Gustaf Bring". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
- ^ "Einar M Billing". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
- ^ "Edvard Magnus Rodhe". Nordisk familjebok. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| People | |
| Other | |
