Johan Håkansson

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Johan Håkansson
Roman Catholic
ArchdioceseUppsala
Appointed1421
In office1421–1432
PredecessorJöns Gerekesson
SuccessorOlaus Laurentii
Orders
Consecration28 June 1421
RankMetropolitan Archbishop
Personal details
Born
Died9 February 1432
NationalitySwede

Johan Håkansson (Latinized to Johannes Haquini) (died 1432) was Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, 1421–1432.

Biography

His first known occupations were at a school in

Vadstena monastery
. In 1418 he was sent on an important assignment to Rome, from where he returned in 1420.

In 1421 the previous Archbishop of Uppsala, Jöns Gerekesson resigned. Three new candidates were presented to the Swedish King Eric of Pomerania, of whom he chose Johan Håkansson.

Haquini's history as a monk set the standards for his time as archbishop. He allowed the clerics to be freed from taxes, and he built a permanent house for the archbishop (demolished during Gustav Vasa's liberation war in 1522).

See also

References

Further reading

  • Klosterfolket i Vadstena, Silfverstolpe, 1899.