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The Temple at Uppsala was long held to be a religious center in the Norse religion once located at what is now Gamla Uppsala (Swedish "Old Uppsala"), Sweden attested in Adam of Bremen's 11th-century work Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum and in Heimskringla, written by Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century.
Uppsala was made Sweden's archdiocese in 1164, ... [31] (literally 'church shepherd') and sometimes other assistant priests called komminister .
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 ...
Werkström was a hospital priest in Sundsvall between 1964 and 1970 and Rector of Sköndalsinstitutet between 1970 and 1975. He became the royal chief predictor in 1974. In 1975 he was elected Bishop of Härnösand, a post he kept till 1983 when he was elected Archbishop of Uppsala and Primate of Sweden. He retired in 1993.
The diocese, which has its centre in the city of Uppsala, covers Uppsala County, Gävleborg County and parts of Stockholm County and Västmanland County. The archdiocese originally also included those parts of Norrland , which were included in the new Diocese of Härnösand when it was founded in 1647 and the City of Stockholm , which was made ...
1531–1573: Laurentius Petri (Nericius) 1575–1579: Laurentius Petri Gothus 1583–1591: Andreas Laurentii Björnram 1593–1599: Abraham Angermannus 1599–1600: Nicolaus Olai Bothniensis (not ordained)
Elisabeth Djurle, one of the first three women to be ordained as priests of the Church of Sweden; Israel Israelsson Näslund III (1796–1858), pastor at Torsåker; Ingrid Persson (1912–2000), one of the first three women to be ordained as priests of the Church of Sweden; Lewi Pethrus (1884–1974), founder of the Swedish Pentecostal movement
A church of the Church of Sweden, the national church, in the Lutheran tradition, Uppsala Cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Uppsala, the primate of Sweden. It is also the burial site of King Eric IX (c. 1120–1160, reigned 1156–1160), who became the patron saint of the nation, and it was the traditional location for the coronation ...