Anton Niklas Sundberg

The Most Reverend
Anton Niklas Sundberg
Archbishop of Uppsala
Primate of Sweden
Church Church of Sweden
Archdiocese Uppsala
Appointed 1870
In office 1870-1900
Predecessor Henrik Reuterdahl
Successor Johan August Ekman
Orders
Ordination 1845
Consecration 6 March 1864
by Henrik Reuterdahl
Personal details
Born (1818-05-27)May 27, 1818
Uddevalla, Sweden
Died February 2, 1900(1900-02-02) (aged 81)
Uppsala, Sweden
Buried Uppsala old cemetery
Nationality Swede
Parents Sven Sundberg
Sara Katarina Lund
Previous post Bishop of Karlstad (1864-1870)

Anton Niklas Sundberg (27 May 1818, Uddevalla 2 February 1900) was a Lutheran clergyman, and the Church of Sweden archbishop of Uppsala 18701900.[1]

He acquired a philosophy doctor's degree in Uppsala, became dean and was ordained a clergyman, and then undertook travel through Europe in 1849-50. He was known as a controversial person; very outspoken, no stranger to using strong language and despising hypocrisy, but he displayed a remarkable sense of wit and authority. At a dinner party he once exclaimed "Next to godliness and chastity, small schnapps glasses are the worst I know!" which became a somewhat familiar quotation in Sweden.

Sundberg was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1874 and of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences from 1877.

References

  1. "Religious Organizations" (in Swedish). World Statesmen. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
Religious titles
Preceded by
Henrik Reuterdahl
Archbishop of Uppsala
18701900
Succeeded by
Johan August Ekman
Cultural offices
Preceded by
Ludvig Manderström
Swedish Academy,
Seat No.15

1874–1900
Succeeded by
Gottfrid Billing
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